Mr Erik Kjær-Hansen > Gorrissen Federspiel > Copenhagen, Denmark > Lawyer Profile
Gorrissen Federspiel Offices
AXELTORV 2
1609 COPENHAGEN V
Denmark
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Mr Erik Kjær-Hansen
Work Department
EU & Competition
Position
Erik Kjær-Hansen is a competition law expert and the head of the Gorrissen Federspiel’s EU & Competition Law practice group.
For more than 20 years, Erik has assisted Danish and international entities in relation to competition law, procurement law and state aid law. He has comprehensive litigation experience and has conducted cases before the Supreme Court.
In respect of competition law, Erik focuses on litigation (including actions for damages), issues relating to dominant undertakings and cartel probes. In relation to procurement law, he assists authorities and undertakings in carrying through tender procedures, submitting bids and conducting complaints proceedings.
Erik also assists undertakings and authorities with other regulatory issues and has significant experience with external legal investigations. He also acts as arbitrator.
Career
Gorrissen Federspiel 2015 –
Partner, Gorrissen Federspiel from 2015
Bruun & Hjejle 1996 – 2015 (partner from 2007)
Eastern High Court 2006
Languages
Scandinavian, English
Memberships
The Danish Bar and Law Society International Bar Association The Danish Association of Competition Law The Danish Competition Law Association
Education
Right of audience before the Danish Supreme Court 2010
LL.M., Harvard Law School 2003
Admitted to the Danish Bar 2001
Master of Law, University of Copenhagen 1998
Legal studies, University of Leiden, 1998
Lawyer Rankings
Denmark > EU, competition and public procurement
Praised as a ‘world leader in the area of EU, competition and public procurement’, the team at Gorrissen Federspiel sees mandates across the full spectrum of contentious and non-contentious mandates in the space, including merger control, dawn raids, state aid, horizontal and vertical agreements, abuse of dominance, competition litigation, procurement and general EU law issues. ‘Outstanding lawyer’ Martin André Dittmer
and seasoned litigator Erik Kjær-Hansen jointly head the practice group. Dittmer is specialist in merger control in M&A transactions and regulatory matters, whilst Kjær-Hansen comes recommended for litigation relating to dominant undertakings and cartel probe, alongside regulatory issues and external investigations. At associate level, Kristian Helge Andersen has experience on complex merger-control cases before the Danish Competition and Consumer Authority.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Data privacy and data protection
- Dispute resolution
- Employment
- Energy
- EU, competition and public procurement
- Information technology
- Insolvency
- Insurance
- Intellectual property
- Shipping and transport
- Tax