Mr Gjermund Mathisen > Kvale Advokatfirma DA > Oslo, Norway > Lawyer Profile
Kvale Advokatfirma DA Offices
HAAKON VIIS GATE 10
PO BOX 1752, VIKA
0122 OSLO
Norway
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Mr Gjermund Mathisen
Work Department
EU and competition
Position
Gjermund primarily practices in the areas of competition law, state aid and EU/EEA law. He has extensive experience with such cases from working at the EFTA Surveillance Authority (ESA) and the EFTA Court, as well as in the Legislation Department of the Ministry of Justice and in the European Commission. Before joining Kvale in 2022, Gjermund held the post as Director of Competition and State Aid at ESA for eight years. In his time as Director, ESA dealt with some of its all-time largest competition cases, and several hundred state aid cases. In his preceding role as a Member of ESA’s Legal Service, he represented ESA in some 30 cases before the EFTA Court, the Court of Justice and the General Court in Luxembourg.
Languages
Norwegian, English, German, French
Lawyer Rankings
Norway > EU and competition
Lauded by clients for its ‘excellent professional expertise and industry understanding’, Kvale Advokatfirma DA handles merger clearances, infringement claims, and abuse of dominance cases for a strong group of clients in the telecoms, media, grocery, and life sciences sectors. Practice head Kristin Hjelmaas Valla handles merger clearance, cartel and leniency processes, and compliance work, while Robert Lund takes point on state aid and public procurement cases; state aid forms a core pillar of work for the group. The ‘elite‘ Gjermund Mathisen joined the group and has extensive in-house experience from the EFTA Surveillance Authority.