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Provided by Thomas Vinje
Thomas Vinje is a specialist in European antitrust and intellectual property law, with a particular focus on technology issues. He advises major corporations on all areas of antitrust law, including merger control, dominance and cartel cases, and cases involving the interface between competition and IP law.
Thomas is a Non-Governmental Advisor (NGA) to the European Commission on unilateral conduct matters.
He speaks regularly on European Union intellectual property and antitrust law and has authored numerous articles and book contributions on these topics. He is a Professor II on the Law Faculty of the University of Bergen, Norway and often lectures at the University of Zurich. Thomas also sits on the Board of Editors for "Computer und Recht International" and "European Intellectual Property Review".
University of Washington (BA, Political Science and Norwegian) 1977
Columbia University School of Law, Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar and James Kent Scholar 1982
Admitted as an attorney in Hawaii 1983
Admitted as an attorney in California 1986
Joined Clifford Chance as a Partner 2004
Admitted as a solicitor in England & Wales 2007
Admitted as an avocat in Brussels 2018
Provided by Chambers
Thomas Vinje is recognised as one of the most important competition law experts in Brussels. He has acted for complainants on several key investigations carried out by the European Commission in the IT sector.
Provided by Chambers
His expertise and credibility in EU competition law are unmatched.
Thomas Vinje's strategic understanding is valuable to us.
His expertise and credibility in EU competition law are unmatched.
Thomas Vinje's strategic understanding is valuable to us.