Lawyers in Norway

Tor Henning Rustan Knudsen

KPMG Law Advokatfirma AS, Norway

Tor Kristian Lånke

Partner. Since 2006, Lånke has built up considerable expertise relating to construction contracts, other industrial fabrication contracts, ICT contracts and public procurements. He has experience as a deputy judge and frequently represents clients in contractual dispute cases bought before the courts of law. Lånke also assists contractors and property owners in all phases of a project, from procurement through contract negotiation and framing to final settlement and dispute resolution. He frequently assists public sector buyers and suppliers to undertake public procurements and manage the appeals process. Lånke’s combination of construction law and public procurement expertise makes him particularly well equipped to assist property owners to choose good contract and procurement strategies, and provide precise and effective advice during the project’s execution. It is often advantageous for the same lawyer to be involved in the procurement and project execution phases, and to handle any disputes relating to final settlement.

Arntzen Grette

Tor Olav Carlsen

Partner

BAHR

Tor Stokke

Partner

Advokatfirmaet Simonsen Vogt Wiig

Toralf Wågheim

Partner / lawyer Wågheim has over 15 years gained considerable expertise and experience in insurance, tort law and litigation. Wågheim works particularly with professional liability and corporate liability insurance. He has considerable experience in legal responsibility and real estate agency responsibility. Wågheim has considerable expertise regarding malpractice from professionals, such as lawyers, accountants, auditors, board members, engineers, real estate brokers and architects. Wågheim assists several insurance companies in disputes within these disciplines, and assists with claims handling, dispute resolution and litigation. He also has considerable experience in change of ownership insurance, and disputes with a background in real estate and construction. Wågheim has litigated about 100 cases in recent years before both district courts and appellate courts. In addition to assistance in cases, Wågheim has also contributed to highlighting Riisa's expertise in professional responsibility in the market. Wågheim has written a book about lawyers' liability for damages. Furthermore, he writes a regular column about lawyers legal responsibility in Advokatbladet, which is the Norwegian Bar Association's member magazine. Wågheim has held a number of lectures on legal liability, both for the Norwegian Bar Association and for the insurance industry at Riisa Law Firm's annual liability seminar. Over the past year, Wågheim also has held several lectures on lawyers` liability together with lawyers in Gjensidige Forsikring, regarding the Norwegian Bar Association's collective liability insurance for lawyers. Wågheim gave such a lecture in March and August 2023 at the latest, with a total of over 150 lawyers as listeners. Wågheim was also engaged by the Norwegian Bar Association for 1.5 years to work on a new Law on Lawyers (Act no. 28 of 12 May 2022 relating to lawyers and others who provide legal assistance (The Lawyers Act). Wågheim has also spoken out in the media several times about legal liability. Wågheim has also been a member of the Norwegian Bar Association's law committee for insurance law. Furthermore, on the recommendation of the Norwegian Bar Association, Wågheim has been selected by the Ministry of Justice to sit as a member of the Supervisory Committee for Judges. Wågheim participates in the processing of complaints against judges where it is stated that judges have broken good judicial practice.

RIISA Advokatfirma ANS

Toralv Follestad

Partner/Lawyer – Tax and VAT

Brækhus Advokatfirma AS

Torbjørn Amundsen

Partner Torbjørn Amundsen is responsible for KPMG's "Foreign Business Services" which offers accounting, payroll and tax services as well as legal assistance to foreign companies with operations in Norway. As a member of KPMG's national and international industry network for building & construction, commercial property and infrastructure, he regularly organizes seminars for the industry at home and abroad where Norwegian and international companies meet and establish contacts. Torbjørn is also a regular consultant and lecturer on topics such as international business culture and compliance when using foreign (non-Norwegian) subcontractors or labor.

KPMG Law Advokatfirma AS, Norway

Torbjørn Stokke

Partner/Lawyer – Tax and VAT

Brækhus Advokatfirma AS

Tord Fondevik

Partner

BAHR

Tore Fjørtoft

Partner

BAHR

Tore Holtan

SANDS

Tore Mydske

Mr Mydske advises financial companies with what is considered as regulated activity and the consequences of operating within this field in Norway. He is known to be one of Norway's leading experts within this area, and the clients include banks, insurance companies, investment firms and mutual fund firms. He heads Thommessen practice area dealing with matters concerning financial regulation.

Advokatfirmaet Thommessen AS

Torgeir Fjeldskaar

Partner

SANDS

Torgeir Fjeldskaar

Partner

SANDS

Torill Hasle Aamelfot

Tax law specialist, including flexible tax and compnay law solutions for group restructuring, in connection with transactions and in property development projects.

CMS Kluge

Torje Sunde

Torje is a specialist in public procurement, state aid and EU/EEA law. He is also an experienced litigator with several cases before the EFTA Court, the Court of Justice of the EU and before Norwegian courts at all levels. He is also admitted to the Supreme Court of Norway. The last twelve years before joining Wikborg Rein, Torje worked as a lawyer at the Office of the Attorney General (Regjeringsadvokaten). During those years, he handled approximately 100 major advisory cases and 250 court cases for different government ministries and agencies. Many of these cases concerned public procurement, state aid, and EEA law. However, Torje also has extensive experience in contract and administrative law. He was head in charge for the field of commercial law in the Office of the Attorney General for several years, which involved providing advice and litigation related to market regulation and major public contracts. Furthermore, Torje has valuable work experience from previous positions. He has worked, among other places, at EFTA Surveillance Authority and has a good knowledge of that organisation. He has also served as deputy judge in Norway and has worked in the Legislation Department in the Ministry of Justice (Lovavdelingen). In the Legislation Department, he was responsible for the field of EU/EEA law and assisted government bodies with legal opinions related to public law and EEA law. Regularly, Torje also gives lectures and has authored several books and articles on the topic of EU/EEA law.

Wikborg Rein

Torkel Tveit

SANDS

Torkjel Kleppo Grøndalen

Partner Torkjel Kleppo Grøndalen works mainly with contract law and regulatory aspects within the oil- and gas industry and the energy industry. His area of expertise covers the petroleum regulations, CO2-storage regulations and offshore wind regulations.

Wiersholm

Tormod Ludvik Nilsen

Tormod is Global Head of Renewable Energy. He headed up the firm's Shanghai office from 2013-2016. Tormod assists Norwegian and international clients in the renewable energy sector. His main areas of expertise are acquisitions, financing, negotiations and regulatory requirements within the electricity sector. Tormod is highly regarded for his skills and expertise in i.a. Legal 500 (Renewable Energy) and IFLR (Project Development), and the firm's Renewable Energy department is considered to be among the most prominent in Norway in particular for acquisitions, project development, investments and joint ventures in clean tech and PPAs. Tormod has headed many complex transactions and projects. Tormod also has extensive experience form energy sourcing, physical PPAs, financial PPAs and PPAs with sleeving structures.

Wikborg Rein

Trine Lise Fromreide

Partner

Advokatfirmaet Simonsen Vogt Wiig

Trine Siri Dahl

Senior Associate Trine primarily advises on issues relating to competition law, state aid and EU/EEA law.

Advokatfirmaet Thommessen AS

Trine Vabog

Partner

Advokatfirmaet Simonsen Vogt Wiig

Trine Waag Kanestrøm

Trine Kanestrøm is spearheading CLPs financial regulatory group. She has been in house legal counsel for Storebrand, and has for many years provided legal advice to investment firms, alternative investment managers, securities fund managers, banks, mortgage and credit institutions, pension undertakings and insurance undertakings on financial regulatory matters, commercial agreements and M&A. Kanestrøm is specialized in asset management, including venture capital, private equity, real estate funds, private dept, infrastructure and securities funds.

Advokatfirmaet CLP DA

Tron Dalheim

Tron is a recognized employment law adviser to Norwegian and international companies. He has litigated a number of cases concerning labour law and pensions and is admitted to the bar of the Supreme Court. Tron is also the author of the Norwegian Law Commentary on the Working Environment Act and he has written a book on Seamen's Law. He has experience from several industries, including oil and offshore, shipping and aviation. Recently, Tron has worked with restructuring processes, litigation and conflict management within the field of labor law. He was appointed as an expert member of the whistle blowing committee.

Advokatfirmaet Thommessen AS