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| Chambers Europe, 2024
Ole Horsfeldt is an outsourcing lawyer specialised in companies' outsourcing of IT requirements, business processes, and facility services. Ole is in particular engaged in making outsourcing agreements successful and how the contract and the parties' collaboration can underpin and support both the buy- and the sell side's long term interests.
Oles' advice typically involves agreements with a regional or global reach and covers more than just "the agreement" or the legal terms. Ole is well-known for managing complex outsourcing transactions through combining legal, compliance, operational, and strategic perspectives.
To Ole, client enablement is paramount. Therefore, his advice is designed to support clients in managing and reaping the benefits from outsourcing. Ole has been the architect behind concepts such as proactive remedies, multi-party co-operation agreements, the "deliver first, settle later" principle, and fast track dispute resolution, which have contributed to setting the standard for modern outsourcing in the Nordic countries. In all of Ole's work, the element of continuous improvement plays an important role. A result of this is the development of a Contract Management method, “Omnicent” designed for managing long-term and complex sourcing agreements.
Throughout his career, Ole has had an interest in leadership and in particular in leadership associated with the leadership of lawyers. In parallel with his client related work, Ole is the resident in-house of lawyers at Gorrissen Federspiel.
Gorrissen Federspiel 2007 -
Partner, Gorrissen Federspiel since 2007
Bech-Bruun 1997 - 2006
Bird & Bird, London 2003
Kønig, Homann & Erichsen 1987 - 1996
INSEAD Coaching Certificate 2023 - 2024
INSEAD Executive training: Leadership through aware and practice 2017 - 2018
ITIL Foundation 2010
LL.M., University of Michigan 1997
Right of audience before the Danish High Court 1992
Admitted to the Danish Bar 1990
Master of Laws, Aarhus University 1987
English
Ole Horsfeldt is ranked Star Individuals in Chambers Europe and ranked in Who's Who Legal and top-rated in Legal 500 (Hall of Fame and Leading Individuals).
Editor and contributor to Sourcing World, European Reference Series 2015
IT Outsourcing, Thomson 2005
Co-author of "K01 with annotations", Thomson 2001
Co-author of "Internet Agreements", Thomson 2001
A series of IT law articles.
World Commerce and Contracting Association
International Technology Law Association (Itechlaw)
The Association of Danish IT Attorneys
Board member of the World Commerce and Contracting Foundation
Member of the advisory board of the World Commerce and Contracting Association
Prior chairman of:
Itechlaw Outsoursing CommitteeBoard member:
International Technology Law Association (Itechlaw
Prior chairman of Danish IT-lawyers Association