Jacob Christian Jørgensen
7+ years of experience
Language:
English
Danish, Norwegian, Swedish
Present Function:
Danish lawyer with more than 20 years’ PQE from Swiss, UK and Scandinavian law firms as well as in-house positions. Specialised in international arbitration law, maritime law, environmental law and construction law -with particular focus on large infrastructure projects and onshore and offshore renewable energy projects. Since 2016 a Fellow at the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) , and in 2024 elected vice chair of the European Branch of the Institute. An arbitrator under the Rules of Procedure of the CAS, the ICC, the Danish Instituteof Arbitration and in ad hoc arbitrations. In 2019 appointed as third Danish national arbitrator of the court at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Lausanne. Appointed as a panelist by among others: The WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center in Geneva; the Court of Arbitration for Art (CAfA); the Asian International Arbitration Centre (AIAC); the Dubai International Arbitration Centre (DIAC); the Shenzhen Court of International Arbitration; the Abu Dhabi International Arbitration Centre and the Saudi Commercial Arbitration Center (SCCA).In August 2021, FIDIC Certified Adjudicator and included on the FIDIC President's List. In 2022 appointed chairman of FIDIC's Task Group 14, which is drafting a new FIDIC book for offshore wind projects. In October 2023 joined the state owned company, Femern A/S, which is the Employer on the Fehmarnbelt Fixed Link project -currently, the largest IMT project in the world. In October 2024 enrolled as a PhD student at the Faculty of Law of the Humboldt University in Berlin.In August 2025 enrolled in the IECL program at the University of Oxford, Corpus Christi College.