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Thea Susanne Skaug
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Work Department
European and Competition law.
Position
Thea Susanne Skaug works with the firm’s European and Competition law practice group. With background from the Norwegian Competition Authority for two periods, latterly as legal director, she has gained comprehensive experience within competition law and assists clients from all industries. Skaug represents Norwegian as well as foreign clients in matters towards the domestic and foreign competition authorities. Skaug has special expertise in all fields of European and Norwegian competition law, including merger and joint venture and anti-competitive practices and abuse of dominant position. Skaug has represented a number of foreign and domestic companies in mergers and acquisitions investigated by the Norwegian Competition Authority, including successful appeals to the Ministry. In addition, she also has considerable experience with compliance audits and in-house competition law training for clients as well as assisting at dawn-raids by the Competition Authority. Skaug has acquired international work experience within a law firm in Brussels and the European Commission. Skaug is also a member of the Food Chain Law Committee 2012-13 and focuses on food law.
Career
2005 - Senior lawyer, Senior Associate, Arntzen de Besche; 2010-2011, Member of the Food Chain Law Committee; 2008-2009, Legal director, Norwegian Competition Authority; 2007, Secondment, Baker McKenzie Brussels; 2000-2005, Senior Adviser, The Norwegian Competition Authority; 2003, Secondment, DG Competition; 2001-2003, Leader, Secretariat for the Norwegian Competition Law Reform Commission.
Languages
English and the Scandinavian languages.
Member
Norwegian Bar Association.
Education
2000 Qualifying law degree from the University of Oslo; 1999 LL.M from the University of Southampton.
