Niels Christian Ersbøll

Partner, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP

Niels Christian Ersbøll is a partner in the EU antitrust practice of Arnold & Porter and head of the Brussels office. In more than 20 years of practice, he has assisted clients such as Pfizer, Boston Scientific and AT&T in high-profile transactions, advising on strategy, obtaining clearances from the European Commission, negotiating remedies and managing and coordinating merger filings to other competition authorities worldwide.

Mr Ersbøll also has significant experience in cartel enforcement, including in the design and implementation of effective compliance programmes and internal company audits, to minimise enforcement risks. He has assisted clients in successful leniency applications, appeals before the EU courts and follow-on damages claims. Mr Ersbøll also counsels extensively on distribution and pricing arrangements, parallel trade and various forms of strategic alliances in many industries, with particular emphasis on the life sciences sector.

Since the outbreak of covid-19, Mr Ersbøll has also been working extensively with the vaccine industry to advise on a multitude of aspects of vaccine and antiviral procurement by governments and international organisations, including the EU, the African Union, COVAX and the Caribbean Community, CARICOM.