Former prime minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen (V) shall be the legal adviser at the law firm Gorrissen Federspiel.
It informs the company in a press release.
He takes up his new position 15. april.
Lars Løkke Rasmussen will, however, retain his seat in the Danish Parliament.
Thus becomes the work of Gorrissen Federspiel a part-time basis.
- my Entire adult life has centered on the development of Danish society and Denmark's role in the world, says Lars Løkke Rasmussen in a press release.
- I am very pleased that I can now use the knowledge and the skills which I have built, to advising large Danish and international companies to take wise decisions for them and for the society of which they are a part of, he continues.
Lars Løkke Rasmussen is himself a qualified lawyer.
He left 31. in august last year, the post of president of the Left, while fellow party member Kristian Jensen stepped in as the vice-president.
Since Lars Løkke Rasmussen has been an ordinary member of Parliament, while Jakob Ellemann-Jensen has been at the forefront of the party as the new president.
In Gorrissen Federspiel to Lars Løkke Rasmussen included as an independent advisor in the company's total legal advice.
Martin André Dittmer is a senior partner at Gorrissen Federspiel. He believes that Lars Løkke Rasmussen's knowledge of the society from his political work will be an important asset for the company.
- We know our clients ' business, and we need to understand how the surrounding context affects them.
- This also applies to the socio-political and, not least, the geopolitical context – and here we see Lars Løkke Rasmussen contribute with an insight into Danish society and a vision of the world, which helps to strengthen us as a law firm, he says in the press release.
