Lawyers in Norway

Wegard Kyoo Bergli

Wegard's practice includes IT/technology and data protection. Wegard also works with marketing law and consumer rights and cyber security. Wegard's practice related to data protection includes transfers of personal data to countries outside the EU/EEA, use of customer data for purposes related to marketing and analytics and use of cookies. He also has extensive experience on M&A-related matters within data protection and technology. Wegard also works with matters related to software, including open source and end-user licence agreements. He assists clients with regulatory related to the internet, e-commerence and consumer law. He has also experience assisting clients on the relationship between Chinese data protection law (PIPL) and the GDPR. Wegard is ranked as a "Rising star" in Legal 500 within the category technology, media and telecom (TMT). Wegard also has experience as an external examiner for master theses and courses in privacy and data protection from universities.

Wikborg Rein

Wenche Maartmann-Moe

Partner. Maartman-Moe specialises in dispute resolution and contract law. She has particular experience of fabrication contracts (construction) and professional liability. She has acquired considerable experience of managing wide-ranging and complex dispute cases through many years in private practice. Disputes have related to consulting/financial liability, directors’ liability, compensation claims relating to expropriation, final settlement of construction projects and claims relating to various types of commercial contracts. Maartman-Moe is particularly committed to alternative dispute resolution mechanisms and is certified as a mediator by the Norwegian Bar Association. She accepts assignments as a mediator in individual cases and as a member of mediation panels for major fabrication projects (PRIME/KLR). Maartman-Moe has experience as an arbitration judge and is frequently appointed as an expert/arbitrator in construction law disputes. Maartman-Moe assists clients in all phases of a construction project, from initial preparations and contract negotiations to execution and final settlement. She assists with all kinds of fabrication projects relating to buildings, infrastructure and technical installations. Maartman-Moe is proactive and known for doing her utmost to safeguard her clients’ interests. She is keen to provide clear and balanced advice that also takes her clients’ commercial interests into account. This is illustrated by her commitment to alternative dispute resolution mechanisms, which springs from the understanding that it will often be quicker and less expensive for the parties to commercial disputes to investigate the possibility of reaching an amicable solution.

Arntzen Grette

Wenche Sædal

Partner Wenche Sædal has been working at Thommessen since 2012. She has over 12 years of experience in the field of public procurement, EU/EEA law, competition law, and more. Wenche has broad and extensive experience in public procurement, both for contracting authorities and suppliers. For many years, Wenche has also served as a key advisor in procurement matters for several private companies subject to procurement regulations. Wenche has handled numerous procurement cases for the Complaints Board for Public Procurement (KOFA) and the courts, including injunction cases and compensation cases. Wenche was appointed as a member of KOFA in 2023.

Advokatfirmaet Thommessen AS

Ylva Gjesdahl Petersen

Ylva works with equity capital market transactions and M&A across various industries, assisting both listed and unlisted companies, investment banks and private equity/venture capital firms. In particular, she has extensive experience with assisting both issuers and managers with IPO processes, private placements and rights issues. Ylva also regularly advises clients on Norwegian corporate and securities laws and regulations.%MCEPASTEBIN%

Advokatfirmaet Thommessen AS

Ylva Kolsrud Lønvik

Managing Associate

BAHR

Yngve Skogrand

Partner and chairman of Advokatfirmaet RIISA Skogrand has extensive experience in tort law with particular specialisation in dispute settlement and claims litigation within personal lines insurance. With more than a hundred tort law and insurance law cases litigated before the courts Skogrand has established extensive litigation experience within his area of expertise. In addition to dispute settlement Skogrand supports insurance companies with claims handling and specialist advice across the whole sphere of personal injury damages from motor liability, workers compensation, occupational disease to matters relating to master collective agreements. Skogrand also works with complex legal and medical considerations of causation and valuation of damages. Skogrand also has a broad experience with liability cases, and has successfully argued a case before the Supreme Court of Norway on the question of liability for a fitness centre after a personal injury occurred there. As one of the contacts for Advokatfirmaet RIISAs international insurance law network Global Insurance Law Connect, Skogrand assists both Norwegian clients with compensation cases overseas and foreign clients with cases in Norway. Skogrand is a popular speaker and is acclaimed by insurer clients for his attention to detail and his tactful perceptiveness of their demands.

RIISA Advokatfirma ANS

Yngve Øyehaug Opsvik

Partner who advises clients on patent, trademarks, copyright, unfair competition and trade secrets matters. Yngve has litigated a number of cases within these areas for clients in several different sectors, but especially pharma, biotech and oil and gas patent cases.

Advokatfirmaet Gjessing AS

Åse Rieber-Mohn

Managing Associate Åse primarily advises on issues relating to public procurement and competition law. Åse has experience from a broad variety of procurement processes and major projects in the public sector. She has specialized experience with classified procurements and a background from the Norwegian Defence Materiel Agency, where she served as a strategic and legal advisor on major defense acquisitions.

Advokatfirmaet Thommessen AS

Åshild Fløisand

Partner

SANDS

Ørjan Miri Haukaas

DLA Piper

Øystein Flagstad

Partner whose areas of concentration are TMT law and copyrights. He has extensive experience with the drafting and negotiation of IT contracts, personal data processing, legal support for research and development projects and rights holders within the media and entertainment sector, including licensing agreements, consultancy agreements and consortium agreements. Øystein advises and represents collecting societies and other right holders in contract negotiations and dispute resolution processes. He has a keen interest in the use of music, film and literature in digital media. He has worked extensively with technology related matters, including matters relating to data protection and the regulatory implications of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Advokatfirmaet Gjessing AS

Øystein Guvåg

Partner

BAHR

Øystein Henriksen

Specialist on negotiation processes and contract structures within commercial property leases, transfers and development

CMS Kluge

Øystein Løken

Mr Øystein Løken has more than 15 years of experience with corporate and M&A transactions. He works mainly with capital marked transactions, mergers and acquisitions as well as contract law, corporate law and exchange law. He has substantial experience in assisting companies or their owners in transactions both within and outside the stock exchange.

Kvale Advokatfirma DA

Øystein Meland

Specialist Partner

BAHR

Øystein Myre Bremset

Arntzen Grette

Øyvind Axe

Øyvind is head of the firm's worldwide Shipping and Offshore group. His main areas of practice relate to transactions within the shipping and offshore field. He advises clients in connection with construction contracts, asset sale/purchase and equity transactions, financing matters and major restructurings. He regularly speaks at seminars and conferences. Øyvind is recognized in Chambers and Legal 500 within Shipping and Maritime Law.

Wikborg Rein

Øyvind Bjørnstad

Øyvind Bjørnstad is a partner at Ræder Bing and heads the firm’s Restructuring and Insolvency practice. He has extensive experience in bankruptcy proceedings, debt negotiations and enforcement, and plays a central role in several of the firm’s largest and most complex insolvency matters. He regularly acts as trustee and advisor in complex bankruptcy estates and restructuring processes, and has particular expertise in creditor-driven processes, securing and enforcing claims, and insolvency-related disputes. Øyvind brings valuable public sector experience from the Norwegian Tax Administration and the Enforcement Office (Namsfogden) in Oslo, where he worked extensively with debt recovery, enforcement and insolvency-related matters. This provides him with a strong practical understanding of regulatory processes and interactions with public authorities. He advises a broad range of clients, including financial institutions and corporates, and is known for his pragmatic and solution-oriented approach in complex and time-sensitive situations.

Ræder Bing

Øyvind Brandal

Senior Lawyer

Advokatfirmaet Schjødt AS

Øyvind Dehli

Specialist Counsel Øyvind has extensive experience within bankruptcy, restructuring (in and out of court) and other insolvency related matters. He has worked on several cross boarder restructuring matters, and acted for both the banks and the companies in financial distress. He also acts as a court appointed trustee in bankruptcy estates and for clients against both companies in the zone of insolvency and bankruptcy estates. Øyvind also holds experience in respect of securities, enforcement etc. and acts for a wide range of clients, including financial institutions, in this respect.

Advokatfirmaet Thommessen AS

Øyvind Eidissen

Partner

Advokatfirmaet Schjødt AS

Øyvind Mork Karlsen

Partner Øyvind has long experience within Mergers & Acquisitions, and acts for numerous Norwegian and international private equity and venture capital firms, family offices, founders and private companies in M&A transactions within a broad range of industries.

Advokatfirmaet Thommessen AS

Øyvind Olimstad

Partner / lawyer

Selmer