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Pernille Edh Hasselgård is an attorney in Hjort’s EU/EEA and Competition Law department. She is specialized in competition law, State aid, public procurement and general EU/EEA law, as well as in telecommunications.
Hasselgård primarily works with competition law and assists in a wide range of competition law related issues, including matters of compliance with the prohibition on anti-competitive cooperation, abuse of dominance, mergers and acquisitions, as well as leniency processes and compliance. She has extensive experience with merger cases and assessments of different types of cooperation agreements. Hasselgård has been involved in several court proceedings concerning both competition rules and general EEA law, including cases submitted to the EFTA Court.
Hasselgård also assists in issues related to EU/EEA law, State aid, public procurement and telecommunications. She has advised clients in a variety of sectors and industries, including media, telecommunications, the grocery sector, the pharmaceutical industry, oil and gas, and energy market. Further, she is involved in matters concerning administrative law, technology and digitalization.
The Norwegian Bar Association
The Norwegian Association for Legal Professionals
“Signalling in the Media – The New Price Fixing” , European Competition and Regulatory Law Review (CoRe) 2/2019
“Net Neutrality in Norway: The Issue of Zero Rating”, European Competition and Regulatory Law Review (CoRe) 1/2018
Competition and Cartel Leniency Global Guide, “Merger Control in Norway” (2018), Co-author with Kristin Hjelmaas Valla and Henrik Svane
Competition and Cartel Leniency Global Guide, “Cartel Leniency in Norway” (2017), Co-author with Kristin Hjelmaas Valla and Henrik Svane
Competition and Cartel Leniency Global Guide, “Restraint of trade and dominance in Norway” (2017), Co-author with Kristin Hjelmaas Valla and Henrik Svane
“The Use of Tender Procedures to Exclude State Aid: The Situation under the EU 2014 Public Procurement Directives”, European Procurement & Pulbic Private Partnership Law Review (EPPPL) 1/2017
The ability to submit joint tenders (often called “project cooperations”) is an ongoing topic of concern for suppliers in public procurement procedures. A new judgment from the Danish Supreme Court confirms that joint tendering may easily be illegal. The judgement is of relevance for both suppliers, and the contracting authorities designing the tender invitations.
For some time there have been very different views on whether the use of cookies requires active consent from the visitors to an internet page. In Norway the basis has been that the use of cookies is dependent on the user's browser settings.
The Norwegian Media Authority and the Consumer Authority have issued guidelines containing requirements for influencers, their network and advertisers. The guidelines seek to reduce body-image pressure by ensuring good and responsible marketing practices.