Lawyers

Erik Bertelsen

Erik Bertelsen

Work Department

Competition Law, Dispute Resolution, Energy, Procurement Law, State Aid Law.

Position

Partner.

Career

Erik Bertelsen specialises in competition law, particularly dominant companies, cartels and mergers, as well as Danish and EU procurement law. Erik became a partner in 2000 and has since been part of the firm's market-leading Competition Group.

Erik’s clients include major Danish and foreign businesses. He is experienced in handling all aspects of competition law, particularly abuse of dominance, including discount schemes, prices and refusal to supply.

Erik also has extensive experience in mergers, especially within sectors such as food, agriculture, energy, retail and industry. He is a highly experienced competition and procurement litigator. His special expertise includes appeal cases concerning decisions made by the competition authorities, and actions in damages for competition law violations. Erik has conducted several landmark cases before the Danish Competition Council and the Danish Competition Appeals Tribunal, and he has also handled criminal competition cases.

Erik became a partner in 2000.

Languages

English, German, the Scandinavian languages.

Memberships

Member of the European Forum for Competition Litigation Member of the Danish Supreme Court Bar Association.

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Education

Admitted to practise law 1993 Master of Laws (LL.M), Vrije Universiteit Brussels, 1992 Law degree (cand. jur.) from Aarhus University 1989.