Marianne Henne Møller
Advokatfirmaet Haavind AS
More informationActing for clients in the technology and renewables industries, Advokatfirmaet Haavind AS’ fields a ‘highly skilled and hardworking’ team with expertise in merger control issues, follow-on damages litigation, and state aid matters. Simen Klevstrand, who is ’highly skilled in all aspects of the competition law field’, oversees the practice and takes point on merger control cases in the technology industry. He is supported by a strong team of associates, including the ‘bright-minded’ Gaute Bergstrøm and Marianne Henne Møller, who handles abuse of dominance matters.
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Testimonials
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‘A tight, highly skilled and hardworking team of competition law experts. Particularly service-minded and easy to work with.’
‘Simon Klevstrand - Highly skilled in all aspects of the competition law field. Very good at pinpointing all relevant aspects and considerations when providing advice, thereby ensuring the best possible basis for decision-making.'
- 'Gaute Bergstrøm - Bright-minded, calm, always on top of the matter at hand. Convincing both as adviser and litigator.'
- 'Marianne Henne Møller - Completes the team perfectly. Always keeps track of the details.'
‘Very quick, very pragmatic, real experts.’
‘Simen Klevstrand: Super responsive, friendly, great to work with.’
'I have worked primarily with Simen Klevstrand and working with him has been a pleasure. He is consistently responsive, strategic and with a good eye for the big picture.'
Key clients
- NorgesGruppen
- Posten Norge
- Norsk Hydro
- NBF
- Helse Sør-Øst HF
- FSN Capital Partners
- Recharge
- Renewables Norway
- Sjømat Norge
- OBOS
- Norsk Industri
Work highlights
- Representing Posten Norge in the first cartel damages claim ever litigated before Norwegian courts, against European truck manufacturers fined by the EU Commission in 2016.
- Acting for a Norwegian salmon farming company in the European Commission’s ongoing cartel investigation.
- Advised Netsecurity, a Norwegian tech company specialist in IT security, on the competition law aspects of its acquisition of its competitor Data Equipment AS, and handled the merger filing to the Norwegian Competition Authority.
Lawyers
Leading associates
Rising stars with regular involvement in their team's key work, and recognition from peers or clients as being ones to watch.
Next Generation Partners
Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.
Simen Klevstrand
Partner Simen Klevstrand heads Haavind’s EU/EEA & competition law practice team. He advises Norwegian and international clients across the full spectrum of competition law matters, including merger control and investment review, JVs and cooperation agreements, dominance issues, distribution agreements, competition litigation, investigations and leniency, as well as state aid matters.
His experience within competition law includes merger filings in Norway and the EU, representing clients before Norwegian courts, as well as assistance during investigations by the Norwegian Competition Authority and the European Commission.
Klevstrand has authored a number of articles published in national and international journals and is regularly invited to speak at competition law conferences in Norway.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Simen Klevstrand