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Clemens Kerle

Associate Partner

Contact
CMS Kluge Advokatfirma AS
Bryggegata 6
NO-0250 Oslo
PO Box 1548 Vika
NO-0117 Oslo
Norway
Languages Norwegian, English, German, French

Kerle advises on all EEA/EU law matters, particularly related to state aid, competition, financial markets regulation and the fundamental freedoms.

The basis for this advice are close to 15 years of diverse working experience. Kerle has worked for more than eight years in the EU Commission in DG Competition, dealing with state aid cases and policy, as well as merger control. He has also been involved in several legislative processes concerning the regulation of the post-crisis financial sector. Moreover, Kerle has experience from ESA where he worked in particular with state aid. Prior to that, he worked at the University of Linz as a research assistant at the Institute of European Law, teaching EU law and completing his doctoral thesis.

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Relevant experience

  • 2021 - Associate Partner, CMS Kluge Advokatfirma AS
  • 2020 - 2021 Senior Lawyer, Kluge Advokatfirma AS
  • 2017 - 2020 Legal Advisor/Associate, Kluge Advokatfirma AS
  • 2012 - 2017 Case handler, European Commission, Directorate General for Competition
  • 2011 - 2012 Legal officer, EFTA Surveillance Authority (ESA), Competition and State Aid Department
  • 2008 - 2011 Assistant case handler, European Commission, Directorate General for Competition
  • 2007 - 2008 Research Assistant, University of Linz, Department of European Law
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Awards & Rankings

Clemens Kerle is recommended by Legal 500 within EU and competition.

Clemens Kerle ‘provides excellent advice in state aid matters‘.
Legal 500, EU and competition, 2022

 

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Education

  • 2004 - 2007 Doc. jur., University of Innsbruck
  • 2005 - 2006 Master of Laws (LL.M.), University of Toronto
  • 1999 - 2004 Cand. jur., University of Innsbruck
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Live-streaming from an electrical, carbon fibre catamaran, Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre and Minister of Petroleum & Energy Terje Aasland announced today the long awaited first tender process...
29/03/2023
Offshore Wind in Norway | First Round Announced
Live-streaming from an electrical, carbon fibre catamaran, Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre and Minister of Petroleum & Energy Terje Aasland announced today the long awaited first tender process...