DLA Piper’s Nordic Litigation & Regulatory Group consists of more than 80 dispute resolution and regulatory lawyers in the Nordic region
Litigation and regulatory
Our fully integrated multi-disciplinary team is accustomed to working with clients on cross-border investigations, as well as on regulatory challenges in single jurisdictions.
We have practitioners across the regulatory spectrum in the following specialist practice areas:
- Litigation and insurance
- International arbitration
- Competition law and public procurement
- Corporate crime and investigations
- Financial and insurance regulation
- Shipping, transport and maritime
- Energy and utilities
The globalisation of business is resulting in more cross-border disputes and extraterritorial application of legislation. Due
to our significant global network, we have the proven ability to deploy large, cross-border teams on major international
disputes, which has made us a practice of first choice to our clients. We have the local strength and knowledge to advise on specific legal, cultural and procedural issues.
Client quotations from legal directories
“Fearless, smart and always available” and “experienced, skilled and easy to work with.”
“Systematic and pragmatic.”
“We are impressed with their ability to understand problems from our point of view.”
Clients appreciate the “quick responses” and highlight that the lawyers make themselves readily available to clients at all times.
The litigation and regulatory team operates on a national, Nordic and global basis, which means that services can be provided cost-effectively and to a consistently high level by any of our offices in the Nordic region.
Headcount
We are 80 lawyers in the litigation & regulatory group in the Nordics. On a global level, the group includes dispute resolution lawyers and regulatory specialists in 42 countries across the UK, US, continental Europe, the Middle East, Asia Pacific and Latin America.
- DLA Piper Sweden represented a real estate company connected to Kaupthing (Iceland), before the Stockholm District Court. This approx. USD 30 million case concerned the payment of a shareholder’s contribution and other complex issues of company law with international elements. The case involved parties from Sweden, Iceland and Israel.
- Represented and successfully defended EY in the biggest auditor’s liability case ever in Denmark relating to the collapse of Roskilde Bank during the financial crisis. In the wake of bankruptcy, one of the bank’s customers went to court against the bank’s board of directors, management and external auditors. The claim concerned the operation and audit of the bank during the last three years of the bank’s life.
- DLA Piper Sweden represented a multi-national joint venture active in the mining and metals industry. This approx. EUR 50 million dispute concerned delay penalties and liquidated damages linked to a plant construction project situated in Russia. The DLA Piper team also included lawyers from DLA Piper's offices in London and Vienna.
- Represented COWI AS and AIG Europe Limited in a complex and comprehensive dispute between COWI and Nortura SA regarding the construction of a slaughterhouse in Norway. The amount in dispute was approximately NOK 100 million, including a significant number of disputed issues.
- Representing the Helsinki City Transport Authority (HKL) against Siemens Osakeyhtiö and Siemens SAS (France) in a dispute concerning the termination of several agreements regarding the Helsinki area metro automation project. Both parties have entered large claims for damages against each other.
- Assisted and advised on a merger between two rivals in online/home delivery food sales. Full-fledged phase 2 investigation by the Norwegian Competition Authority. Intensive work with outside economists from Norway and UK, involving the conduct of churn analyses and a consumer survey. Cleared without remedies after extensive scrutiny.
- Assisted a global manufacturer of consumer goods in a product recall matter for PET bottles in Norway, Denmark, Sweden and Finland, including dialogue and consultations with regulatory authorities and devising a media and press strategy.
