Rie Paving Mortensen > Plesner > Copenhagen, Denmark > Lawyer Profile

Plesner
37 AMERIKA PLADS
2100 COPENHAGEN
Denmark
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Work Department

EU and Competition Law; Public Procurement Law; Economic analyses

Position

Rie plays a pivotal role in handling the complex economic aspects of competition and damages law, managing some of the most significant and intricate cases by both Danish and international standards.

Rie’s competition law expertise encompasses complex mergers, particularly phase II cases, international cartels, and complex cases involving abuse of a dominant position.

Rie has extensive experience with both cartel-related and non-cartel-related damage claims. She excels at establishing key elements of counterfactual scenarios, handling settlement procedures, and managing court-appointed economic expert reports and testimonies.

Additionally, Rie prepares various types of economic analyses and conducts significant investigations in matters related to tax law, intellectual property law, and corporate M&A.

Rie holds a master’s degree in economics, a master’s degree in law from the University of Copenhagen, and a postgraduate diploma in EU competition law from King’s College London.

Rie is the head of Plesner’s Economic Analysis team, which consists of highly specialised economists.

Integrating economic insights into legal cases requires active collaboration across various professional disciplines. Rie consistently emphasises a strong cross-disciplinary approach to address the complex interplay between competition law and economics, ultimately benefiting Plesner clients.

Lawyer Rankings

Denmark > EU, competition and public procurement

(Next Generation Partners)

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Plesner retains a strong track record for abuse and cartel cases involving Danish companies, and those investigated by the Danish competition authorities. Public procurement law is also a core pillar of the group’s work and it has extensive experience advising both contracting authorities and tenderers on all aspects of EU and Danish public procurement law, particularly matters regarding tenders relating to large-scale infrastructure projects. Practice head Gitte Holtsø is vastly experienced on high-profile merger cases, as well as cases involving cartels, other horizontal cooperation agreements, vertical agreements, abuse of dominance and competition law compliance. Daniel Barry comes recommended as a ‘very accomplished antitrust lawyer – very knowledgeable and has control of all aspects and details of the case he works on’. Christian Karhula Lauridsen is a go-to name for contentious matters in the space, whilst head of the economic analysis team Rie Paving Mortensen is a key contact for all things pertaining to complex mergers, international cartels and abuse of dominant position issues.