His focus is dispute resolution and he has wide experience in arbitration. His work also includes commercial settlements, contracts and ongoing advice during the execution of projects.

He has assisted with major construction projects, including power plants (traditional, biomass and waste-to -energy), motorways, airports, the Copenhagen Metro, major bridges and public buildings in Denmark, and also with a number of disputes regarding major construction projects and technical deliveries abroad under FIDIC. He possesses expertise regarding legal matters in Greenland, in particular mining.

He also has a solid background in facilitating teamwork in the large projects and also by having been the head of Plesner's Corporate/Commercial department for a decade.

Frants has a right of audience before the Danish Supreme Court and he is a member of the Danish Supreme Court Bar Association. He is a certified arbitrator in Denmark and a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, FCIArb. He has a PhD from the European University Institute. He is the author of articles and books, including "Danelaws on Contracts". He is in charge of a project in digitalization as part of dispute resolution. 

Highlights

• Turnkey school project - construction arbitration award in 2022. Case won for contractor. Landscape, park and indoor climate held to be within contractual scope
• Shopping and public care center - construction arbitration award in 2021. Contractor awarded majority of claims for costs, loss of profit and disruption by Agat Ejendomme and Køge municipality jointly (reported in TBB 2021.790)
• Waste-to-Energy - Danish arbitration institute award in 2021 re. technical issues at Amager Bakke / Copenhill. Contractor free of defect claims. 
• Biomass Plant  - certification issues at Amagervaerket BIO4
• Cement industry - court cases against FLSmidth re. defective deliveries and force majeure
• Technical equipment - construction arbitration award in 2021. Technical deliveries by subcontractor were not extra work. Case won for contractor (reported in TBB 2021.189)
• Automotive storage facility – construction arbitration award in 2019 on payment to a contractor because of taking into use and without surface flooding protection (reported in TBB 2019.834)
• City Hall Construction – construction arbitration award in 2019 on compensation for delay to a contractor due to identification between public employer and building authority (reported in TBB 2019.495)
• International trade – court judgement in 2018 awarding compensation for goodwill, despite termination (Maritime and Commercial Court H-34-16)
• School Construction - construction arbitration award in 2018 not allowing set off by a public employer - in favour of the contractor (reported in TBB 2018.516)
• Old Age Care JV - construction arbitration award in 2017 on time exten-sion due to local planning etc. - the contractor awarded 166 days (reported in TBB 2017.755)
• Shopping Mall - construction arbitration award in 2017 regarding product liability and sacrifice threshold - full compensation for higher operation costs to the employer (reported in TBB 2017.915) 
• Odderbanen - construction arbitration award in 2015 regarding the design and costs of renovation of the railway line - case won for the consulting engineer (reported in KFE 2015.003)
• Georg Jensen - Danish arbitration institute award in 2014 regarding breach of franchise rights for China for the Georg Jensen brand - case won for franchisee
• Jakobsen & Sønner - court litigation in 2014 regarding shareholders' liability in a building materials company - case won for the ultimate shareholder
• Osted - construction arbitration award in 2014 regarding a public old-age housing project - success with contractor's claims
• Copenhagen Metro phases 1-2A - civil works construction arbitration award in 2012 granting the contractor a two-year time extension and financial compensation
• Østerbrogade - apartment building construction arbitration award in 2008 granting the contractor compensation for loss of time and costs regarding defective design and public requirements (reported in KFE 2009.245)
• Wind turbine gearboxes - Danish arbitration institute award in 2008 dismissing claims for defective design raised against a manufacturer developing and supplying gearboxes for wind turbines
• Powerplant Nordjylland - Danish arbitration institute award in 2008 holding the owner liable for damages to the contractor's work caused by uncontrolled thermal forces
• Roads in Zambia - Danish arbitration institute award in 2007 in favour of a joint venture lead partner with respect to claims based on delays, late payments and currency fluctuation
• Copenhagen Metro M&E works - construction arbitration award in 2006 in favour of the main-contractor as regards claims for extra works by M&E sub-contractor
• Skjold Burne - Danish Supreme Court judgment leading to the shareholder's repayment of dividends received in bad faith (reported in UfR2006.3050 - the Danish weekly law reports)
• Copenhagen Opera - ongoing assistance to the steering contractor during construction leading to handing-over in 2005 without any disputes pending
• Bodegas Gargantini - Danish High Court judgment recognising the legal reasons, principles and results of the courts of Argentina with respect to M&A transactions regarding wineries (reported in UfR2001.1949 - the Danish weekly law reports)
• Great Belt Bridge - construction arbitration award in favour of the civil works contractor with respect to a number of claims regarding extra works and disruption (reported in KFE1998.53)