2025 marked another record year for Norwegian merger control, with an all-time high number of filings under the current thresholds.

The Competition Appeals Tribunal upheld the NCA’s prohibition in Norva24/Vitek Miljø – a regional market case with turnover barely exceeding thresholds – whilst the NCA cleared high-profile Phase II transactions including Vy/Flytoget and NorgesGruppen/Norsk Medisinaldepot shortly before their Statement of Objections deadlines. The NCA also demonstrated flexibility in accepting remedies, including in the below-threshold Infomedia/Retriever transaction called in by the authority which resulted in extensive structural remedies.

With the Competition Act Review Committee proposing legislative reforms – including extended call-in deadlines and automatic July suspensions – Norway’s merger control landscape continues to evolve. Our latest annual report provides comprehensive analysis for practitioners and businesses.

2025 marked a pivotal year for Norwegian competition enforcement.

The Competition Appeals Tribunal upheld the record EUR 420 million fine in the ‘Price Hunter case’ – Norway’s first ‘by effect’ infringement – whilst Posten secured EUR 10 million in landmark damages from truck cartel participants.

With expanded market investigation powers and proposed legislative reforms, Norway’s competition landscape is rapidly evolving. Our latest annual report provides comprehensive analysis of these developments for practitioners and businesses.

We are pleased to publish the 2. edition of our publication, “Data Centers in Norway” written by our cross-discipline integrated data center team.

The publication provides key insights into the rapidly growing data center industry and addresses key legal, regulatory and commercial aspects for data center developers and sponsors.

BAHR partner Tor Olav Carlsen and senior associate Andrea Oretorp have written the Norway chapter of the 2025 edition of International Employment Lawyer’s Guide to Restructuring a Cross-Border Workforce.

BAHR partners Ida Marie Windrup, Markus Nilssen, Camilla Iversen and Daniel Jovanovic authors the Norwegian chapter in The Legal 500 Acquisition Finance Comparative Guide.

The chapter provides an update on current issues affecting acquisition finance in the Norwegian market, including market- and documentary trends and key considerations.

BAHR has authored the Norwegian chapter in Lexology “In-depth: International Capital Markets”. The article gives an overview of the legal framework and the latest developments and trends in the Norwegian capital market.

You can read the article here: International Capital Markets: Norway – Lexology

This edition provides a comprehensive overview of the latest developments in intellectual property rights, life sciences, and regulatory and data protection in Norway, the EU and other jurisdictions, including:

• Key intellectual property case law from Norway, the CJEU, the UPC and other jurisdictions within the EU
• Recent developments and cases within the life sciences sector in Norway and the EU
• Important updates on the regulatory framework, guidelines, sanctions and case law in the digital sphere, including areas such as AI and data protection

The Legal 500 has released the 2025 edition of its Real Estate Comparative Guide.

BAHR experts Ole Andreas Dimmen, Christoffer Sortland, and Ina Fredrikke Olsholt Behrens authored the Norway chapter.

The guide provides a comprehensive overview of real estate laws and regulations applicable in Norway.

BAHR has authored the Norwegian chapter in Lexology In-Depth: Patent Litigation. This publication provides a perceptive overview of patent litigation procedures in major jurisdictions worldwide, while also examining the practical implications of the most important recent court decisions.

BAHR’s IP practice covers both contentious and non-contentious matters across the full spectrum of intellectual property law. The team regularly act for multinational pharmaceutical companies and international clients in the aquaculture and energy sectors in patent validity and infringement litigation.