Lawyers in Norway

Aadne Haga

Aadne heads the firm's Gas Dispute practice. He is an expert on international agreements for transportation, sale and purchase of natural gas and other commodities, and specialises on dispute resolution, in particular international arbitration, within these industries. Aadne has advised and represented commercial and state actors within the petroleum and process industries in contract negotiations and disputes for almost 20 years. The disputes have stemmed from inter alia price reviews, joint ventures, sanctions and mergers and acquisitions. He has experience from institutional, ad-hoc and investment arbitration. Aadne reads and speaks Russian and has particular experience with disputes relating to the former Soviet Union, not least as lead counsel in Ukrainian Naftogaz's multi-billion dollar disputes with Gazprom.

Wikborg Rein

Adele Matheson Mestad

Partner

BAHR

Admir Habibija

DLA Piper

Ailu Gaup Stadigs

Ailu Gaup Stadigs specializes in construction and contract law and has extensive experience with dispute resolution in these areas. Ailu assists clients in extensive and complex disputes. He provides legal advice regarding the implementation and execution of construction contracts. He has worked with a number of the largest land-based final settlement disputes that have been in Norway recent years, where the dispute sum has often been in the billions. Ailu has significant experience with assisting in negotiations and in judicial and extrajudicial mediations. He has assisted clients in several of the largest mediations conducted in recent years, including what is referred to as the most extensive judicial mediation held in Norway. He has also been appointed as a mediator in a number of cases. Ailu is also a regular examiner at the Faculty of Law at the University of Oslo.

Advokatfirmaet Hjort

Aksel Joachim Hageler

DLA Piper

Aksel Tannum

Partner Aksel Tannum is the head of Haavind’s renewable energy team and one of Norway’s leading specialists in the sector, having worked with this area throughout his entire career. His background from the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy gives him in-depth knowledge of the central regulatory authorities in the sector. He has extensive experience with issues related to power generation (wind and hydropower), grid, power sales and transactions within the energy sector. He counts among his regular clients several of Norway’s largest power companies and energy-intensive industries, as well as the largest Norwegian and foreign companies operating in the renewable sector in Norway. Tannum regularly litigates energy cases and has experience before all the courts, including arbitration and the Supreme Court. Among his highlights, he has litigated some of the principled energy cases before the Supreme Court, such as the “Force Majeure”-case on concession power. He is an author of the legislative energy commentaries, co-author of the Interlaw Book on Renewable Energies (2015) and a member of the Norwegian Bar Association’s energy law committee. The 2021 survey of law firms conducted by the financial daily Finansavisen rated Tannum among the top 4 attorneys in “Energy and climate”.

Advokatfirmaet Haavind AS

Alejandro Serrano-Kristiansen

KPMG Law Advokatfirma AS, Norway

Aleksander Bergby Henriksen

Aleksander Bergby Henriksen has expertise in contract law and public procurement, as well as litigation. Aleksander assists advisers, builders and contractors in relation to building and construction projects in legal advisement and dispute resolution. His experience encompasses all phases of building and construction projects, such as planning and implementation of a project and managing disputes in connection with the completion of the project. Within public procurement, Aleksander assists both clients and suppliers during the procurement process and with disputes that may arise. His experience in advisement during the procurement process is related to the planning phase, the pre-qualification phase, the offer phase, in negotiations and in the appeals process. In addition, he has experience with trial assignments both for KOFA and for the ordinary courts. Aleksander’s specialized experience is from his involvement in several different types of procurement processes, including goods and service contracts, building and construction contracts, as well as concession contracts. Additionally, he has extensive experience in procurement that complies with the supply regulations.

Advokatfirmaet Hjort

Aleksander Dypvik Myklebust

Senior Lawyer. Myklebust advises on the regulatory and commercial framework on electricity and petroleum, internationally and domestically. He has long experience from Norwegian politics inter alia as adviser in Parliament. Investigations and parliamentary inquiries and hearings are among his areas of expertise. Myklebust is specialized in cross-border energy law and international law, including international investment law (BITs and IIAs) and general trade law. At Arntzen Grette, Myklebust is advising on a range of international energy projects. He has advised extensively governments and companies in emerging markets in Africa, Latin America and the Middle East. Myklebust has also advised participants on the Norwegian Continental Shelf on all aspects of petroleum operations. Myklebust also works on WTO law, EU/EEA law, environmental law, the Energy Charter Treaty, and on compliance and anti-corruption. Myklebust further advises Norwegian and foreign clients on public international law aspects of ongoing cross-border infrastructure projects, including electricity and natural gas interconnectors. With his combination of legal expertise and experience from high level politics, Myklebust is particularly well-suited for operating in the complex context of cross-border energy projects, including emerging markets and politically challenging environments.

Arntzen Grette

Alex Borch

Alex Borch specializes in employment law and dispute resolution. Alex assists both employers and employees with legal advice and in legal disputes in the practice area of employment law. He has comprehensive litigation experience and has negotiated a large number of termination agreements for both employers and employees. Additionally, Alex has special experience involving employees who start up a competing business – or transfer to competing businesses. He has edited the book “Konkurransebegrensninger i arbeidsforhold” and been asked by the Ministry to contribute to the legislative process that resulted in new legislation being adopted in the area. Alex has extensive experience involving professional liability and board members’ liability. In 2019 he handled many large compensation cases against law firms in both the Court of Appeals and the Norwegian Supreme Court. Alex has also assisted many former board members in compensation proceedings. Alex has broad litigation experience from various contract disputes. The disputes have involved e.g. purchases, franchise relationships, collaboration agreements and distribution agreements.

Advokatfirmaet Hjort

Alexander Daae

Partner

Kvale Advokatfirma DA

Alexander Mollan

Partner/Lawyer – TMT

Brækhus Advokatfirma AS

Alexander Owesen

Alex assists Norwegian and foreign investment banks, banks and financial institutions, direct lenders, private equity firms and their portfolio companies, listed and unlisted companies and other market participants with the structuring, negotiation, documenting and completion of various types of financing transactions. Among his specialities are acquisition financing, various types of asset financing, project financing and corporate financing, as well as restructurings. Alex has extensive experience with different types of transaction and debt structures, such as various types of bank financing, direct lending, PIK loans and bond financing (including super senior structures, pari passu structures and senior/junior structures combining these and other types of financing). He keeps on top of all current trends for such financings and, while taking care of the legal aspects of the transaction, keeps a close eye on and understands the commercial aspects of the deal.

Wikborg Rein

Alexander Plows

Partner. Alex is a partner in the firm’s insurance team and assists insurers and reinsurers on a range of issues from claims and coverage disputes to regulatory issues and the development of policy wordings. His expertise includes assisting insurers on a variety of insurance products including financial lines, professional liability (including FIPI), directors’ and officers’ liability, comprehensive crime, warranty and indemnity and cyber insurances. He has assisted insurers and reinsurers in resolving some of Norway’s largest insurance and reinsurance claims in recent years. Alex has extensive experience of dispute resolution and frequently represents insurers and reinsurers in complex and often multi-jurisdictional arbitrations and litigations. He has also acted for banks and financial institutions, energy and oil and gas companies in arbitrations under a variety of institutional rules as well as domestic, ad hoc arbitrations and in court proceedings. He is frequently asked to act as an arbitrator. Alex is ranked as a Leading Individual in insurance by the Legal 500 and for dispute resolution by Chambers Global as a foreign law expert. He is a member of the Norwegian Bar Association’s Insurance Law Committee.

Arntzen Grette

Alexander Sandberg Lund

Alexander S. Lund’s main areas of practice are issues relating to private equity and venture capital, including acquisitions, investments, mergers/de-mergers, business restructurings, other equity transactions and the establishment of venture capital and private equity funds. He is rated as one of the leading private equity and venture capital lawyers in Norway.

Advokatfirmaet CLP DA

Alexander Stulien

Managing Associate Alexander works primarily with construction and contract law. He assists both Norwegian and international clients with major development projects in the field of offshore, industry and renewable energy. A significant part of Alexander's work is related to dispute resolution.

Advokatfirmaet Thommessen AS

Alexander Wiesner Barg

Alexander Wiesner Barg is a partner at Ræder Bing and a key member of the firm’s shipping, insurance and transport practice. He has extensive experience in liability and insurance law, and advises Norwegian and international clients on a wide range of matters, including coverage issues, recourse and complex liability disputes relating to product liability, professional liability and transport law. He is regularly involved in contentious matters and assists clients with both dispute resolution and strategic advisory work, as well as general contract and commercial law. Alexander also brings valuable industry insight from his previous role at Fremtind Forsikring AS, strengthening his ability to advise insurers and commercial clients on complex insurance-related issues.

Ræder Bing

Alexander With

Specialises in indirect tax and real estate.

CMS Kluge

Alexandra Refsnes

Managing Associate Alexandra assists Norwegian and international clients with legal counselling within all matters related to employment. Alexandra has competence and assists with inter alia dispute resolution and questions regarding everything from employments to termination. In addition, she assists Norwegian and international clients with employment related matters connected to mergers, demergers and acquisitions including legal advice connected to establishment and liqudation of companies in Norway.

Advokatfirmaet Thommessen AS

Alf Amund Gulsvik

One of Norway’s leading procurement lawyers. Spesialices in procurement law, contract law, as well as dispute resolution.

CMS Kluge

Alf Johan Knag

Partner

SANDS

Alf Kåre Knudsen

Alf Kåre Knudsen is a partner at Ræder Bing and a highly experienced employment lawyer. He advises a broad range of clients, including trade unions, employers and employees, on complex employment law matters. He has particular expertise in employment protection cases and regularly represents clients in disputes relating to dismissal, termination and workplace conflicts. His practice covers both advisory and contentious work, and he is recognised for his ability to handle sensitive matters with clarity and precision. In addition to his employment law practice, Alf Kåre also advises on real estate matters, acting for some of Norway’s largest property developers and owners.

Ræder Bing

Alf Øystein Skudal

Partner

SANDS

Amalie Osnes Opdal

Senior Lawyer

Advokatfirmaet Schjødt AS