Competition/Antitrust: Public Procurement
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Provided by Advokatfirmaet Simonsen Vogt Wiig
Simonsen Vogt Wiig's Competition/Antitrust Practice
The team has particular strength in depth and has dedicated partners for all relevant areas of competition law, state aid law, public procurement law and internal market law.
Simonsen Vogt Wiig’s team has extensive experience with EU and EEA-regulatory matters and competition law in a number of business sectors and professional areas.
The firm assists with all aspects of competition law, such as notification of mergers to the competition authorities in Norway and Brussels, dawn raids and drafting and implementation of compliance routines.
Chambers Review
Advokatfirmaet Simonsen Vogt Wiig is active on both contentious and non-contentious procurement matters and has experience acting for both bidders and public sector clients. The law firm often handles large IT services, healthcare and transportation sector procurement matters. It also has experience in competition law, representing clients in a range of behavioural investigations, including sector inquiries, and follow-on damages class actions. The team offers further expertise in merger clearance notifications and competition compliance mandates.
Work Highlights
- Simonsen Vogt Wiig advised Helseplattformen on the procurement of a new system for patient journals and patient administration.
Strengths
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"The team manages in a good way to turn complex legal problems into practical action."
"The company always delivers on time and has good availability."
"It is a very deep and broad organisation with many competent employees."
"The team provides a high level of understanding of client needs for support and advice."
"The lawyers are able to understand complex technology matters."
"The team manages in a good way to turn complex legal problems into practical action."
"The company always delivers on time and has good availability."
"It is a very deep and broad organisation with many competent employees."
"The team provides a high level of understanding of client needs for support and advice."
"The lawyers are able to understand complex technology matters."
Notable Practitioners
Anders Thue advises contracting parties on tender processes, often in the healthcare sector.
"He is very sharp, competent and quick."
"He has very good awareness regarding commercial issues."
"Anders Thue is easy to work with and very responsive."
Espen Bakken acts on both contentious and non-contentious procurement mandates, representing bidders in complaints and advising contracting parties on tender competitions.
"Espen is a very competent and skilled resource."
"Espen Bakken is very focused with high competence and understanding of our cases."
"Espen is a service-oriented and highly skilled lawyer."
"He is fantastic in court and went deep into the case. He is really good at dialling into the case quickly, and he is clever and understands the case and products well."
"He is very knowledgeable and doesn't waste my time. When I send a question he responds immediately. He is very to the point."
Jan Magne Langseth assists clients with abuse of dominance and cartel investigations, as well as representing them in class action damages claims. He also has experience in merger control filings and sector inquiries.
Ranked Lawyers at
Advokatfirmaet Simonsen Vogt Wiig
Norway
Members
Provided by Advokatfirmaet Simonsen Vogt Wiig
Erik Martinius Klevmo
Guro Skar Forseth
Head of Department
Nanna Wanjera Christensen
Olav Endresen Haukeli
Tor Stokke
Tor-Arne Holand
Trine Lise Fromreide