Wikborg Rein

Competition and Procurement

Stuart is an experienced competition lawyer, used to handling large and complex competition law matters. Stuart advises on all aspects of EU, UK and Norwegian competition law, with a particular focus on multi-jurisdictional merger control and investigations where he has significant experience and expertise. Stuart is a qualified solicitor of England and Wales as well as a Norwegian qualified lawyer, and has previously worked in the competition law team at a major international law firm in London as well as for the UK competition regulator, the Competition and Markets Authority. He has also spent time working in Brussels during his 10 + years of experience in working exclusively with competition law. Stuart is recognised as one of Norway's leading competition lawyers, and has been ranked as a "Rising Star" in the field by Legal 500 since 2021. He speaks at conferences and has written several articles on topical competition law issues, in particular on the application of competition law to the energy sector.

2022 - Specialist Counsel, Wikborg Rein, Oslo 2020 - 2021 Senior Lawyer, Wikborg Rein, Oslo 2018 - 2019 Senior Associate, Wikborg Rein, Oslo 2016 - 2017 Associate, Wikborg Rein, Oslo 2015 - 2016 Associate, Herbert Smith Freehills LLP, London 2014 - 2015 Manager, Competition & Markets Authority, London 2012 - 2014 Associate, Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP, London 2010 - 2012 Trainee, Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP, London & Brussels

2021 Norwegian Practising Certificate 2012 - 2013 King's College, London, UK – EU Competition Law (Post-Graduate Diploma) 2012 Admitted as a Solicitor of England and Wales 2009 - 2010 University of Law, UK – Legal Practice Course (LPC) 2008 - 2009 Universiteit van Amsterdam, Netherlands – European Business Law (LLM) 2005 - 2008 University of Nottingham, UK - Law (LLB)