Ms Frida May Behrens > Arntzen de Besche > Oslo, Norway > Lawyer Profile
Arntzen de Besche Offices
PO BOX 2734
SOLLI
0204 OSLO
Norway
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Ms Frida May Behrens
Position
Senior Lawyer. Behrens works mainly with public procurement and competition law, as well as general EU/EEA law.
She assists national and international clients, as well as Norwegian public authorities, in participating in or carrying out procurement processes. The bulk of Behrens’ clients are on the supplier side. She assists with quality review of bids, review of tender documents, and in negotiations and tender evaluations, in addition to assistance in complaints and access to file processes before the public authorities, the Norwegian Complaints Board for Public Procurement (KOFA) and Norwegian courts.
Behrens assists national and international clients across the whole range of competition law issues, including notification of concentrations to the Norwegian Competition Authority. Her particular area of focus is anti-competitive collusions and abuses of dominance. In addition to examinations and assessments of potential anti-competitive conduct, she has assisted in several competition law cases brought before the Norwegian courts.
Behrens is a dedicated advisor with a commercial understanding who is keen to give her clients concise and practical advices.
Career
2021 – Arntzen de Besche – Senior Lawyer
2019 – 2021, Arntzen de Besche – Senior Associate
2017 – 2019, Arntzen de Besche – Associate
2014 – 2016, Several law firms – Trainee
2013 – 2014, University of Bergen – Leader of work group
Memberships
Norwegian Bar Association.
Education
2011 – 2016, University of Bergen – Master of Law
2015, University of Copenhagen – Elective courses as part of the Norwegian degree
Lawyer Rankings
Norway > EU and competition
(Rising stars)Arntzen de Besche’s ‘highly-skilled‘ team attracts praise for its ‘exceptional knowledge of EU and competition legislation‘. With demonstrable industry strength across the trade and retail sectors, the group handles a high volume of merger control and state aid mandates. The ‘outstanding‘ Svein Terje Tveit oversees the department and is particularly active in high-profile state aid investigations and litigation, as well as advising on compliance and merger control mandates. Also in the core team is Stein Ove Solberg
, a seasoned competition expert with a solid track record in advising clients within the trade, retail, and food sectors on complex merger control cases. At associate level, Frida May Behrens handles contentious antitrust mandates, while Paul Gunnar Hagelund is also recommended.