Bjørnar Alterskjær > CMS Kluge > Oslo, Norway > Lawyer Profile
CMS Kluge Offices
BRYGGEGATA 6
PO BOX 1548 VIKA
0117 OSLO
Norway
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Bjørnar Alterskjær
Work Department
Public procurement. EU and competition.
Position
Expertise in public procurement and state aid matters. EU law, EEA law, State aid law, Competition law, Public procurement law, free movement of goods, services, labour and capital, business law.
Bjørnar has been Deputy Director of the legal department in the EFTA Surveillance Authority and was also for an extended period Acting Director of the department. He has outstanding experience in litigation before the EFTA and the EU Courts, having represented the EFTA Surveillance Authority in over 20 cases in almost all fields of law covered by the EEA Agreement and the EU treaties. Several of the cases concerned questions within the field of state aid and public procurement. He has also worked extensively with questions pertaining to the free movement of goods, services, labour and capital, in addition to the rules on establishment, competition law, labour law and financial services. Further he has acted as Hearing Officer for competition cases in the EFTA Surveillance Authority.
Alterskjær has been Manging Partner in Kluge since 2018.
Career
From 2001 to 2004, Bjørnar worked with state aid and public procurement in the Norwegian Ministry of Trade and Industry and in the Competition Policy department in the Ministry of Administration and Government Reform. In addition to holding a law degree from the University of Oslo, Bjørnar holds an LL.M from the Humboldt University in Berlin. His master thesis was on third party access to the electricity grid (Der Zugang Dritter zu den Netzwerke nach der EG-Stromrichtlinie – Mit Blick auf das norwegische Genehmigungsverfahren für den Auslandshandel mit Strom). Bjørnar also holds a Master in Business Administration (MBA) from Vleric Leuven Gent Business School. The MBA programme of this prestigious school is regarded as being among the best in Europe. He therefore knows what it takes for our clients to succeed in business. Bjørnar holds presentations and speeches both nationally and internationally. He has written several articles, amongst others in the European State Aid Law Quarterly, and is one of the authors of the leading book on state aid in Norwegian Statsstøtte – EØS-avtalens regler om offentlig støtte.
Languages
Scandinavian languages, English, German
Memberships
Norwegian Bar Association.
Education
2016, Partner, Kluge Advokatfirma (CMS Kluge Advokatfirma AS), 2011, Associate lawyer, ALT law firm, 2008 – 2010, Deputy Director/Acting Director, Legal and Executive Affairs, EFTA Surveillance Authority Cand. jur. (Norwegian law degree)
Lawyer Rankings
Norway > EU and competition
(Leading individuals)With demonstrable strength in state aid and public procurement work, CMS Kluge fields a ‘highly competent and hardworking’ team which is also increasingly active in the complex merger control field. Henrik Nordling heads up the team and focuses on national and European competition issues, state aid work, and regulatory mandates. ‘Strong leader‘ Bjørnar Alterskjær has a strong track record in advising private companies and governmental entities on large and complex state aid matters, while Clemens Kerle handles notification and complaint procedures before the EFTA Surveillance Authority.
Norway > Public procurement
(Leading individuals)Praised for its ‘unmatched expertise in procurement law’, the team at CMS Kluge is routinely instructed by contracting authorities and suppliers to advise on all phases of public procurement processes. Alf Amund Gulsvik and Stian Hultin Oddbjørnsen jointly lead the team; Gulsvik advises government departments and agencies on contracting issues and contentious procurement matters, while Oddbjørnsen attracts praise for his ‘substantial’ IT procurement expertise, a core pillar of work for the team. Anne Buan, who is ‘a star in everything she does’, is another key individual here. Managing partner Bjørnar Alterskjær has a broad practice that spans public procurement and state aid issues, acting for governmental entities and national businesses.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading individuals Norway > Public procurement
- Leading individuals Norway > EU and competition
- Public procurement Norway
- EU and competition Norway