Partner (H)
Horten
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Secretary: Jette Nim Larsen
E-mail: ac@horten.dk
Andreas Christensen is specialised in competition law, EU law, public procurement law and state aid. He was working comprehensively with those practice areas when being employed with the law department of the Ministry of Justice and subsequently as a lawyer. Andreas has considerable experience advising private and public and semi-public enterprises and has conducted a large number of litigation and arbitration cases within his areas of expertise. He has been involved in competition cases both as prosecuting attorney and defence attorney and is one of the lawyers having conducted most cases before the Complaints Board for Public Procurement. He has significant expertise within PPP and ESCO (Energy Service Company) and has advised on some of the first PPP projects and ESCO cooperation in Denmark. In addition, he has been member of the Government's state subsidy advisory group and has advised in connection with some of the principal state subsidy cases in the past 10 years. Andreas has lectured at e.g. the University of Southern Denmark and has been external lecturer at the Universities of Copenhagen and Aarhus as well as lectured at a number of universities abroad. He is also “Correspondent Editor for Denmark” for the recognised publication Bellamy & Child: European Community Law of Competition. Andreas is mentioned in the following international legal directories: Legal 500 - EU & Competition (Leading Individual and Recommended Lawyer) Chambers - Competition/European Law -Denmark Who's Who Legal - Government Contracts
He is always able to raise questions and provide quality assurance and he is a highly skilled communicator.
Chambers, 2021
He is a very commercial lawyer.
Chambers, 2019
News
Merger thresholds 2023
17 February 2023
FDI-screening
18 May 2022
Heavy fine to HTS Besafe for binding resale prices
29 March 2022
New rankings from Chambers Europe
18 March 2022
Solo self-employed persons and the competition rules - New guidelines on the way
15 March 2022
Merger thresholds 2022
10 January 2022
New vertical block exemption regulation is on the way
19 November 2021
Fine of DKK 1.8 mill. to Konges Sløjd for binding resale prices
4 November 2021
Dawn Raid: Prepare for unannounced inspection visits
9 August 2021
Clothing company acted contrary to the competition act
19 May 2021
Pay-for-delay: Lundbeck’s patent settlements were unlawful
26 April 2021
New guidelines concerning the application of SKI 02.19
Largest tender procedure concerning cloud infrastructure in Denmark
11 September 2020
The European Commission approves state aid for the Fehmarn Belt Fixed Link
30 April 2020
Falck pays compensation for violation of competition rules
25 June 2019
Horten assists E.ON Sverige AB with the acquisition of Coromatic Holding AB
21 May 2019
Legal 500: Horten recognised as leading law firm
12 April 2019
Public funds to local fitness centres are not state aid
6 March 2019
The European Commission: Tax advantages for harbours may constitute state aid
11 January 2019
Obligation to recover illegal state aid
12 October 2018
Danske Slagtermestre brings action concerning state aid and waste water charges
4 September 2018
The Maritime and Commercial High Court: Road line consortium was unlawful
29 August 2018
Utility companies face fines for non-compliance with the mandatory merger control
6 July 2018
Horten launches digital tender platform
3 July 2018
Selective distribution: Rejection of repairer inconsistent with the competition rules
7 June 2018
The ECJ: Termination of cooperation agreement was not unlawful gun jumping
1 June 2018
The Western High Court: Elsam did not deliberately violate the competition act
28 May 2018
New EU practice concerning abuse of a dominant position and discrimination
13 May 2018
The Competition Appeals Board: Trade agreement concerning camping pass was illegal
18 April 2018
Fines to cartels within the car industry turn focus on applications for relief of fines
16 March 2018
Merger control: When to notify mergers and acquisition to national competition authorities
15 February 2018
Price increases in the pharma sector may be considered abuse of a dominant position
13 February 2018
Cartel fine for collusion in connection with tender to waste water company
17 January 2018
Tools
FDI-screening: The notification process
16. may 2022
Merger thresholds 2022
20. january 2022
Survey of de minimis funding
10. january 2020
Dawn raids - dos and don'ts
8. august 2019
Video
State aid
16. november 2017
The Public Procurement Act
14. november 2017
Book
European Community Law of Competition
2008