Kromann Reumert’s EU, competition and procurement practice is active across the full spectrum of Danish and EU competition, State aid, and public procurement matters, handling many of the country’s most complex behavioural and merger cases, major litigation, and high-profile international cartel mandates. The team is also renowned for advising leading utilities, municipalities and government bodies on procurement. Co-heads Jeppe Lefevre Olsen, Jens Munk Plum and Bart A. Creve expertly handle procurement, merger review, FDI, and State aid matters, while Morten Kofmann is noted for multi-jurisdictional competition expertise.
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Testimonials
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- ‘The Kromann team is an institution on the Danish antitrust scene. They have a very strong bench of partners, lawyers and economists.’
- ‘Bart Creve combines a strong European profile with Danish Fingerspitzengefühl in both transactional, behavioural and litigation matters.'
- ‘We have worked with Kromann Reumert’s competition team on several matters and value their combination of deep technical expertise and clear, decisive advice. The team has a strong understanding of both Danish and EU competition law and is able to translate complex regulatory issues into clear, practical guidance.'
- ‘Jeppe Lefevre Olsen is a very competent advisor, strong on both a strategic and tactical level. He is good at organising the assistance. He has been a key player in assuring that our comprehensive tender programme has been successful so far.’
Key clients
- Arla
- Bestseller A/S
- Hempel A/S
- SAS
- NKT
- Ørsted
- Finans Danmark
- LEO Pharma A/S
- Carlsberg
- Coloplast
- Coop
- Danica Pension A/S
Work highlights
Advising Coloplast on an ongoing matter concerning abuse of a dominant position by way of margin squeeze.
Advising the national Central Bank (Nationalbanken) on all aspects of the renovation of its original headquarters, a project estimated at more than DKK 3 billion.
Advising Loomis in the competition lawsuit filed by competitor Nokas, arguing that Loomis abused its dominant position in the market for cash handling by way of predatory pricing and use of exclusivity contracts.
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Practice head
Jeppe Lefevre Olsen; Bart Creve; Jens Munk Plum
Other key lawyers
Morten Kofmann; Sonny Gaarslev; Mia Thulstrup Gedbjerg; Søren Andersen