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Drawing from strength in complex merger control cases and infringement cases, Selmer advises clients across a variety of sectors, including the energy, banking and farming industries. Leading the ‘responsive and business-minded’ are the capable duo of Ole-Andreas Torgersen and Karen Anne Rekkedal. Torgersen has proven experience in complex merger control matters, while Rekkedal leads the public procurement and state aid practice and takes point on antitrust matters. The team also includes merger control expert Sindre Wøien Baisgård and Håkon Christoffersen, who is a good contact for merger control proceedings within the banking and financial sectors.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘The team is very responsive and business-minded. Their ability to describe complex rules and apply them to complex business structures is very valuable for our business. They also are very solution-oriented with a practical approach to relevant issues.’

  • ‘Håkon Christoffersen is a very pleasant and sharp competition lawyer. He has unique experience from working both for the authorities and now in private practice, which gives him a particular insight into how decisions are made, and also how we should approach the authorities in relevant cases.'

  • 'Ole-Andreas Torgersen offers detailed knowledge about competition law, but always with a valuable business perspective and mindful of the economical aspect of competition law.’

  • ‘The team at Selmer is led by a very experienced partner Ole-Andreas Torgersen. He and his team are very efficient in their handling of cases, delivering high quality. They are also very business orientated and frame cases in the best commercial interest for firms.’

  • ‘They are service-minded with strong expertise and practical experience.’

  • ‘We work with Ole-Andreas Torgersen and Håkon Christoffersen. They are diligent, pragmatic and knowledgeable in their field.’

  • ‘Ole-Andreas Torgersen and Håkon Christoffersen are always responsive, giving quality legal advice in often complex transactions.’

  • ‘Strong insight in the regulatory environment, deep experience from previous transactions, good relations with authorities.’

Key clients

  • Cermaq
  • Daimler
  • SpareBank 1 SR-Bank
  • SpareBank 1 Sørøst-Norge
  • Orkla
  • Foodora Norway
  • Å Energi (former Agder Energi and Glitre Energi)
  • SpareBank 1 Kreditt AS
  • Nordic Concrete Group
  • XXL ASA
  • Bertel O. Steen
  • Fjord 1
  • EQT
  • KB Gruppen / Betong Øst
  • SpareBank 1 Østlandet
  • Valedo Partners
  • Driv Kapital
  • NOAH AS
  • Brødrene Dahl / Optimera

Work highlights

  • Representing Cermaq, a global salmon producer wholly owned by Mitsubishi Corporation, in an ongoing high-stakes investigation by the European Commission.
  • Advising Daimler on the follow-up claim lawsuit from Norwegian Postal Service (Posten Norge) following the European Commission's decision addressing information exchange within the market for trucks.
  • Advising SpareBank 1 SR-Bank and SpareBank 1 Sørøst-Norge in the competition aspects of their merger.

Lawyers

Leading partners
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Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Ole-Andreas Torgersen, Karen Anne Rekkedal

Other key lawyers

Sindre Wøien Baisgård, Håkon Christoffersen