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Bettina Banoun

Partner Bettina Banoun has extensive experience in work related to tax law, litigation, company law and EEA law. She is the chairman of the Tax Law Committee of the Norwegian Bar Association. Bettina Banoun is admitted to the Supreme Court and litigates regularly before Norwegian courts of justice. She also has experience in litigation before the EFTA Court and with complaints before the EFTA Surveillance Authority. Bettina Banoun has a PhD from the University of Oslo and wrote her thesis on "Tax avoidance", and she has legal training from Oxford University, University of Oslo and Harvard Law School. She is the author of several articles regarding tax law. · Wiersholm

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About

Partner at Wiersholm with extensive experience in tax law, litigation, company law and EEA law; she chairs the Tax Law Committee of the Norwegian Bar Association and litigates regularly before Norwegian courts. Admitted to the Supreme Court (2006), she has experience before the EFTA Court and EFTA Surveillance Authority, holds a Dr. juris (PhD) from the University of Oslo (thesis on tax avoidance), and has legal training at Oxford, the University of Oslo and as a visiting scholar at Harvard Law School.

Practice areas

TaxLitigationCorporate / M&ACompany LawEU / EEA Law

Office

Expertise

Tax avoidanceTax litigationEEA / EFTA litigationCorporate and company lawTelecommunications (in‑house experience at Telenor)

Education

  • Dr. juris (PhD), University of Oslo, 2003
  • Visiting Scholar, Harvard Law School, 1997
  • Cand. jur., University of Oslo, 1995
  • Magister Juris (M.Jur) in European and Comparative Law, Oxford University, 1993

Admissions

  • Admitted to the Supreme Court (Norway), 2006