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Mathias' main expertise is disputes. He acts for a variety of clients, including insurance carriers, banks, corporations and executive management. Mathias also has extensive experience representing commodity trading houses and shipping companies. In addition to his dispute work, Mathias acts in respect financing, S&P, ship arrest, distressed companies, forced sales and pursuit of claims worldwide. Mathias is admitted to the Danish Supreme Court and has appeared before the Court in a number of disputes. Mathias is a recently elected member of the board for the Danish association of attorneys admitted to the Supreme Court and he is also a board member of the Danish Maritime Law Association (CMI). Mathias is regularly appointed as arbitrator and has experience as counsel in ICC and LMAA arbitrations as well as ad hoc arbitrations and arbitrations under the rules of the Danish Institute of Arbitration. Mathias is member of the Arbitration Council of the SCC Arbitration Institute. Mathias has been lecturing in contract law and international private law at Copenhagen University School of Law for many years and is a past lecturer of the year at the school of Law. Mathias has further lectured for three years in international trade law and shipping at Copenhagen Business School.