Sø- og Handelsretten opens bankruptcy ban case against Carsten Jensen

Sø- og Handelsretten has received a writ seeking a bankruptcy ban (konkurskarantæne) against Carsten Jensen, formerly connected with Smartkeeper Holding ApS, which is under bankruptcy. The case is registered as BBS-36784/2026-SHR and was published in Statstidende on 13 November 2026, in the section for writs and summonses, because the defendant’s address is unknown. The notice is dated 11 November 2026 and gives him four weeks from publication to respond.

A writ that had to be announced, not delivered

The court states that the notice is served by public announcement because other forms of service have not been possible, and that Sø- og Handelsretten has not been able to make contact with the defendant. The writ and its annexes can be obtained directly from the court at Amaliegade 35, 2nd floor, 1256 Copenhagen K, or by telephone on 9968 4600.

The announcement frames the matter as a konkurskarantænesag — the Danish court procedure under which a person can be barred from managing a business following a bankruptcy. The legal basis cited is konkurslovens §§ 162, 163 and § 164, stk. 2, and the court refers readers to its own published guidance on bankruptcy bans on domstol.dk. The notice does not state the length of any ban sought, nor the grounds on which the claim rests.

Four weeks to file a defence

The deadline runs from the announcement itself, which places the practical cut-off in mid-December 2026. The notice sets out the defendant’s obligations as follows:

• Deadline: four weeks from the 13 November 2026 announcement.
• Channel: the defence must be uploaded at www.minretssag.dk.
• Content: it must state an address that can be used for future contact with the court.
• Documents: the writ with annexes is available from Sø- og Handelsretten, tel. 9968 4600, Amaliegade 35, 2. sal, 1256 København K.

The public announcement is the formal substitute for personal service, so the four-week period runs whether or not the defendant learns of the case through other means. Failing a response, the court can proceed on the basis of the claim as formulated in the writ.

What a bankruptcy ban involves

Statstidende’s standard notices on konkurskarantæne describe what is at stake. A person under a ban may not take part in the management of a business without being personally and unlimitedly liable for its obligations, which in practice rules out directorships in limited companies. A ban is recorded in Erhvervsstyrelsen’s register of persons subject to konkurskarantæne, showing when it takes effect and when it expires, and that information may be disclosed to the courts, the police and the prosecution service.

Breaching a ban carries further consequences: a court may extend the ban to businesses with personal and unlimited liability, may order the person to cover debt left unpaid by a later bankruptcy, and the conduct may be prosecuted under the criminal code as running a business without authority. Smartkeeper Holding ApS is described in the notice only as being under bankruptcy; no details of the estate, its creditors or the trustee are given in the announcement.

The flow of such notices is steady rather than exceptional. Statstidende has carried notices in konkurskarantæne cases on 25, 26 and 28 August, 8 and 13 October, and 3, 11 and 13 November 2026 — eleven in all during the year to date, most of them from Sø- og Handelsretten and issued because the person concerned could not be located.

Why it matters

For creditors and counterparties, the case marks the point at which a bankruptcy in Smartkeeper Holding ApS moves from estate administration into personal accountability for its former management. For readers who check company records, the outcome will be visible in two places: the ruling on minretssag.dk and, if a ban is imposed, the entry in Erhvervsstyrelsen’s konkurskarantæneregister — the register that determines whether Carsten Jensen can sit on a board again.

Source: Statstidende, 13 November 2026, Stævninger og indkaldelser · Personer/firmaer (official reference: S11112026-56).