Managing Counsel
Cecilie Sivertsen is Managing Counsel in Gorrissen Federspiel's EU and Competition Law practice group.
Cecilie advises Danish and international clients on EU and Danish competition law, foreign direct investments (FDI) and foreign subsidies regulation (FSR).
With over 15 years of experience in competition law, Cecilie has worked in Brussels, London, and Copenhagen, handling cases within all aspects of competition law. She has extensive experience in handling Danish and international merger cases, cases of abuse of dominant position, competition investigations, exchange of information, and distribution agreements.
Cecilie advises global companies in various sectors including banking, biosolutions, energy, insurances, industrial equipment, IT, life sciences, media, medical devices, pharmaceuticals, retail trade, and telecommunications.
Her professional background includes experience from the Danish Competition and Consumer Authority as well as a secondment to the European Commission (DG COMP) as national expert.
Gorrissen Federspiel 2017 -
Kindred Group plc 2016 - 2017
Danish Competition and Consumer Authority 2012 - 2016
European Commission, Directorate-General for Competition 2015
MAQS Law Firm 2009 - 2012
PRINCE2® Certification 2019
Admitted to the Danish Bar 2013
Master of Laws, University of Copenhagen 2009
English
The Danish Association of Competition Law
The Danish Association of European Law
Part-time lecturer in Competition Law, unfair competition and marketing law, University of Copenhagen, 2012 - 2016