Johan Tufte-Kristensen

Professional profile

Johan Tufte-Kristensen is specialized in arbitration and litigation. He assists our clients with the strategic preparation and management of complex commercial proceedings.

Before joining Gorrissen Federspiel, Johan was an assistant professor at the University of Copenhagen dealing with arbitration, litigation, contracts, torts and conflicts of laws. Johan has represented the Danish government in UNCITRAL's dispute resolution working group, and he is a member of a number of boards and a frequently appointed arbitrator.

Career and education

Career

University of Copenhagen, 2014-2020
University of Texas at Austin School of Law, 2015
Hafnia Law Firm, 2014

Education

Teacher-training programme, University of Copenhagen, 2019
PhD in law, University of Copenhagen, 2017
Master of laws, University of Copenhagen, 2014

Publications

Lovvalget i erstatningssager om danske styrkers handlinger under operationer i udlandet, Juristen 2021, 1, s. 10-18 (with Vibe Ulfbeck)
Disclosure of Third-Party Funding in Commercial Arbitration, Nordic Journal of Commercial Law 2020, 2, pp. 2-17 (with Caroline Overgaard)
Fuldbyrdelsen af medierede forlig, Juristen 2019, 6, pp. 259-266
Behovet for en lov om mediation, The Danish Institute of Arbitration 2018 (with Julie Arnt Jørgensen, Jesper Lett, Jes Anker Mikkelsen, Kasper Mortensen, Steffen Pihlblad and Peter Wengler-Jørgensen)
Voldgiftsdommerens upartiskhed og uafhængighed, Karnov Group 2018
Advokaters interessekonflikter som følge af identifikation, Festskrift til Mads Bryde Andersen, Djøf Forlag 2018, pp. 271-286
Challenge Decisions at the Danish Institute of Arbitration, Journal of International Arbitration 2016, 6, pp. 577-651 (with Steffen Pihlblad)
The unilateral appointment of co-arbitrators, Arbitration International 2016, 3, pp. 483-503

Memberships and activities

Part-time lecturer in private international law at the University of Copenhagen 2021 –
Network organizer in DJØF's network on commercial litigation and arbitration 2020 –
Member of ICC's Task Force Addressing Issues of Corruption in International Arbitration 2019 –
Chairman of the Danish Institute of Arbitration's committee examining the need for a Danish mediation act 2017 to 2018
Delegate to UNCITRAL's Working Group II 2015 to 2018
Member of the Danish board of the Nordic Law Meetings 2017 –
Member of the board of Valkendorfianersamfundet 2017 –
Member of the board of Young Arbitrators Copenhagen 2015 –