Mr Eivind J Vesterkjær > Advokatfirmaet Thommessen AS > Oslo, Norway > Lawyer Profile

Advokatfirmaet Thommessen AS
Ruseløkkveien 38, 0251 Oslo
PO Box 1484 Vika
NO-0116 Oslo
Norway
Eivind J Vesterkjær photo

Work Department

EU/EEA and Competition Law; Compliance & Investigations

Position

Mr Vesterkjær’s practice focuses on matters relating to competition law, public procurement and general legal advice to clients in a variety of sectors and industries, including life sciences, shipping and retail. He also does merger control work in connection with mergers, acquisitions and other concentrations. Mr Vesterkjær has for a number of years been ranked among Norway’s leading lawyers within his fields of expertise.

Career

1999 Partner, Oslo office, Thommessen; 1996-1998 Senior Associate, Oslo office, Thommessen; 1993-1995 Associate, Oslo office, Thommessen; 1993 Admitted to the bar; 1991-1993 Deputy Judge, Sarpsborg city court; 1990-1990 Associate, Oslo office, Thommessen

Languages

English; French

Memberships

Norwegian Bar Association

Education

1990-1991 Diplôme d’Etudes Approfondies (DEA) de Droit Communautaire, Université de Paris II (Panthéon-Assas); 1984-1989 Candidate in Jurisprudence, University of Oslo

Lawyer Rankings

Norway > Public procurement

The public procurement team at Advokatfirmaet Thommessen AS, which is a sub-department of the EU/EEA and competition law team, routinely acts on behalf of tenderers and contracting authorities in complex procurement damages claims, specifically within the utilities sector. The team is co-led by Oslo-based Eivind J Vesterkjær and Bergen-based Wenche Sædal, with Vesterkjær’s practice covering a broad range of industries including the life sciences, technology, energy, retail, and shipping sectors, and Sædal serving as adviser and litigator for prominent public and private clients. Åse Rieber-Mohn assists suppliers and public authorities with contentious and non-contentious procurement-related issues.