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Competition/Antitrust

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Our team advises across the full competition law field, including merger control, cartels, leniency & investigations, dominance cases, distribution set-ups and other  compliance work. We have extensive experience with administrative and regulatory processes, and we also litigate competition cases.

In addition to competition law, the team deals with procurement law, state aid, free movement as well as regulatory issues, in particular within the telecommunication, life sciences & healthcare and energy sectors. 

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Competition/Antitrust - Norway

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Band 3

What the Team is Known For

Kvale Advokatfirma is well known for representing clients in investigations into possible anti-competitive behaviour, and in challenges to authority decisions. The law firm also advises clients on merger control filings and competition law compliance queries. Team members further assist both public bodies and private clients with contentious and non-contentious public procurement matters, often in the transportation and healthcare sectors.

Work Highlights

  • Kvale acted for Finnmark County Municipality on a public tender and on a temporary injunction case following an award decision.

Strengths

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The Kvale competition law team represents a lean and highly specialised team, offering top-tier competition advice with strong continuity of personnel and close follow-up.

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Kvale stands out by combining exceptional legal expertise with strong commercial understanding and deep industry knowledge.

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The team has the ability to connect complex issues in cross-border collaboration with national procurement questions.

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Kvale provides knowledge in the relevant fields and good accessibility.

Competition/Antitrust respondent
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Kvale’s public procurement team combines deep legal expertise and with genuine commercial understanding. It quickly masters complex technical issues and translate them into clear, persuasive legal arguments.

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Notable Practitioners

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Kristin Hjelmaas Valla
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Kristin Hjelmaas Valla
Head of Competition/Antitrust
2
Band 2

Kristin Hjelmaas Valla represents clients in investigations into allegations of discriminatory pricing and abuse of dominance, as well as acting for clients on subsequent appeals. She also assists with merger control filings and competition law compliance issues.

Kristin Hjelmaas Valla is a really good person to work with. She is outcome focused and she is committed to defending the client.

She is highly responsive, solution-oriented and demonstrates an impressive understanding of our industry.

Kristin Hjelmaas Valla is the main reason why the Kvale team works so well. She is very experienced and she really knows the ins and outs of competition law.

She is highly skilled, has a commercial mindset and always delivers high quality.

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Robert Lund
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Robert Lund
3
Band 3

Robert Lund frequently assists public bodies with contentious and non-contentious public procurement mandates. He often assists with procurements in the healthcare and transportation sectors.

He has a great knowledge about our industry and understands the situation quickly. He gives good advice.

Robert Lund is a highly experienced litigator with strong advocacy skills, who combines sharp legal analysis with a pragmatic and solution-oriented approach.

Robert Lund provides clear, sound and strategic legal advice.

He is a valued sparring partner when quick clarifications are needed, where he consistently identifies effective solutions in complex and time sensitive matters that safeguards the needs of the project while remaining within the legal framework.

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Silje Grimseth Ullebust
3
Silje Grimseth Ullebust
3
Band 3

Silje Grimseth Ullebust frequently assists clients with public procurement processes for the construction of new transport infrastructure. She has experience acting on both contentious and non-contentious matters for public bodies and private clients.

Silje Ullebust is available, extremely competent and her advice is always practical and to the point. She adds value every single time.

Silje is a highly skilled and approachable lawyer with deep expertise in public procurement law.

Silje Grimseth Ullebust is an exceptionally capable litigator, known for her solution-oriented, structured, and strategic approach to case handling and client follow-up.

She combines strong analytical abilities with excellent communication skills, making complex legal issues easy to navigate.

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Competition/Antitrust
Kristin Hjelmaas Valla
2
Kristin Hjelmaas Valla
Head of Competition/Antitrust
2
Band 2
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Competition/Antitrust: Public Procurement
Robert Lund
3
Robert Lund
3
Band 3
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Silje Grimseth Ullebust
3
Silje Grimseth Ullebust
3
Band 3
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Members

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Gjermund Mathisen

Kristin Hjelmaas Valla

Kristin Hjelmaas Valla

Head of Department