Kjetil Haare Johansen

Partner
Country Managing Partner
KHJ
Location
Oslo
Language
Norwegian, English

Kjetil Haare Johansen is Country Managing Partner and in charge of the overall management of DLA Piper Norway. He focuses on EU/EEA, competition, distribution agreements, trade law/trade restrictions, export control, and public procurement. Kjetil also has extensive knowledge and experience with the preparation, implementation and training within compliance. He has comprehensive experience with international contracts and trading across borders. Kjetil also has experience with defense procurement, repurchase program included.

Credentials
Education
Practicing certificate
2002
Cand. jur., University of Oslo
1997
Non-graduate exchange programme, University of Edinburgh
1997
Economics, grunnfag, University of Oslo
1991
Examen Philosophicum, University of Oslo
1990
Memberships

Member of The Norwegian Bar Association.

Head of the Norwegian Bar Association’s professional committee for fisheries and aquaculture.
2019 - 2021
Experience
Prior experience
Country Managing Partner, DLA Piper Norway
2021 -
Chairman of the Board, DLA Piper Norway
2020 - 2021
Partner, DLA Piper Norway
2009 -
Legal Advisor, EFTA, Trade & Public Procurement
2007 - 2009
Lawyer, BAHR
2005 - 2007
Legal Officer, Norske Skog
2005
Lawyer and board secretary, Norske Skog
2000 - 2005
Executive officer, The Norwegian Competition Authority, section for Energy and Industry
1998 - 2000
Executive officer, Gjensidige forsikring (insurance company)
1997 - 1998
Rankings
Norwegian Financial Daily’s annual lawyers survey

Top 10, Retail 2024.

Top 10, Retail 2023.

Top 10, Retail 2020.

The Legal 500, 2023

Kjetil is recommended for EU and Competition and Intellectual Property by The Legal 500, 2023. 

The Legal 500, 2022

Kjetil Haare Johansen has expert insight into competition matters.’

Kjetil is recommended for EU and Competition and Intellectual Property by The Legal 500, 2022. 

The Legal 500, 2021

In particular Kjetil Johansen is indeed very competent and responsive, keeps promised time lines, provides advice that is valuable and easily understandable. Good business acumen.’

Kjetil Johansen and his team are proactive, solution oriented, highly competent within their field, quick in communication and response, and have an informal and agreeable attitude. In short, very recommendable.’

Kjetil Johansen has in-depth knowledge of competition law and practice.’

Kjetil is recommended for EU and Competition and Intellectual Property by The Legal 500, 2021. 

The Legal 500, 2020

Kjetil is recommended for EU and Competition, Public Procurement and Intellectual Property by The Legal 500, 2020. 

The Legal 500, 2019

"Kjetil Haare Johansen heads the competition group at DLA Piper and Robert Myhre leads the public procurement practice; Johansen advised the Norwegian Seafood Council on various state aid issues and an EU and EEA complaint before the ESA, and Myhre assisted the municipality of Flora with issues surrounding the tenders for a construction contract for residential homes for the elderly."