What TELLUS Advokater does

TELLUS Advokater ApS is a privately held Danish regional law firm headquartered in Billund with five physical offices across the Jutland peninsula (Billund, Esbjerg, Holstebro, Herning, Sønderborg). Founded in 2009 with roots in the Danish agricultural cooperative associations (landboforeningerne), the firm employs approximately 17 people, comprising six attorneys, an advocate trainee, a property advisor, and a sizeable administrative support staff. It is led by Director/Attorney Lis Daugaard, who assumed the CEO role in 2022.

The firm offers two primary service lines: Private Client Advisory (Privat rådgivning) covering family law, wills, prenuptial agreements, estate administration, powers of attorney, consumer rights, and property transactions; and Business Advisory (Erhverv rådgivning) covering agricultural law, corporate succession planning, company formation, bankruptcy and restructuring, contract drafting, and commercial disputes. The firm runs no proprietary technology platform beyond standard legal practice management and case management tools protected by standard firewall and antivirus controls, and is GDPR-compliant and aligned with Danish anti-money-laundering obligations.

TELLUS monetizes through hourly professional-services fees, billed at DKK 1,200-3,000 per hour depending on role (secretary, case handler, attorney, property advisor), with estimates issued at engagement start and quarterly a conto-invoicing as the standard cadence. Pricing is publicly disclosed and adjusted annually on 1 January. Go-to-market is direct-to-consumer, relying on five local offices, embedded SAGRO and LandboGruppen cooperative referrals, content marketing (free downloadable handbooks, articles, FAQs), community lectures, and a complimentary "Gratis familietjek" family legal review. The firm has earned consecutive Børsen Gazelle growth awards in 2020 and 2021 but does not publicly report revenue.

Name

TELLUS Advokater

Legal name

TELLUS Advokater ApS

Website

https://tellusadvokater.dk

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

TELLUS Advokater is a Danish regional law firm with five Jutland offices providing private-client and business legal advisory services, with deep specialization in family law, estate administration, succession planning, and agricultural transactions via SAGRO and LandboGruppen cooperative partnerships.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Legal Services

NAICS

Offices of Lawyers (541110)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Family & Private Client (Trusts & Estates) Law (BPAHAAAK)

akta.pro secondary industry

Bankruptcy, Restructuring & Insolvency Law (BPAHAAAH)

Keywords

• Legal advisory services
• Estate administration
• Family law practice
• Agricultural law
• Business succession

Headquarters

HQ city

Billund

HQ country

Denmark

HQ region

Europe

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Legal advisory services: TELLUS Advokater generates revenue through billable legal advisory services charged at hourly rates. Fees are determined by time spent, urgency, specialized knowledge required, the importance of the matter to the client, the values involved, and the outcome achieved. A cost estimate is provided at the outset of each engagement, with quarterly advance invoicing (a conto-honorar).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

TELLUS Advokater is a Danish law firm that provides billable legal advisory services to private individuals and businesses across five offices in Jutland. Core practice areas include family law, wills and estate administration, divorce, powers of attorney, real estate transactions, agricultural law, business succession, company formation, contracts, bankruptcy and restructuring, and debt collection. The firm bills hourly rates determined by staff role and case type, with separate pricing for private versus business matters.

Product overview

TELLUS Advokater is a regional Danish law firm with five local offices offering comprehensive legal services. The firm operates two primary service areas: Private Client Advisory (Privat rådgivning) covering wills, estate administration, family law, divorce, powers of attorney, consumer rights, and real estate matters; and Business Advisory (Erhverv rådgivning) serving enterprises with agricultural law, business succession, company transfers, bankruptcy, debt counseling, company formation, real estate transactions, and commercial disputes. The firm also publishes free educational handbooks including 'Håndbog for enker', 'Håndbog for huskøbere', and 'Håndbog i generationsskifte'. Additionally, they offer a complimentary family legal review service (Gratis familietjek) to help clients identify necessary legal documentation.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Privat rådgivning (Private Client Legal Advisory)

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• SAGROcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTELLUS Advokater has four of its five offices co-located with SAGRO (agricultural advisory firm) in Billund, Herning, Holstebro, and Esbjerg. The firm originated from agricultural cooperative associations and maintains deep roots in the farming community. SAGRO provides office infrastructure and a referral network for agricultural clients.
• LandboGruppen SønderborgcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Sønderborg office is co-located with LandboGruppen, maintaining the firm's agricultural cooperative heritage. This partnership provides physical office presence and referral access to the agricultural community in southern Jutland.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Bech-Bruun: One of Denmark's largest full-service law firms. Comparable on practice areas (private client, real estate, corporate, agricultural advisory) but operates as a broad incumbent with significantly greater scale, headcount, and national reach than TELLUS.
• Gorrissen Federspiel: Premier Danish full-service law firm serving corporate and private clients across practice areas that overlap with TELLUS (real estate, family law, succession). Operates as a top-tier incumbent rather than a regional niche player.
• Horten: Large Danish law firm with broad coverage of corporate, real estate, employment, and private client work — overlapping with TELLUS on business advisory and real estate transactions, but at materially larger scale and national scope.
• Kammeradvokaten (Advokatfirmaet Poul Schmith): Denmark's oldest law firm and government legal advisor, with extensive private client, real estate, and corporate practices that overlap with TELLUS's service areas. Operates as a broad incumbent at the top of the Danish market.

Direct peers

• Lund Elmer Sandager: Danish law firm of comparable mid-market scale with strong corporate, M&A, and commercial real estate practices, plus private client services. Similar in serving both private individuals and SMEs with a multi-office Danish footprint.
• Njord Advokatpartnerselskab: Danish mid-market law firm with similar partnership-style structure, comparable headcount range, and broad private/business advisory practice including real estate, corporate, and dispute resolution — directly comparable on firm economics and service mix.
• DAHL Advokatpartnerselskab: Danish full-service law firm comparable in regional orientation. One of TELLUS's named secretaries previously worked at DAHL, indicating direct overlap in the Jutland professional-services talent pool and a similar mid-market advisory profile.
• BALE Advokatfirma: Danish law firm named as a prior employer of a TELLUS secretary, suggesting similar size, regional scope, and service mix — making it a closely comparable peer for private and business advisory work outside the major cities.
• Mazanti-Andersen Advokatpartnerselskab: Copenhagen-based Danish law firm with a similar full-service profile covering corporate, real estate, employment, and private client matters — a relevant scale peer even though it operates from a different geography.
• Kroman & Co Advokater: Mid-sized Danish law firm with comparable multi-disciplinary advisory offerings for private and business clients, including estate, family, and commercial work — a similar profile to TELLUS at a slightly larger scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/TellusAdvokater
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/tellus-advokater

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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