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Jimmy Gårdebrink
Jimmy Gårdebrink is an Associate Principal based in RBB’s Stockholm office. He has extensive experience in merger assessment, having worked on having worked on many in-depth Phase II investigations raising horizontal, vertical and conglomerate concerns. He has also advised on a wide variety of other matters, including abuse of dominance cases, anticompetitive agreements, cartel investigations and follow-on damages litigations.
Jimmy has advised clients on a variety of competition matters, including merger control and abuse of dominance before the European Commission and the national competition authorities in Scandinavia and in Europe. He has also provided economic advice during private enforcement proceedings, including cartel damage cases.
As a Swedish national, Jimmy is fluent in Swedish and English. Jimmy has significant experience working before the Swedish competition authority.
Prior to joining RBB in 2019, Jimmy worked for several years as a competition economist in private practice.
In addition, Jimmy has advised national regulators and private clients on market regulation. He has experience giving economic advice to clients in the telecom industry and the postal industry. Regulatory work includes the design of price cap, access regulation and evaluating the scope of a universal service.
His industry experience includes postal services, trucks, telecom, insurance, security, digital platforms, transportation.
Jimmy holds a MSc in Economics from the Copenhagen Business School and a BSc in Economics from Uppsala University.
Selected Cases
Apoteksgruppen/Aptek Kronan
Merger, Sweden
Swedavia
State aid, Sweden
European Commission
Ex-post evaluation of mergers, European Commission
Axfood/Bergendahls
Merger, Sweden
BEWI/Jackon
Merger, Nordics
Willis Tower Watson/Aon
Merger, Global
DIC group/BASF Colors & Effects
Merger, EU & Japan
Confidential
Follow-on damages & Abuse of dominance, Sweden