Wikborg Rein

Competition, Litigation and Arbitration

Mads is a team leader in Wikborg Rein and he advises Norwegian and foreign companies within areas of business law, in their contact with public authorities and in negotiations and dispute resolution. He also has legal assignments for and advices public entities and authorities. Mads has been a judge for many years, during which he mediated and presided in several hundred cases within a broad spectre of legal areas, and he has an expertise within civil litigation and dispute resolution. Mads' main area of expertise is EU/EEA and competition law and he is also team leader for our legal practice group for Competition and Procurement. Mads has previously worked as Legal Director of the Norwegian Competition Authority, and in his years as a judge also been appointed Acting Director General of the Competition Authority in infringement cases. Mads is experienced in handling large and complex competition cases and has advised in many cases before Norwegian and international competition authorities and courts within different business areas. He also has experience from investigations and compliance work, advising in the establishment of various forms of cooperation between companies, conducting legal review of companies' agreements and business conduct and handling competition notifications of mergers and acquisitions. Wikborg Rein's Competition and Procurement team is top ranked in Legal 500 (2023) and Global Competition Review's GCR 100 (2023). Mads is also ranked as one of the leading EU and competition lawyers in Norway in Legal 500 (2023) and Chambers (2023).

2018- Partner, Wikborg Rein, Oslo 2012-2017 Judge, Asker and Bærum District Court 2007-2011 Partner and Head of the Trade, Industry and Public Sector Group, Wikborg Rein, Oslo 2003-2006 Legal Director, Norwegian Competition Authority 2000-2002 Référendaire, EFTA Court, Luxembourg 1995-1999 Associate, Senior Associate, Selmer DA, Oslo

1996-1997 LLM London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) 1995 Cand. jur., Universitetet i Oslo