Competition/European Law
Europe Guide 2024 : Denmark
Band 2
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Provided by Poul Schmith
Poul Schmith’s EU, competition and public procurement team is the largest in the market. The team’s size and breadth of expertise allows them to act on a very wide range of matters.
Poul Schmith has acted as key counsel to the Danish state for more than 80 years and advises various central government authorities publicly held enterprises/companies. The team combines this unmatched public sector and regulatory capacity with deep industry and commercial insight and also represent many Danish and foreign companies.
The team has an exceptional track record in competition matters and has been involved in almost all major cases before the Danish courts in the last 15 years. This includes vertical and horizontal agreements, abuse of dominance and “gun jumping”. The team also has vast experience in negotiating damages claims and merger control.
Poul Schmith stands out for its public procurement expertise and are frequently instructed in the largest and most complex projects in the market. The team represents clients in more cases before the Danish Complaints Board for Public Procurement than any other firm.
Poul Schmith also has unmatched experience within the field of state aid. In recent years, the team has been involved in all major state aid cases and frequently assists clients in dealings with the European Commission.
The team has significant experience in cases regarding international law and general EU-law and regularly represents clients before the European Court of Justice.
Chambers Review
Poul Schmith is particularly known for representing public sector clients in both competition law matters and public procurement mandates. The law firm frequently acts on contentious matters, such as the violation of procurement rules, behavioural investigations and damages actions. The team has additional experience in merger control filings and state aid issues.
Work Highlights
- Poul Schmith assisted Core Sustainability Capital with the merger control aspects of its acquisition of a minority stake in Scanmetals.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"The lawyers are very competent advisers and there is high quality in their work."
"We always received fast feedback."
"We found the team easy to work with."
"It is a very skilled team with great breadth and depth."
"The lawyers are thorough, available and very dedicated to delivering high quality."
"The lawyers are very competent advisers and there is high quality in their work."
"We always received fast feedback."
"We found the team easy to work with."
"It is a very skilled team with great breadth and depth."
"The lawyers are thorough, available and very dedicated to delivering high quality."
Notable Practitioners
Christina Heiberg-Grevy has a broad practice assisting clients with competition investigations, state aid queries and merger control filings. She also represents bidders and public sector clients in contentious and non-contentious public procurement mandates.
"Christina has been very helpful."
Jacob Pinborg has experience in investigations into allegations of resale price maintenance, abuse of dominance and excessive pricing. He further acts on merger control filings. He frequently represents public sector clients.
"He quickly defined the relevant and commercial competition law elements, which led to an excellent outcome for our case."
"He's good and convincing litigator. He has a wealth of experience second to not many others in competition litigation."
Jens Bødtcher-Hansen enters the rankings on the back of his work for public authorities on contentious public procurement mandates. He also has experience in non-contentious matters.
"I could not wish for any better trusted adviser than Jens Bødtcher-Hansen."
"He's first of all a brilliant lawyer and knows his stuff, but he has business acumen and can understand complex things not only from the legal point of view but also how things work in the real world. He combines these things really well."
Ranked Lawyers at
Poul Schmith
Denmark
Members
Provided by Poul Schmith
Andreas Estrup Ippolito
Jens Bødtcher-Hansen
Kristian Hartlev
Tomas Ilsøe Andersen
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