Mr Olaf Koktvedgaard > Bruun & Hjejle > Copenhagen, Denmark > Lawyer Profile
Bruun & Hjejle Offices
NØRREGADE 21
1165 COPENHAGEN K
Denmark
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Mr Olaf Koktvedgaard
Work Department
Competition and EU, Dispute Resolution, Energy and Infrastructure and IT & Media
Position
Olaf Koktvedgaard advises on issues of EU and competition law, merger control and State aid with a focus on disputes. Olaf’s work focuses to a great extent on the interaction between public enterprises and government. He has extensive experience within dominance issues, State aid, cartel investigations and criminal defence and related investigations. He regularly acts before the Danish competition authorities, the Danish courts, the European Commission and the European Court of Justice.
Career
2012: Admitted to the Danish Supreme Court
2002-: Partner, Bruun & Hjejle
1996-1999: Legal secretary (referendaire) at the Court of Justice of the EU
1989-1991: Head of Section, Danish Department of Justice
Languages
English, French and the Scandinavian languages.
Memberships
- IBA
- The Danish Bar and Law Society
Education
1992: LLM Harvard Law School
1989: Master of Laws, University of Copenhagen
Lawyer Rankings
Denmark > EU, competition and public procurement
(Hall of Fame)Bruun & Hjejle has a demonstrably strong track record on complex merger control and M&A transactions, including FDI filings, alongside major Danish criminal cases and state aid litigation. Praised for its ‘expert knowledge in the field’, the practice group acts on behalf of major international players including Danske Bank, Goldman Sachs and Red Bull. Pre-eminent EU and competition lawyer Olaf Koktvedgaard
focuses on contentious mandates, excelling on matters which concern the interaction between competition and State aid law and include public enterprises, public service, SGEI and market-related public regulation and government. Koktvedgaard jointly leads the practice alongside Søren Zinck and Frederik André Bork. Zinck remains a key contact for all aspects of competition and state aid law, with a present focus on article 101 and 102 cases; Bork’s experience includes complex merger filings and M&A processes, including FDI filings, major abuse and cartel cases, as well as multi-jurisdictional follow-on damages cases.
Lawyer Rankings
- EU, competition and public procurement Denmark
- Hall of Fame Denmark > EU, competition and public procurement
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance
- Dispute resolution
- EU, competition and public procurement
- Real estate and construction