Mr Michael Klöcker > DLA Piper Denmark > Copenhagen, Denmark > Lawyer Profile

DLA Piper Denmark
Oslo Plads 2
DK-2100 Copenhagen
Denmark

Work Department

Litigation & Regulatory

Position

Michael Klöcker is head of DLA Piper Denmark’s competition law team and has vast experience in EU and Danish competition law. Furthermore, Michael is Nordic Practice Group Head of Litigation & Regulatory. He advises particularly on dominant enterprises, anti-competitive agreements, merger control, state aid, dawn raids, white collar crime as well as compliance. Michael has more than 15 years’ experience working with competition law and he serves both national and international clients.

Michael has profound industry-specific knowledge of and experience in the telecom, TV and media markets, the IT markets, the payment industry and the industrial and construction sector. Moreover, Michael provides advice within a number of regulated markets, e.g. within the energy sector.

Michael has been involved in several transactions and projects, including acquisitions and the set-up of cooperative joint ventures. Michael has acted for clients such as Hugo Boss, JP/Politikens Hus, Polaris Private Equity, Rockwool and DanPilot.

Furthermore, Michael provides advice on all aspects of administrative law, including case processing and authority issues as well as administrative review. This include assisting on the newly adopted regulation on notification of foreign investments. He has extensive experience in conducting proceedings before public authorities, including complaints boards and dispute resolution boards.

Moreover, Michael is an associate professor in administrative law at the University of Copenhagen.

 

Languages

Danish, English

Education

  • MBA ved AVT Business school (2018)
  • Master of Law, University of Copenhagen (2003)
  • Studies abroad,University of British Columbia (UBC), Canada (2001)

Lawyer Rankings

Denmark > EU, competition and public procurement

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Michael KlöckerDLA Piper Denmark

The team at DLA Piper Denmark covers the entire spectrum of EU and Danish competition law, procurement law, state aid law and Foreign Direct Investment law. The department also covers criminal cases related to competition law infringements, and provides specialised advice on Greenlandic competition law. Michael Klöcker jointly heads the practice group in conjunction with Mikala Berg Dueholm. Klöcker is a key name for particularly on dominant enterprises, anti-competitive agreements, merger control, state aid, dawn raids, criminal cases as well as compliance; Berg Dueholm has extensive experience in procurement processes relating to complex services.