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Lena Sandberg

Lena
Sandberg

Partner

CONTACT INFO

lsandberg@gibsondunn.com

TEL:+32 2 554 72 60

FAX:+32 2 554 70 33

Brussels

Avenue Louise 480, 1050 Brussels, Belgium

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PRACTICE

Antitrust and Competition Energy Energy, Regulation and Litigation

BIOGRAPHY

Lena Sandberg is a Danish qualified partner and a member of the Brussels Bar, based in the Brussels office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher.  She is a member of the firm’s Antitrust and Competition Practice Group.  She has held positions both in the private sector (law firms and companies) and in the public sector (the European Commission and the EFTA Surveillance Authority).

Ms. Sandberg’s work experience covers all aspects of competition law, including State aid, abuse of dominant position cartels, and merger filings.  She also has strong experience in Public Procurement and Trade Defence Investigations. In addition, she has extensive sectoral regulatory experience in the energy/environmental sectors (including renewables, gas and electricity production and transmission).  Her sectoral experience also includes vast experience with electronic communications sectors (covering telecommunications, Internet and IT).  Her work experience includes negotiations with international institutions such as the European Commission and national competition/regulatory bodies as well litigation before various European Courts.

Ms. Sandberg also has solid experience in State aid and corporate tax benefits such as carry forward of losses, capital tax, depreciation, property tax and parafiscal duties in a variety of sectors. In particular she has handled tax benefits for the aluminium sector in Iceland and non-tax entities in the tax haven of Liechtenstein.

Lately, she has developed a particular expertise in decarbonisation projects.

Ms. Sandberg is recommended in the Belgium: Competition section of Legal 500 EMEA 2022. Previous editions mentioned : “On the state aid side, Lena Sandberg and others are representing Danish transport association ITD in three state aid complaints lodged before the EC against allegedly unlawful and incompatible state aid granted to the Danish postal service.“ Previous editions stated : “Recently promoted partner Lena Sandberg has developed a first-rate reputation in state aid and public procurement matters.”

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Ms. Sandberg served as Senior Officer in the Competition and State Aid Directorate at the EFTA Surveillance Authority (ESA) from 2004 to 2011. Through in particular her time with ESA she gained experience as a State aid and competition regulator as well as in the field of public procurement.  She has covered complex questions in the energy and environmental area particularly in the field of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme, renewable energy, energy taxes, electricity supply, carbon capture, and a string of related issues including research and development and innovation, and risk capital.  Her work involved drafting decisions and policy legislation and negotiating with relevant counter parts in the European Commission both on cases and policy guidelines.

Ms. Sandberg is a regular contributor and member of the Editorial Board of the European Energy Journal, and a frequent speaker on energy, State aid, Public Procurement and energy issues.  She is fluent in English, Danish, Swedish, German and French.

Ms. Sandberg earned her Masters of Laws (LL.M.) in 1995 from the University of Copenhagen, and her Masters of Laws (LL.M cum laude) in 1992 from Vrije University. She is a member of the Danish and Brussels Bars.

 

EDUCATION

University of Copenhagen - 1995 Master of Laws (LL.M.)

Vrije University - 1992 Master of Laws (LL.M.)

ADMISSIONS

Belgium - Flemish Bar - Registered European Lawyer

Denmark - Danish Bar & Law Society

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Firm News - March 16, 2023 | Gibson Dunn Ranked in Chambers Europe 2023
Client Alert - February 7, 2023 | 2022 Year-End Sanctions and Export Controls Update
Client Alert - December 19, 2022 | Carbon Markets Update – Q4 2022
Article - August 25, 2022 | Proposed Foreign Subsidy Regulation Has Political Overtones
Client Alert - June 7, 2022 | EC Regulation on Foreign Subsidies Distorting the Internal Market
Client Alert - May 21, 2021 | Judgment by the General Court of the European Union Declares State Aid to the Ex Monopolist Post Danmark Illegal
Webcasts - May 5, 2021 | Webcast: Carbon Markets: What We Know and What to Expect
Client Alert - June 30, 2020 | European Commission Publishes Third Amendment to the Temporary Framework: Start-Ups (and Private Equity) to Get a Piece of the State Aid Pie
Client Alert - March 27, 2020 | European Commission Authorisation of State Aid to Support the Economy Amid the Current COVID-19 Outbreak
Client Alert - March 24, 2020 | European Competition Regulators Publish Guidance on COVID-19 Enforcement Policies and UK Amends Competition Legislation
Client Alert - March 20, 2020 | European Commission Adopts Initiatives to Support the Real Economy Amid the COVID-19 Outbreak
Client Alert - December 21, 2018 | Landmark Judgments by General Court of the European Union Declare State Aid for Two Infrastructure Projects Illegal
Article - December 1, 2017 | Examining actions for damages claims based on the state aid rules – Part 1, 2 & 3
Client Alert - January 10, 2017 | 2016 Year-End Criminal Antitrust and Competition Law Update
Client Alert - August 19, 2016 | New EU Inspections to Introduce Competition in the Rail Sector
Client Alert - July 20, 2015 | European Commission Launches State Aid Sector Inquiry into Member States’ Energy Capacity Mechanisms
Client Alert - July 15, 2014 | The creeping scope of State aid in relation to energy taxes and charges
Client Alert - January 10, 2014 | European Commission Launches Public Consultation on New State Aid Guidelines for Environmental Protection and Energy
Client Alert - September 2, 2013 | Investments in renewable energy under the State Aid Guidelines on environmental protection
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