Olaf Koktvedgaard Email & Phone Number

Olaf advises on a wide range of issues under EU and competition law, merger control and state aid with a main focus on disputes. He has extensive experience in complex merger filings, dominance issues and state aid. He regularly acts before the Danish competition authorities, Danish courts, the European Commission and the European Courts in Luxembourg.Olaf is listed in band 1 in Chambers Europe (2016) and is recommended by Legal 500 (2016) as "a leading individual with ‘very good experience with local regulators’" and by Global Competition Reviews GCR 100 and Who's Who Legal. In 2015, Olaf was listed by Chambers Europe in band 1 as "'a very skilled lawyer' with considerable knowledge of competition and EU law”.Highlights include advising:BRFkredit in the merger with Jyske Bank at a deal value of DKK 7.5 billion (2014)The Danish State and the Danish Competition Authority in a landmark case against Post Danmark before the ECJ and the Danish Supreme Court on selective pricingPublic service broadcaster TV 2/Danmark in State aid cases before the ECJ (pending)TV 2/Danmark in follow-on damage suits before the Danish High Court (pending)DONG Energy in arbitral proceedings concerning long term gas supply contracts in the Danish North SeaFIH Holding and FIH Erhvervsbank in State aid proceedings against the Commission before the General Court (pending)

Listed skills include Konkurrencelovgivning, Antitrust Law, Merger Control, Litigation, and 6 others.