Ms Elsa Brandt Stensrud > Advokatfirmaet Schjødt AS > Oslo, Norway > Lawyer Profile

Advokatfirmaet Schjødt AS
Tordenskiolds gate 12
P.O. Box 2444 Solli
NO-0201 Oslo
Norway

Position

Senior Associate

Career

Elsa Brandt Stensrud specialises in EU and competition law. She has experience advising local and international companies on EU/EEA law-related matters, including competition law, public procurement, and state aid. Elsa also advises clients in these areas of law in proceedings before the Norwegian courts, the Norwegian Competition Authority, and the European Commission.

Elsa joined the firm in 2019. She is a graduate of the Faculty of Law of the University of Oslo, with a semester abroad at Penn State University in the U.S. Elsa received the Schjødt scholarship while writing her master thesis “Joint Tendering as a Restriction of Competition by Object under the Norwegian Competition Act § 10”. During her studies, Elsa had internships at Schjødt Law Firm and Hjort Law Firm and participated in the Nordic Moot Court Competition in Human Rights in 2018.

Education

2019 – Master of Laws, University of Oslo

2018 – Exchange Student, Penn State University

2013 – Cours de Civilisation Francaise, Université de la Sorbonne

Lawyer Rankings

Norway > EU and competition

(Rising stars)

Elsa Brandt Stensrud – Advokatfirmaet Schjødt AS

Advokatfirmaet Schjødt AS leverages its Scandinavian network of offices to advise its clients on both domestic and international joint ventures, investigations, and the competition aspects of large mergers. Olav Kolstad leads the competition group and stands out for his extensive track record advising oil and gas sector clients on the full range of contentious and non-contentious EU and competition mandates. Kolstad works alongside litigator Thomas Nordby, a public procurement and EU competition law specialist. Also in the core team is Elsa Brandt Stensrud, whose broad practice has a notable focus on abuse of dominance cases and investigations by the Norwegian Competition Authority.