Competition Law

Kromann Reumert’s competition law group is a market leader within competition, State-aid and EU law. We have more than 30 years’ experience in advising on all types of anti-trust issues, in both a Danish, European and international context.

Today, competition law is an everyday concern among many undertakings. Not only are the rules complex; they are also being enforced at multiple levels - in Denmark, at European and global level, and in some cases even at personal level against members of the management. Non-compliance can result in considerable fines and adverse publicity, but also contractual invalidity which may be detrimental to your company’s commercial interests. A competition law dispute can be extremely burdensome, and it is therefore important to obtain the necessary assessments and to ensure compliance at an early stage.

Our advice

Our advice is based on a value-adding “no nonsense” approach, where we, together with you as a client, find the best solution to the specific project or issue. We take the client’s commercial reality into account and make a targeted effort to understand the client’s business.

We offer proactive advice and ensure that our clients’ projects are structured and implemented without any risk of violating the competition rules. For that purpose, it is necessary to understand the regulatory landscape in the commercial context of the specific project.

If, in spite of these efforts, the authorities ask questions or initiate an investigation, we assist in making the process as smooth as possible, for instance by ensuring rapid merger clearance or by providing a transparent and honest risk assessment in connection with e.g. civil or criminal proceedings. We go to great lengths to deliver a coherent and comprehensive solution to our clients’ business needs.

Our experience and expertise

Our greatest strengths are our significant share of internationally-oriented cases and activities, our case volume, our experience in all types of competition law cases, and our long-standing relationships with clients, authorities and colleagues.

We have many years of experience handling cases before the Danish competition authorities and courts and before the European Commission and the European Courts. We have also handled a large number of cases before foreign competition authorities - often in cooperation with our international network of leading law firms. It means that we are able to offer a “one-stop-shop” solution in both Danish, European and international cases.

Competition economics

The competition rules are unique in that economy plays a major role in the application of the rules. Our team therefore also includes leading competition economists with extensive experience in all types of anti-trust cases and the underlying analyses. It is key to us that our legal arguments are supported by relevant economic theories and analyses. That provides not only a better result; it also ensures that all relevant commercial aspects are taken into account.

Read more in the section Competition economics and economic analysis.
 

We offer expert advice on a variety of areas. Please click on the links for details.
 

 

High-profile cases

We have acted as adviser to:

  • Widex in connection with its merger with Sivantos
  • Danica Pension in connection with its acquisition of SEB Pension
  • NKT in connection with the international power cables investigation
  • SAS in connection with the international air freight cartel investigation
  • Ørsted in the lengthy dispute with Elsam (claim for damages following a competition law breach)
  • Ørsted in connection with its divestment of Radius
  • Ageras in connection with one of the first Danish platform investigations
  • Eniig in its merger with SE (Norlys).
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Contact

Jens Munk Plum
Partner (Copenhagen)
Dir. +45 38 77 44 11
Mob. +45 21 21 00 22
Erik Bertelsen
Partner (Aarhus)
Dir. +45 38 77 43 11
Mob. +45 20 19 74 12
Morten Kofmann
Partner (Copenhagen)
Dir. +45 38 77 43 35
Mob. +45 24 86 00 40