Erik Brändt Öfverholm
DLA Piper Sweden
DLA Piper Sweden
Client SatisfactionDLA 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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Testimonials
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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.’
Key clients
- Amazon Web Services
- Storskogen
- Marshall Group (prev. Zound Industries)
- Mobility Sweden
- St1 Sverige
- Vitamin Well
- Attendo
- BMW
- CBRE
- Volkswagen (Europcar)
Work highlights
- Advised a leading micro-mobility company on a probe by the Swedish Competition Authority in 2023.
- Advised an energy company in a three parallel probes by the Swedish Competition Authority in 2023.
- Advised a leading electric car manufacturer on a probe by the Swedish Competition Authority in 2022 and 2023.
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