Julie Heegaard Pedersen, attorney

Julie Heegaard Pedersen

Attorney

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+45 5378 9943

E-mail:

jhp@viltoft.dk

Secretary:

Susanne Lynge +

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Profile

Julie Heegaard Pedersen specialises in residential and commercial lease law, asset management, real estate transactions and litigation.

Julie provides legal advice to property owners and investors, pension funds, municipalities and social housing organisations. In connection with real estate transactions, Julie conducts legal due diligence regarding residential and commercial lease law. In addition, Julie has extensive experience with litigation regarding residential disputes, e.g. in connection with rent regulation, termination and vacation. Julie is experienced with advising property owners both in connection with the acquisition, during the ownership period, and in connection with a disposal of the property.

Furthermore, Julie has experience advising social housing organisations and specially regulated housing associations (dansk: parlamentariske boligselskaber) on residential democracy and residential lease law matters.

Julie also advises on the conclusion and renegotiation of commercial lease agreements, including office leases, retail leases, shopping centres and logistics facilities.

References

In 2024, Julie assisted a pension fund in advising and conducting a landmark High Court case concerning a cost-based rent increase in proportion to the value of the leased premises.

In 2024, Julie also advised and participated in a housing court case for a municipality regarding notification of a rent increase regarding a single-family house (dansk: småhus).

In addition, Julie has advised and participated in a High Court case for a specially regulated housing association on the interpretation of the association’s articles of association.

Julie speaks the Scandinavian languages and English.

Career and education

Attorney, VILTOFT, 2025-
Attorney, Winsløw, 2022-2025
Attorney, KAB, 2018-2022
Assistant attorney and attorney, Accura 2017-2018
Assistant attorney, Winsløw, 2015-2017
Student assistant and legal adviser, DEAS, 2013-2015
Master of Laws (LLM), University of Copenhagen, 2014
Studies at Macquarie University, Sydney, 2012

Publications

Monthly postings at BoligJura.dk, 2024-

Teaching

Guest lecturer at the Danish Property Federation, 2024-
– Termination and cancellation
– Transfer of usufruct, including estate administration

Other positions

Housing Judge at the Copenhagen City Court, the court of Frederiksberg, the courts of Lyngby , the court of Glostrup, and the court of Roskilde, 2025-
Landlord representative on the Danish Rent Tribunal in Copenhagen, 2022-

Memberships

The Danish Bar and Law Society
The Danish Building Association (dansk: Byggesocietetet), group no. 17
Experience-sharing group for tenancy law
The Association of Danish Property Lawyers
REALS – for women in real estate