Background
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- Degree of Bachelor of Arts (Honours), Lancaster University, 1996
- Diploma in Law, College of Law of England and Wales, 1997
- Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice (Distinction), College of Law of England and Wales, 1998
- Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales, 2000
- Called to the Danish bar (advokat), 2009.
Ruth Caddock Hansen is a partner and heads UNIVERSADVOKATER's international activities.
Ruth advises a wide range of businesses from multinational concerns to start ups. She works with international as well as Danish legal matters, and advises on corporate and commercial law, GDPR and privacy compliance, e-commerce, consumer protection compliance and employment law.
Ruth has experience across many industry sectors, but particularly in the tourism/hospitality and green energy sectors.Ruth is one of a panel of advisors invited by the publicly funded business advisory organisation "Startvækst" to participate in their regular pro bono specialist advice evenings for startups and entrepreneurs in Aarhus.
References
“I am very happy to recommend Ruth as a solicitor. She provided me with excellent advice during the formation of CiteAb, a University spin out company. She gave advice on the legal documents associated with the spin out and the documents associated with my secondment to that company. She showed excellent understanding and was careful and caring. She gave me great confidence that my interests were protected and I could confidently sign the documents.”
Dr. Andrew Chalmers
CiteAb CSO and Co-founder, Senior Lecturer at the University of Bath
CiteAb CSO and Co-founder, Senior Lecturer at the University of Bath
“Ruth expertly gave her advice to me about many Danish commercial and labour law issues (including some extremely specialized ones). I shall say I was particularly impressed by her ability to be highly detailed and at the same time capturing the essence of my requests. She demonstrated a great level of expertise and her memorandums were always clear, practical and promptly delivered. As a legal advisor, Ruth earns my highest recommendations.”
Zoe-Markella Galanaki
Legal Counsel at KLEEMANN SA, Greece
Legal Counsel at KLEEMANN SA, Greece
“Ruth is an absolutely ace lawyer who takes a holistic attitude to the issues before her and gets to the real point! I would unhesitatingly recommend her for employment and commercial work”
Saphieh Ashtiany
Principal at Ashtiany Associates, Oxford, U.K.
Chair of the Equal Rights Trust, U.K.
Visiting Professorial Fellow Queen Mary University of London, U.K.
Principal at Ashtiany Associates, Oxford, U.K.
Chair of the Equal Rights Trust, U.K.
Visiting Professorial Fellow Queen Mary University of London, U.K.
"I would like to officially thank you most sincerely for the excellent success you obtained for us yesterday…You were totally attentive to us at all times through the preceding weeks leading up to the tribunal…You were most professional and impressive on the day and… a STAR!"
HR Director, UK Company
"I wanted to write and express my thanks and appreciation for all of your help with the case. The fact that we managed to settle… was due in no small part to your hard work and analysis of the times… I am sure that your role was key to the outcome."
General Counsel, UK non-ministerial government department
"Thanks for all your help over the last couple of years. Your very professional assistance and endless patience and hard work have been much appreciated."
Director, UK non-ministerial government department
I can highly recommend Ruth and her colleagues at UNIVERSADVOKATER. Ruth is quite unique in that she has dual qualification and offers a very user-friendly experience for English counsel seeking Danish legal advice.
I have really appreciated her wide-ranging expertise and assistance with all manner of projects - from GDPR compliance to VAT issues - in the Danish tourism sector.
I have really appreciated her wide-ranging expertise and assistance with all manner of projects - from GDPR compliance to VAT issues - in the Danish tourism sector.
Henry Bankes, formerly General Counsel at Wyndham Destinations.
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"Hi Ruth, Fantastic work".
R, Aarhus.
"I want to thank you for your support the last years. I truly appreciated your flexibility and pragmatic approach. You really made sure we had a comfortable feeling regarding our legal framework in Denmark. On top of that, I really appreciated the pleasant way we kept in touch. Thank you for everything!"
Dutch executive
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Erhvervsvirksomhed i Vendsyssel
Ruth is very easy to work with, very responsive and engaged. She's more than capable to understand IT language in the context of B2B and B2C customer segmentation and GDPR requirements. The end result always translates in to human understandable legal documents. We're very satisfied with the results and an ongoing work. Ruth is our GO-TO legal expert and it doesn't matter whether task is big or small, the approach is always the same: thorough and professional.
Ricardas Risys, CEO at Navus Consult