DLA Piper Sweden’s antitrust and competition team in Stockholm handles a high volume of merger control matters as well as antitrust investigations for major international clients, particularly in the tech and automotive sectors. Practice head Erik Brändt Öfverholm is noted for his considerable experience advising on cross-border merger control issues and appearing before Swedish and European competition authorities. Other key figures within the team include Robin Heimdahl, who focuses on merger control, antitrust investigations, and state aid cases.
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‘Erik Brändt Öfverholm is a go-to lawyer for any competition law questions.'
‘Erik Brändt Övferholm has great knowledge as well as the practical experience that you wish for in a competition law partner.'
‘Erik Brändt Öfverholm is one of the foremost competition lawyers in the country.'
‘Erik Brändt Öfverholm is quick, pragmatic and solution-oriented.'
‘A very well functioning team with all the ingredients to be the perfect competition law department.’
Leading individuals
Erik Brändt Öfverholm specializes in competition law. He heads DLA Piper's Competition & Public Procurement group in Sweden. Before joining DLA Piper, he was the head of EU and Competition Law at another international law firm in Stockholm. Erik also has a background at the Swedish Competition Authority.