Litigation & Regulatory

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.

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