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Ola Nisja

Ola is the firm's Head of Disputes. He has substantial experience in litigation and dispute resolution and is admitted to the Supreme Court. Ola is recommended and referred to within his practice areas by inter alia Chambers Global, Chambers Europe, Legal 500, International Financial Law Review (IFLR) and Finansavisen. He frequently sits as arbitrator, and has represented for Norway in the ICC Court of International Arbitration in addition to being the chairman of the Arbitration and Dispute Resolution institute of the Oslo Chamber of Commerce and leader of the Norwegian Bar Association's Mediation Committee. · Wikborg Rein

NorwayDispute Resolution, Litigation

About

Partner and Head of Disputes at Wikborg Rein in Oslo with substantial experience in litigation, arbitration and dispute resolution; admitted to the Supreme Court (2011). He frequently sits as arbitrator, has represented Norway before the ICC International Court of Arbitration, chairs the Arbitration and Dispute Resolution Institute of the Oslo Chamber of Commerce and leads the Norwegian Bar Association's Mediation Committee; he is recommended by Chambers Global, Chambers Europe, Legal 500, IFLR and Finansavisen.

Practice areas

Dispute ResolutionLitigationInternational ArbitrationConstruction

Office

Expertise

ICC ArbitrationMediationContract LawConstruction & InfrastructureCommercial Litigation

Education

  • Cand.jur., University of Oslo (2003)
  • Master of Commercial and Corporate Law (LLM), King’s College London (2003)
  • Visiting Scholar/Advanced Negotiation Workshop, Harvard Law School (2005)
  • Visiting Research Fellow, Columbia Law School (2011)

Admissions

  • Admitted to the Supreme Court (Norway) — 2011