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Ulf Djurberg

Partner, Advokat

Phone: +46 8 598 890 17
Cell: +46 706 22 98 60
Fax: +46 8 598 890 90
E-mail: ulf.djurberg@Setterwalls.se

Assistant: Eva Appelgren
Phone: +46 8 598 890 98
E-mail: eva.appelgren@setterwalls.se

Office: Stockholm
Address: Arsenalsgatan 6
Box 1050
SE-101 39 Stockholm

ULF DJURBERG is head of Setterwall’s EU and competition law department, which includes specialist groups on Antitrust, Merger Control, Public Procurement, State Aid, Regulatory, Trade, Anti Corruption and Adminstrative law. Ulf has considerable experience in disputes regarding competition law issues and has been counsel in cases before both national courts and the Court of Justice of the European Union, i.e. in the well-known Gourmet-case, which he successfully ran before the Court of Justice of the European Union. His cases over the years have been diverse and include the opening up of the ground handling and tax-free markets in Sweden, various notifications to the EU Commission and questions regarding abuse of dominant position and the free movement of goods. Ulf has also worked with worldwide antitrust investigations and litigation regarding legal privilege issues, strategic alliances and drafting of distribution agreements for various sectors of the economy. Moreover, Ulf has strong focus towards public procurement and state aid related matters including strategic advice to suppliers and contracting entities.

Ulf is regularly lecturer in the areas of competition law and public procurement at international conferences and symposiums. Moreover, he is regularly presenting industry seminars at Swedish and international companies. In addition to this, Ulf assists with general commercial law counselling.

Ulf Djurberg – clients say: "He is very prompt and conscientious."
                                                                                               Chambers Europe

 

Languages: English, French, German

Merger Control 2011
(This article appeared in the 2011 edition of “The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Merger Control”; published by Global Legal Group Ltd, London)

Cartels & Leniency 2011
(This article appeared in the 2011 edition of “The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Cartels & leniency”; published by Global Legal Group Ltd, London)

Merger Control 2010
(This article appeared in the 2010 edition of “The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Merger Control”; published by Global Legal Group Ltd, London – www.iclg.co.uk)

Cartels & Leniency 2009 - article about Setterwalls EU & Competition Group
(This article appeared in the 2009 edition of The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Cartels & leniency; published by Global Legal Group Ltd, London – www.iclg.co.uk)

Pharmaceutical Antitrust 2009
(This article was first published in Getting the Deal Through - Pharmaceutical Antitrust 2009. For further information please visit www.GettingTheDealThrough.com

 

Career

1993–  Setterwalls
1992–1993  Law clerk at the Administrative Court of Gothenburg
1991–1992 Officer of Legal Affaires at the European Free Trade Association, Geneva
1990–1991  Law clerk at the Administrative Court of Gothenburg

Education

1990  University of Amsterdam (LL.M. in European Integration).
1989  University of Uppsala (LL.M.)

Publications

2011, EU competition rules and sport - a non-profit sports movement in danger, Idrottsjuridisk skriftserie 2011 No. 16
2010, EU-law – a threat gainst the Swedish sport movement (EU-rätten - hot mot den svenska idrottsrörelsen), Idrottsjuridisk skriftserie 2010 No 15
2009, The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Cartels & Leniency 2009, Swedish chapter
2008, The deathblow to the Swedish National football team (Dödsstöten för svensk landslagsfotboll?), Idrottsjuridisk skriftserie 2008 No 13
2008, Pharmaceutical Antitrust, Swedish chapter, Getting the deal through
2007, FIFA wallops G14?! (FIFA spöar G14?!), Idrottsjuridisk skriftserie 2007 No 12
2006, The tale of proportionality in the Gourmet case, Liber Amicorum to Sven Norberg
2005, National Team Jersey or not? (Landslagsdräkt eller inte?), Idrottsjuridisk skriftserie 2005 No 10
2003, The Gourmet Case - A Revolution in the “Cuisine Suédoise” and a Major development of EU case Law?, European Lawyer, April 2003
The Definition of the Relevant Market under the Swedish Competition Act,
SvJT 1994 No 9.
EC Merger Control, SvJT 1990 No. 10

Activities and Lectures

Speaker  at the Nordic Sports law Conference "EU competition rules and sport - a non-profit sports movement in danger." (Stockholm 11-12 November 2011)
Panellist on public procurement issues in the field of Clean & Facility at Stockholmsmässan (September 2010)
Lecturer on competition law in connection with M&A at IQPC’s conference on competition law (Stockholm, 2 December 2009)
Speaker at C5’s forum on EU Defence & Security Procurement “Security of information; defining policies” (Brussels, 17 November 2009)
Speaker at the Swedish Presidency of the European Union’s Sport Directors Meeting on "The specific nature of sport - from a legal practitioners view" (Stockholm, 2 October 2009)
Speaker at the conference “Manoeuvring within the New EU Rules for the Procurement of Military and Sensitive Defence Equipment”, The White Paper Conference (London, June 2009)
Panellist at the conference Applying the EU Procurement Rules to Major Projects, The White Paper Conference (Brussels, November 2008)
Vice-chairman at New York Bar Association’s seasonal meeting, speaker on Legal Professional Privilege” (Stockholm, September 2008)
Panellist on class actions (procedural and competition law) at Institutional Investor’s symposium (Amsterdam, March 2008)
Lecturer on EU competition law and Life Science at Pharma Law Conference (Stockholm, January 2008)
Lecturer on public procurement together with Confex Sverige AB, Scandinavia’s leading conference producer, Stockholm 2007
Lecturer on competition law aspects of free file-sharing, Stockholm 2007
Lecturer on competition law at Nordic forum, Helsinki, 2006
Lecturer on competition and procedural law at Stockholm Centre for Commercial Law, 2005
Lecturer at The international distribution symposium, Milwaukee, USA, 2001
Lecturer on competition law aspects of distribution agreements, at IIR (International Institute for Research), Stockholm, 1993
University of Gothenburg, Lecturer at Law (EU and EEA Law), 1991-1992
Lecturer on Merger Control at IIR (International Institute for Research), Stockholm, 1990
Lecturer on various EU law subjects at Swedish and international companies

Other engagements

Membership in Nätverket för Statsstödsfrågor (Swedish network for lawyers practicing in
the field of state aid)
Membership in ICC’s expert group on competition law
Membership in the EU-club of Sweden
Membership in Svenska nätverket för konkurrensrättsjurister (Swedish network for lawyers practicing in the field of competition)
Membership in Juridiska nätverket för offentlig upphandling (Swedish network for lawyers practicing in the field of public procurement)

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