The Norwegian Competition authority (NCA) continues to emphasise economic analysis in their decision-making. The continued importance of economic analysis maintains the demand for advanced economic advice both in terms of stand-alone analysis and in terms of helping clients in the dialogue with the NCA during a case.

The new development of significantly larger fines combined with notification obligations, even for minority acquisitions, may be the beginning of a new era of stricter competition law enforcement. This trend may increase the demand for economic analysis even further. 

Learn more in the Handbook of Competition Economics’ chapter on Norway, written by Henrik Ballebye Okholm and Erik Lindén.

An extract from GCR’s Competition Economics Handbook 2020, first published in November 2019.

For further information, please contact Henrk Ballebye Okholm