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Competition/Antitrust: Public Procurement | Europe

Norway

The below Competition/Antitrust: Public Procurement rankings table provides market-leading insights on the top ranked lawyers and law firms whose advice and legal services can be purchased in Norway. The rankings are the result of extensive research by our internal research team, who conduct interviews with in-house counsel, other third-party experts and private practice lawyers who have worked alongside them. Use our table and ranking system to identify the most suited provider of legal services for you.

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Band 1

  1. CMS Kluge Advokatfirma AS
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    CMS Kluge Advokatfirma AS
    Competition/Antitrust: Public Procurement
    2024 | Band 1 | 9 Years Ranked
    CMS Kluge offers a highly respected public procurement team that is a popular choice with public sector clients. The law firm represents government organisations and local municipalities in every step of high-profile procurement mandates from the initial contracts through to challenges to award decisions. It also has experience acting for bidders as plaintiffs in contentious mandates. Team members offer further expertise in competition law matters, particularly state aid issues.
  2. Wiersholm
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    Wiersholm
    Competition/Antitrust: Public Procurement
    2024 | Band 1 | 9 Years Ranked
    Wiersholm remains one of the best law firms in Norway for public procurement matters. It is a popular choice for contentious matters, often acting for plaintiffs or intervenors on damages actions, injunctions and award reviews. The team is also strong in non-contentious matters for both bidders and authorities, assisting with tender processes. The law firm is additionally active on competition law matters, representing clients in behavioural and market investigations, as well as in follow-on damages actions. The team further advises on merger clearance notifications and state aid mandates.
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Band 2

  1. Advokatfirmaet Haavind AS
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    Advokatfirmaet Haavind AS
    Competition/Antitrust: Public Procurement
    2024 | Band 2 | 9 Years Ranked
    Advokatfirmaet Haavind is active in both public procurement and competition law matters. The law firm assists clients with every stage of procurement processes, including tendering and award decision reviews. It is notably active in proceedings involving the healthcare, technology, defence and transportation sectors, often acting for public sector clients. The team also assists clients with obtaining competition law clearance for proposed mergers, and represents them in competition authority investigations and follow-on damages actions.
  2. Advokatfirmaet Simonsen Vogt Wiig
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    Advokatfirmaet Simonsen Vogt Wiig
    Competition/Antitrust: Public Procurement
    2024 | Band 2 | 9 Years Ranked
    Advokatfirmaet Simonsen Vogt Wiig is active on both contentious and non-contentious procurement matters and has experience acting for both bidders and public sector clients. The law firm often handles large IT services, healthcare and transportation sector procurement matters. It also has experience in competition law, representing clients in a range of behavioural investigations, including sector inquiries, and follow-on damages class actions. The team offers further expertise in merger clearance notifications and competition compliance mandates.
  3. Arntzen de Besche Advokatfirma AS
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    Arntzen de Besche Advokatfirma AS
    Competition/Antitrust: Public Procurement
    2024 | Band 2 | 3 Years Ranked
    Arntzen de Besche's procurement team moves up in the rankings this year following positive referee feedback. The team has broad experience in procurement mandates, handling both contentious and non-contentious mandates for both public sector clients and construction companies. The law firm is also active on competition law matters, advising clients on merger clearance notifications, including phase II proceedings, as well as representing them in market inquiries, behavioural investigations, damages actions and state aid litigation.
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Band 3

  1. Advokatfirmaet Føyen AS
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    Advokatfirmaet Føyen AS
    Competition/Antitrust: Public Procurement
    2024 | Band 3 | 2 Years Ranked
    Advokatfirmaet Føyen is particularly active advising municipalities and other public sector clients on procurement processes, including drafting contracts and requests for tenders. The law firm additionally represents clients in challenges and award reviews.
  2. Advokatfirmaet Grette AS
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    Advokatfirmaet Grette AS
    Competition/Antitrust: Public Procurement
    2024 | Band 3 | 7 Years Ranked
    The procurement team at Grette is well versed in handling a broad array of mandates, often advising on large public transportation procurements. Tender procedures and framework agreements are also handled by the team, as are complex complaint proceedings. Grette further convinces with its expertise in large-scale PPP projects concerning the infrastructure sector. In addition to its expertise in the Norwegian procurement world, Grette also houses team members with experience in competition compliance matters, allowing for the comprehensive handling of mandates.
  3. Wikborg Rein Advokatfirma AS
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    Wikborg Rein Advokatfirma AS
    Competition/Antitrust: Public Procurement
    2024 | Band 3 | 9 Years Ranked
    Wikborg Rein Advokatfirma offers clients a broad competition law practice. It is particularly active in behavioural matters, representing clients in investigations and market inquiries, as well as damages actions. In addition, it assists with merger clearance notifications and the compliance aspects of agreements. In addition to its competition law practice, the law firm also assists contracting authorities with procurement processes and represents bidders in injunction proceedings.