Competition and EU Law
An impressed client states: ‘BAHR stands out as among the very best competition firms in Norway. The advice is always to the point and practical.’
BAHR – leading the competition
BAHR’s Competition and EU Law team is amongst the largest and most experienced in Norway, and regularly advises clients on complicated anti-trust, merger control and EU law matters.
The team has extensive experience advocating before various authorities, including the Norwegian Competition Authority (NCA), the Norwegian Complaints Board for Public Procurement, the EFTA Surveillance Authority, and the European Commission. The team also has experience coordinating multijurisdictional merger control filings around the world.
BAHR’s Competition and EU team is consistently recognized as leading the field by independent legal guides, and Arne Torsten Andersen, Helge Stemshaug and Beret Sundet are all recognized individually.
Examples of the team’s recent work include:
- Advising REMA1000 in the landmark “price hunter” antitrust investigation. The NCA has threatened Norway’s grocery chains, including REMA 1000, with the highest fine ever issued, valued at NOK 5 billion in total. During BAHR’s engagement the scope of the alleged infringement has successfully been reduced after the NCA dropped its “by object” allegations.
- Advising Norwegian Air Shuttle in relation to its NOK 1.1 billion acquisition of the regional airliner Widerøe, securing a phase II clearance after the NCA had issued a provisional prohibition warning.
- Advising Aker Solutions on the merger control aspects of the creation of a new joint venture combining the global subsea equipment businesses of Aker Solutions and SLB. BAHR assisted with the merger control filing process worldwide, which included filings on four continents.
- Advising the Municipality of Oslo with securing NOK 6 billion of financing for the construction of one of Europe’s largest-scale Carbon Capture and Storage facilities at a Waste-to-Energy plant.
Whether it concerns complicated merger control issues, cartel investigations, “follow-on” compensation cases, or any aspect of EU or EEA law, BAHR’s Competition and EU Law team has the expertise for you.
For more information on how we can help you, please get in touch with one of our key points of contact.