Mr Mads Magnussen > Wikborg Rein > Oslo, Norway > Lawyer Profile
Wikborg Rein Offices
Dronning Mauds gate 11
P.O.Box 1513 Vika
NO-0117 Oslo
Norway
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Mr Mads Magnussen
Work Department
Competition, Litigation and Arbitration
Position
Mads is a team leader in Wikborg Rein and he advises Norwegian and foreign companies within areas of business law, in their contact with public authorities and in negotiations and dispute resolution. He also has legal assignments for and advices public entities and authorities. Mads has been a judge for many years, during which he mediated and presided in several hundred cases within a broad spectre of legal areas, and he has an expertise within civil litigation and dispute resolution. Mads’ main area of expertise is EU/EEA and competition law and he is also team leader for our legal practice group for Competition and Procurement. Mads has previously worked as Legal Director of the Norwegian Competition Authority, and in his years as a judge also been appointed Acting Director General of the Competition Authority in infringement cases. Mads is experienced in handling large and complex competition cases and has advised in many cases before Norwegian and international competition authorities and courts within different business areas. He also has experience from investigations and compliance work, advising in the establishment of various forms of cooperation between companies, conducting legal review of companies’ agreements and business conduct and handling competition notifications of mergers and acquisitions. Wikborg Rein’s Competition and Procurement team is top ranked in Legal 500 (2023) and Global Competition Review’s GCR 100 (2023). Mads is also ranked as one of the leading EU and competition lawyers in Norway in Legal 500 (2023) and Chambers (2023).
Career
2018- Partner, Wikborg Rein, Oslo
2012-2017 Judge, Asker and Bærum District Court
2007-2011 Partner and Head of the Trade, Industry and Public Sector Group, Wikborg Rein, Oslo
2003-2006 Legal Director, Norwegian Competition Authority
2000-2002 Référendaire, EFTA Court, Luxembourg
1995-1999 Associate, Senior Associate, Selmer DA, Oslo
Education
1996-1997 LLM London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
1995 Cand. jur., Universitetet i Oslo
Lawyer Rankings
Norway > EU and competition
(Leading individuals)The ‘extremely knowledgeable and pragmatic’ team at Wikborg Rein acts for large private companies and public bodies in Norway, including major energy, telecoms, aquaculture, and transport players. Handling a high volume of infringement cases before Norwegian competition authorities, the team is also routinely instructed to act on antitrust investigations, follow-on claims and cartel mandates. Mads Magnussen heads up the team and is hailed by clients as a ‘fantastic adviser’. Preben Milde Thorbjørnsen is another core member of the team and handles both contentious and non-contentious competition mandates, including transactions and infringement litigation. Specialist counsel Stuart Stock, who is dual-qualified in Norway and England, takes point on cross-border and international matters, with an emphasis on merger control work. Hanne Camilla Zimmer departed the team in 2023.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance (including shipping finance)
- Capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- EU and competition
- Fishing and aquaculture
- Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Intellectual property
- Maritime law
- Offshore construction and shipbuilding
- Real estate
- Regulatory, compliance and investigations
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