[6] In 2012, the company merged with Philip Advokatfirma, cementing its position as Denmark's second-largest law firm.

[6] After having won a public tender in February 2017, Bech-Bruun submitted a study report Archived 2018-11-06 at the Wayback Machine in the so-called dividend tax case, concerning false claims for Danish dividend withholding tax refunds, which is believed to have cost the Danish state 12.7 billion DKK.

In November 2018, in the context of a police investigation, it was revealed that two of Bech-Bruun’s partners in 2014-2015 had advised one of the largest culprits in the dividend tax case, the North Channel Bank.

Bech-Bruun was subsequently sued by the Danish tax authorities in tort and on 20 November 2023 the Danish Supreme Court found in favour of the tax authorities and ordered Bech-Bruun to pay a total amount of approx.

[9] In the Legal 500 listing, Bech-Bruun is rated as a first tier firm in Denmark in the areas of employment, energy, environment, information technology, insolvency, media and entertainment, mergers and acquisitions, real estate and construction, shipping and transport, and telecommunications.