Øyvind Andersen

Øyvind Andersen is a Senior Lawyer at Wikborg Rein's Oslo office and is part of the firm's Trade, Industry and Public Sector group.

Andersen has his main field of work within competition law, state aid and EU/EEA law. He has extensive experience with competition cases, both as a lawyer and with the competition authorities. He has handled several major merger cases and infringement cases before Norwegian and European competition authorities. Andersen also has experience with a great variety of cases within EU/EEA and state aid law, and has handled cases before the Court of Justice of the European Union.

Curriculum Vitae

Work experience:

• 2011 - Senior Lawyer, Wikborg Rein, Oslo
• 2009-2011 Senior Adviser, Legal Department, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• 2006-2009 Associate and Senior Associate, Wikborg Rein, Oslo
• 2002-2006 Adviser, Senior Adviser and Associate, the Norwegian Competition Authority
• 2000-2002 Officer, Legal Department, the Norwegian Directorate of Labour Inspection
  

Publications:

• Commentary on the Norwegian Competition Act and EEA Competition Act (co-author), Gyldendal 2009
• Article on Trustees under the Norwegian Competition Act (co-author), Tidsskrift for Forretningsjuss 3/2008
  

Directorships:

• The Norwegian Association for European Law, Board Member

Education:

• 2008 Practising License
• 2004 Postgraduate diploma in EC Competition law, King’s College London
• 2000 Cand. jur., University of Oslo
• 2000 French and legal studies, Université de Poitiers
• 1998 German for lawyers, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel