Erik Bertelsen

Practice Areas

Erik specialises in competition law. His main work area is EU and Danish competition law and his expertise include merger control and advice on price and discount issues in relation to dominant companies and legal proceedings within competition and procurement law. Erik is specialized in competition litigation both before the Danish courts and the EU courts in Luxembourg.

His special expertise includes appeal cases concerning decisions made by the competition authorities, and actions in damages for competition law violations. Erik has conducted several landmark cases before the Danish Competition Council and the Danish Competition Appeals Tribunal, and he has also handled criminal competition cases.

Career

Erik Bertelsen works in commercial litigation and arbitration and is also an extremely sought-after advisor on competition law — with a particular focus on dominant companies, cartels and mergers.

He is noted by clients and peers for his work on actions in damages for competition law infringements, State Aid cases, infringement of EU procurement rules, and regulatory and contractual matters in the energy and financial sectors.

Erik's clients include major Danish and foreign businesses, and over the years he has handled cases involving all aspects of tort and competition law.

He receives particular acclaim for his work litigating in competition and procurement law, especially in the energy, utilities, food and agricultural sectors, including appeal cases concerning decisions made by the competition authorities and actions in damages for e.g. competition law infringements. A highly experienced litigator, Erik has conducted several landmark cases before the Danish Competition Council and the Danish Competition Appeals Tribunal and has also successfully tackled criminal competition cases.

He has also represented clients in numerous Supreme Court cases. For example, he represented DONG Energy in the so-called “Kontek” case, securing his client a multi-million kroner sum from Swedish energy company Vattenfall.

Erik has also argued cases before the EU courts, in the forms of cancellation proceedings and requests for preliminary rulings by the European Court of Justice.

Erik delivers solution-oriented advice based on his extensive knowledge of Danish and international case law and his handling of cases before Danish and European courts. Erik is commended for his pragmatic and business-minded approach, always striving to avoid protracted proceedings and to meet clients’ commercial needs to best effect.