Lawyers in Norway

Martin Steinnes

Martin is an senior associate in the property and construction department. Martin was a master’s degree fellow at the Juristforbundet (Norwegian Bar Association). He wrote his master’s thesis on legal costs in civil cases, titled “Legal Security behind the Paywall? An assessment of the significance of legal costs for the real access to the courts.”

Advokatfirmaet Hjort

Martin Støren

Partner

Advokatfirmaet Schjødt AS

Mathias Anker Paulsen

Senior Lawyer

Advokatfirmaet Schjødt AS

Mathias Hauglid

Mathias specialises in technology and digitalisation. He is a leading expert in Norway on legal aspects of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Mathias obtained his PhD in 2024 with a thesis on AI as decision support in the health sector. He has also contributed to a number of interdisciplinary research articles. Through his research and as an advisor in AI development projects, he has gained considerable technical and practical insight, in addition to cutting-edge expertise in current and future regulations in the technology field. He assists in all phases of projects relating to the development, commercialisation, procurement and use of information technology, AI and software. For example, he assists with drafting and negotiating contracts, assessing strategic and regulatory matters and safeguarding intellectual property rights. He has in-depth methodological knowledge of risk management and assists with the adaptation of risk management systems in the face of new technology and new regulations. He has particular experience with health technology and health law, including the regulatory framework for medical devices, use of health data, health research and clinical trials. He writes legal commentaries for Karnov/Lovdata on the Medical Devices Act, the Health Personnel Act (with Befring) and the Health Research Act (with Befring and Engelschiøn). Mathias also has broad knowledge of contract law and administrative law, and has taught these subjects at UiT the Arctic University of Norway.

Wikborg Rein

Mathias Teir

Partner

Advokatfirmaet Schjødt AS

Matias Apelseth

Matias works with commercial property, building projects, and contract matters – primarily for private developers. For developers, Matias particularly deals with the phases from implementation of zoning plans, including development agreements, to setting up and executing building projects/constructions and the sales process, which includes, among other things, final account and defect cases, as well as assistance in building matters. Matias regularly appears in court, and he has considerable experience with dispute resolution for actors in the property industry.

CMS Kluge

Merete Furesund

Merete Furesund’s main areas of work are employment law, pension law, litigation and dispute resolution. Furesund has considerable experience in prosecuting cases before the ordinary courts, the Labour Court, the Supreme Court in Norway and the EFTA Court in Luxembourg. Furesund advises top management in all employment law issues. She has a particular interest in and extensive experience with issues regarding working hours, workforce reductions, reorganizations, business transfers and EU/EEA employment law. She also has extensive experience in collective labor law such as drafting and interpretation of collective agreements, implementation of collective bargaining and collective issues arising from corporate restructurings, mergers and acquisitions. Merete Furesund is a co-author at arbeidsrett.no, which is a digital commentary edition to the Working Environment Act. She is also a co-author of the Norwegian chapter in the Workforce Restructuring in Europe, Bloomsbury 2015.

Homble Solheim advokatfirma AS

Mette Borger Fyksen

Mette has extensive experience with commercial real estate. She has been involved in numerous real estate transactions, assisting both national and international clients, and has been in charge of many due diligence processes. She has also assisted on real estate matters in connection with mergers/acquisitions and IPOs. Mette also assists on general real property matters, and is especially experienced with negotiation lease agreements for commercial real estate.

Advokatfirmaet Thommessen AS

Michael Decker

Partner

Advokatfirmaet Schjødt AS

Mikal Brøndmo

Mikal Brøndmo specialises in arbitration and litigation, with a special focus on complex and international disputes. He has provided advice to a considerable number of Norwegian and foreign clients in respect of complex and high-value disputes before state courts and domestic and international arbitral tribunals. He advises on disputes within a wide range of legal areas, and he has especially experience from representing parties in international construction and energy disputes (both oil & gas and renewables), including offshore wind disputes subject to ICC and GMAA. His extensive experience also includes disputes concerning shipbuilding contracts, defence contracts, distribution contracts, insurance and post M&A. Brøndmo assists in all stages of a dispute – from early case assessments and claim letters to settlement negotiations, mediation and proceedings before courts and arbitral tribunals to enforcement proceedings. Brøndmo also acts as an arbitrator in international and domestic arbitrations, such as under rules of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce (SCC), the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) and in ad hoc arbitration. Furthermore, Mikal is a lecturer in the Faculty of Law at the University of Oslo teaching contract law and civil procedure.

Advokatfirmaet Haavind AS

Mikkel Lassen Ellingsen

Commercial-minded lawyer working across all fields of IP, marketing law and unfair competition, with an emphasis on enforcement, dispute resolution and litigation. He assists domestic and foreign clients of all sizes and in all industry sectors with legal and strategic issues such as advisory services, dispute resolution, negotiations and agreements within the IP fields of trademarks, patents, copyright and design law as well as marketing law. Extensive experience with litigation before the Norwegian courts, as well as administrative procedures before the Norwegian Industrial Property Office (NIPO), The Norwegian Board of Appeal for Industrial Property Rights (KFIR) and the Council dealing with unfair marketing practices (NKU).

CMS Kluge

Mikkel Vislie

Partner, Lawyer

Selmer

Mira Levánd Bergsland

Mira Levánd Bergsland is a specialist in matters of insolvency and bankruptcy law. Mira has been working with restructuring, insolvency, and bankruptcy law since 2012, as a lawyer for banks, financial institutions, private and listed companies, and as a bankruptcy trustee. She works with a wide range of issues within the mentioned fields, such as debt refinancing, reorganization of corporate structures, securing creditor interests, etc. She also regularly works with M&A transactions and other corporate legal issues, in connection with restructuring and insolvency assignments, but also generally. Mira has extensive experience from complex and comprehensive restructurings of companies in the oil/shipping sector, and from administering some of Norway's largest bankruptcy estates. Since 2022, she has been appointed as a bankruptcy trustee by the Oslo District Court. Mira has also assisted real estate companies and other businesses with property law issues and transactions, including due diligence reviews, preparation of bids and purchase contracts, ground lease rights, tenancy law, planning and building law, lease contracts, forced evictions, and sectioning. Mira is the author of the law commentary on the Wage Guarantee Act (Act of 14 December 1973 No. 61 on state guarantee for wage claims in bankruptcy, etc.), as well as the notes to the same law on www.lovdata.no.

Advokatfirmaet Bull AS

Mohsin Ramani

DLA Piper

Monica Gjerde Sperre

Partner

Kvale Advokatfirma DA

Monica Syrdal

Monica Syrdal works with a combination of EEA/competition law and intellectual property rights, including copyright, trademark, marketing law and GDPR. Monica has in-depth knowledge of communication, technology, media and retail sectors and practical experience with many of the legal matters that are relevant to these sectors including intellectual property rights and competition law. Within competition law, she specializes in issues relating to the prohibitions on anti-competitive agreements and abuse of dominant positions. She has particular experience in handling alleged infringement cases before the Norwegian Competition Authority, the Competition Appeals Board (“Konkurranseklagenemnda”) and the EFTA Surveillance Authority. She has also practical competition litigation experience before the ordinary court in respect of private competition law enforcement. Within the media sector, Monica has extensive experience with respect to copyright issues pertaining to audio-visual content, including films, sports and other content licensing and questions in the nexus of competition law and intellectual property rights. Monica has hereunder experience with copyright and other IPR litigation before the courts and various alternative dispute resolution bodies, including but not limited to the Appeals Board for Industrial Rights and the Remuneration Board (“Vederlagsnemnda”). She also advices on regulatory issues involving broadcasting and audiovisual on-demand services. She has for a number of years worked extensively with adoption of new legislation within the copyright and broadcasting field both on a national and EU/EEA -level. Another part of her practice involves consumer marketing legislation, unfair marketing in relation to other businesses and privacy/GDPR. In addition to English, Monica also speaks German.

Advokatfirmaet Hjort

Monica Teige

SANDS

Mons Alfred Paulsen

Mr Paulsen primarily works with matters concerning tax and duty law as well as fisheries and aquaculture. He assists clients in connection with restructurings. Mr Paulsen heads the firm's practice area Fishery and Aquaculture.

Advokatfirmaet Thommessen AS

Morten Brandhaug

Partner

SANDS

Morten F Krohnstad

Partner

Advokatfirmaet Schjødt AS

Morten Goller

Partner Morten Goller works with dispute resolution, including litigation and negotiations, in public procurement, competition law, contract law and constructions, and tax law. He also advises Norwegian and foreign clients on state aid and competition law and has particular expertise on public procurement. Goller has previously worked for the Attorney General (Civil Affairs) and is a member of the Norwegian Complaints Board for Public Procurement. He is admitted to the Supreme Court and litigates regularly before Norwegian courts. Goller also has experience from international arbitration and the EFTA Court.

Wiersholm

Morten Hugo Berger

SANDS

Morten Lund Mathisen

Morten is a maritime and offshore lawyer specialised in international maritime law, particularly related to casualty work and large wreck removals, assisting Norwegian and international clients; in particular P&I Clubs, hull underwriters and ship- and offshore unit owners. After working a few years in the Oslo office he was heading the Kobe office for six years before moving to England where he headed Wikborg Rein’s London office from 1997 to 2008. Morten is recommended by Chambers and Partners as "Leader in their field" in the category Shipping, litigation (listed last 17 years) and as "Hall of Fame" in Legal 500. He has 35 years experience in his field and has in this period handled some of the largest and most complex casualties world wide. "He is highly experienced, particularly in wet work including salvage and wreck removal." Chambers and Partners "Very seasoned and practical maritime lawyer with special expertise and experience in dealing with maritime casualties. Well-known to most other stakeholders, e.g., correspondents and opponent lawyers. Strong strategic and tactical abilities, plus high availability and accessibility. Strong collaboration skills with us as client." Legal 500

Wikborg Rein

Morten P. Smørdal

Partner

BAHR