Wikborg Rein

Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

• ‘Their team has a great understanding of issues regarding public procurements and is able to communicate difficult legal issues in an understandable manner. They also have a good understanding of the local government sector and our needs.’

• ‘We worked with Marlene Reinertsen from Wikborg Rein. She had an excellent ability to communicate difficult legal issues in an understandable manner to procurement officers with no legal background. She will always offer to look into specific legal questions and give precise and usable answers within a short time.’

• ‘I believe that WR has a high level of competence and delivers its advice promptly and effectively. They are welcoming and easy to interact with and are quickly available when needed, while the advice is of high quality.’

• ‘It seems that they have broad competence teams with highly qualified employees who can support each other and ensure the quality of their deliveries in a good and efficient way. A young female senior lawyer, Malene Reinertsen, has impressed with her good and sharp observations during meetings and well-formulated notes.’

• ‘They have a deep understanding of your business needs, thus providing relevant and valuable input and quality assurance throughout the procurement process.’

• ‘Malene Reinertsen is a senior lawyer and a specialist in public procurement. She makes a big difference by being solution oriented, when others will focus more on potential problems. The customer often wants to know what we can do, not what we cannot do. This is a strength that makes Malene stand out from the rest.’

• ‘The team’s broad competence, including valuable experience from the contracting authority side. The team is always available on short notice.’

• ‘Malene Reinertsen is a talented and nice lawyer who provides great advice.’

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Malene Reinertsen

Wikborg Rein

Malene is specialised in public procurement and has extensive experience in assisting suppliers and clients in large and complex procurement processes. In addition, she has solid experience within procurement law dispute resolution. The advice to clients in the public sector includes quality assurance of tender documents, as well as legal investigations of all types of procurement law issues that arise during the procurement process, and also an assessment of any potential consequences in connection with this. In addition, Malene works on subsequent contract follow-up, as well as conducting a number of assessments of the legality of variations after the contract has been entered into. Malene has worked within a number of sectors including health, defence, ICT, transport, construction and facilities, and consumables. She is a widely used lector and holds a number of lectures and courses within procurement law annually. Malene has also written a number of articles and is co-author in the book “Offentlige kontrakter, Aktuelle tema” published in 2020. Malene was ranked as "Rising star" in the area of public procurement in Legal500. "Malene Reinertsen has extensive experience within public procurement. She provided us with solid legal advice during the procurement process mentioned above. She has great experience from providing legal advice to other contracting authorities, and had a great understanding of us as a client. She is very easy to co-operate with, efficient and thorough." Legal 500, 2022