CMS Kluge — Norway

Alexander With

Specialises in indirect tax and real estate. · Indirect Tax

Alf Amund Gulsvik

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

Amund Noss

Litigation and dispute resolution, including cases related to tax law, company law, energy law, contract law and public administration law. · Litigation

Anders Elling Petersen Johansen

Specialises in real estate and contract law. · Real Estate

Anders Stenbrenden

Specialist within employment law, data protection law and pension law. Extensive experience in counseling and litigation in all aspects of the individual and collective labour law. Advises employers and employers' organizations on a wide range of labour law issues, including employment contracts, incentive schemes, downsizing, transfer of undertakings, hiring-in, posting and collective agreements. Also advices clients on data protection law, such as how to establish and maintain a internal control system, employer’s right to examine an employee’s email box, control measures etc, and on various questions regarding pension law. Broad employment law litigation experience. · Employment

Anne Buan

Specialises in large IT- and technology procurment projects and public procurement law. · Public Procurement

Arild Skage

Construction/ real estate, dispute resolution. · Construction

Asle Bjelland

Dispute Resolution/litigation expert, specializing in energy, industry and infrastructure. More than 20 years of experience as a lawyer within resolution and litigation in all courts and in arbitration. Previously been a judge and is regualary used as a mediator and arbitrator. · Litigation

Belinda T Ingebrigtsen

Real Estate (Sale and purchase, leasehold and development, Dispute resolution, Real Estate Law), Dispute resolution and litigation · Real Estate

Bjørnar Alterskjær

Expertise in public procurement and state aid matters. EU law, EEA law, State aid law, Competition law, Public procurement law, free movement of goods, services, labour and capital, business law. Bjørnar has been Deputy Director of the legal department in the EFTA Surveillance Authority and was also for an extended period Acting Director of the department. He has outstanding experience in litigation before the EFTA and the EU Courts, having represented the EFTA Surveillance Authority in over 20 cases in almost all fields of law covered by the EEA Agreement and the EU treaties. Several of the cases concerned questions within the field of state aid and public procurement. He has also worked extensively with questions pertaining to the free movement of goods, services, labour and capital, in addition to the rules on establishment, competition law, labour law and financial services. Further he has acted as Hearing Officer for competition cases in the EFTA Surveillance Authority. Alterskjær has been Manging Partner in Kluge since 2018. · Public Procurement

Christian Galtung

Specialises in dispute resolution, administrative law and constuction law. Work also includes coprorate law, in particulal i relation to conversion of public enterprises. · Litigation

Christina Elisabeth Lavold

Christina Lavold's practice focuses on corporate/M&A. She holds a master of laws from the University of Oslo, where she specialized in corporate law and tax law. Lavold works mainly with private M&A and general legal advice within corporate law and contract law. Her work includes assisting both financial and industrial clients throughout all stages of the transaction process, from initial negotiations, to signing and closing. Lavold has experience with project management on both buy- and sell-side in complex M&A transactions, including structured sales processes. She has experience within a number of different sectors, including private equity, construction, technology and energy. · Corporate / M&A

Clemens Kerle

Specialises in all EEA/EU law matters, particularly related to state aid, competition, financial markets regulation and the fundamental freedoms. · Competition

Dag Thomas Hansson

Experienced financing lawyer assisting our clients in the negotiations and documentation of a broad range of financing solutions. He is specialised in leveraged and acquisition finance and acts for investors, borrowers and lenders (banks and others). In recent years he has been instructed by a number of direct lenders in connection with acquisitions in Norway. He has also acted on several significant restructuring deals in the Norwegian market · Banking & Finance

Einar Johan Espeland

Broad experience of legal issues related to real estate, such as sale and purchase of real estate companies, closing, business lease agreements, planning and building law and general property law · Real Estate

Espen Nyland

General business law/dispute resolution, in particular within Real estate, Construction and Building law. · Real Estate

Frederik Nordby

Frederik Nordby works primarily with public procurement law, state aid law and other EU/EEA law. Within public procurement, Nordby assists both public entities and private operators in procurement processes. He has particular experience with procurement of complex ICT systems, and he therefore has good knowledge of ICT contracts as well. He also has broad experience from litigation procedures, both before the courts as well as before the Norwegian Complaints Board for Public Procurement. Nordby also has broad experience within state aid law, where he primarily advises public entities on state aid law, and assists in notification procedures before the EFTA Surveillance Authority (ESA). Nordby har previously worked in ESA's competition and state aid directorate, and as a research assistant at the Centre for European Law at the University of Oslo. · Public Procurement

Fredrik Aadahl

Expertise in dispute resolution and counselling within public procurement and contract law · Public Procurement

Frode Olsen

Specialises in mergers and acquisitions, corporate law as well as domestic and international tax. In addition to advising on and negotiating agreements and other transaction related documentation, he has a long experience with transaction tax advice, especially where a human capital element is prevalent. He especially deals with TMT and human capital intensive businesses such as transactions involving consulting firms. In addition to his qualification as a lawyer, Olsen also possesses an MBA from Bocconi. · Mergers & Acquisitions

Grethe Gulhaug

Construction law specialist, as well as contract law and dispute resolution. · Construction

Hans Ingvald Stensholdt

Company law, restructuring and insolvency. In addition considerable experience with litigation assignments before Norwegian courts and arbitration, and is admitted to the Norwegian Supreme Court. Also experience in monetary claim law and guarantee law, whereby he assists financial institutions and companies on an ongoing basis through advisory services and litigation. · Corporate / M&A

Henrik Høines

Works with CMS Kluge's IP, technology and EEA department, where he works in particular with Intellectual Property Rights and contract law. Provides assistance related to patent, trademark, design and copyright disputes and matters under the Marketing Act and the Act relating to Trade Secrets. The work within patent rights concerns in particular negotiations and dispute resolution in cases of patent infringement and validity of patents. Furthermore, he assists in trademark disputes and has represented several clients in cases before the Norwegian Industrial Property Office and the Board of Appeal for Industrial Property Rights. Høines also assists in cases concerning copyright infringement, product licensing and competition clauses, and regularly represents clients in the courts. Also assists clients with drafting and negotiations of contracts related to technology development, NDA’s and R&D projects, including cooperation and partner agreements related to development and commercialization of technology. He also has broad experience with various contracts related to development and licensing of technology and software. Høines frequently assists clients in connection with technology transactions. · Intellectual Property

Henrik Nordling

Expertise in Competition Law, EEA Law and anti-corruption. · Competition Law

Ida Johanne Bohmann

Part of CMS Kluge’s department for Corporate/M&A, works primarily with both domestic and cross-border financing transactions, syndicated financing, financing of acquisitions and project financing. · Corporate / M&A

Inger Hygen

Corporate (Mergers and Aquisitions, Company Law), Real Estate (Sale and purchase, leasehold and development, Real Estate Law) · Corporate / M&A

Jan Magne Isaksen

Commercial dispute resolution within a range of legal areas, and has argued several high profile cases for both the District Courts and the Appeal Courts, and one case for the Supreme Court. Also assists his clients in cases regarding enforcement, securing of evidence, temporary injunction and arrest. Also acts as an ordinary legal adviser for clients within several industries and legal areas, in particular related to issues within contractual law, company law and construction law. · Litigation

Joar Kalsaas

Area of Expertise: Contract law, Energy law (oil and gas, offshore supplier industry), license transactions, fabrication (offshore and onshore construction) and dispute resolution. · Contract Law

Johan Svedberg

Specialises in M&A, company law, capital market law, financing, restructuring, reorganization, general contract law, labor law, as well as international oil and gas and fisheries regulatory law. · Corporate / M&A

Kari Eline Bjørndal Kloster

Kari Eline works in CMS Kluge's department of Employment law. She assist clients with dispute resolution and provides advice in all areas of employment law, including reorganization of companies, down-sizing processes and transfer of undertakings. Kari Eline is furthermore experienced in international issues within employment law, including issues related to secondment/assignment of employees abroad/to Norway, choice of law in employment relationships and transfer of undertakings across borders. · Employment

Kim Hellstrøm Christensen

Kim Hellstrøm Christensen works with real estate and transactions, with a particular focus on investments in commercial property. Since 2008, he has assisted in a large number of purchases and sales of real estate and real estate companies, covering the entire process from the bidding process to closing. Kim has extensive experience with interdisciplinary issues at the intersection of real estate and corporate, financing, tax, and value-added tax, and often acts as transaction manager and client liaison, responsible for coordinating external advisors in transaction processes. Within real estate segments, Kim's main focus is on office, logistics, retail/grocery, and hotels, and he typically assists real estate funds/PE, transaction facilitators, managers, industrial players, and real estate companies – both on the buy side and sell side. · Real Estate

Knut Anders Sannes

Specialises in Norwegian and international contracts law, in particular within finance, corporate, construction and engineering, as well as dispute dispution and litigation. · Contract Law

Knut Prestvik

Property (buying, selling, leasing and development), construction law, corporate finance (mergers and acquisitions) · Real Estate

Kyrre Tangen Andersen

Specialises within ICT/IP law, Energy law, as well as Ligitation. Broad practice that involves ongoing assistance, with a special focus on IP management and strategy, project execution related to the development of oil fields and dispute assignments. · Intellectual Property

Lars Albert Jøstensen

Mainly focuses on insurance, reinsurance, action for damages and dispute resolution. He also has extensive domestic, arbitration and international dispute resolution experience with commercial contracts in a number of industry sectors. Extensive experience with respect to complex claims and disputes under insurance policies and reinsurance contracts. Frequently assists in handling cyber incidents ("breach response") and coverage claims under cyber insurance policies and also has particular experience in relation to director and officers' claims (D&O), financial lines and W&I insurance matters. Has worked in the London market and assists international insurers and claims handling companies with the development of policy wordings in the Norwegian market. · Insurance

Lars Ivar Nyland

Specialises in construction law, public procurement law and dispute resolution/litigation. · Construction

Linn Cathrine Jøsendal

Specialized within intellectual property rights and has more than 15 years of experience. She handles cases regarding several different types of intellectual property rights, such as trademarks, copyright, trade secrets and marketing law, as well as other related legal fields. Extensive experience with transactions and due diligence processes, particularly regarding transactions within technology and IP-focused industries. Jøsendal has considerable experience with contract law in general, as well as contract negotiations. Jøsendal works with clients within a broad range of industries, including retail, technology and the music and entertainment industry. · Intellectual Property

Marco Lilli

Employment Law Specialist. Advices employers and employers' organisations on a wide range of labour law issues, including employment contracts, incentive schemes, downsizing, transfer of undertakings, hiring-in and collective agreements. Regularly advices several of the largest employers in Norway, within the private as well as the public sector. Assisted in a wide range of cross-border transactions and regularly performs such work in teams with lawyers from other jurisdictions. · Employment

Marte Thorsby

Intellectual property expert with long experience as a key representative for the Norwegian and international music industry in Norway · Intellectual Property

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. · Real Estate

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). · Intellectual Property

Naja Dannow

Real Estate Transactions, Corporate (Mergers and Aquisitions, Company Law, Corporate Governance). · Real Estate

Nicolai René Nielsen

Specialist within Construction law and public procurement. Extensive knowledge of contracts used in construction and construction related consultancies, and has experience with all of contract models. Nielsen also has considerable dispute resolution experience, and regularly represents clients in both arbitration and ordinary courts, as well as all types of mediation. · Construction

Nils Kristian Lie

Specilises in employment law, complience and legal aspects connected to pension. Expertise in all types of employment law, especially restructuring- and erdundancy processes, transfer of undetakings and HSE related questions, as well as employment issues related to public tender prosesses and collective employmet law. · Employment

Nina Gundersen Sandnes

Employment Law Specialist. Works primarily as a consultant and on litigation assignments, covering all kinds of issues related to employment law and HR. · Employment

Oddleif Torvik

Specialist skills in tax law, transfer pricing, accounting law and valuation in various legal contexts. · Tax

Olav Hasaas

Corporate, Energy (Oil and Gas, Wind Power, Offshore supplier industry, Renewable energy) · Corporate / M&A

Olav Todnem

Construction, Dispute resolution and litigation, Public procurement · Construction

Ove Vanebo

Works primarily with labour law, including civil servant law and welfare law, as well as privacy law, intellectual property law, property and litigation. A publicly and locally elected politician in his former career, and therefore very familiar with political processes and methods. · Employment

Per Sigvald Wang

Assists clients in major, complex construction, infrastructure, energy and industry disputes. Substantial experience within dispute resolution and litigation, and is admitted to the Supreme Court. · Construction

Petter Schmidt

Real Estate (Sale and purchase, leasehold and development, financial settlement), corporate (Mergers and Acquisitions, Company Law, Corporate Governance). · Real Estate

Reid Fiskaa

Corporate / M&A specialist · Corporate / M&A

Samuel Skrunes

Leads the construction law group in Bergen. Extensive experience with advisory service for projects both onshore and offshore. He has assisted builders, contractors and advisers, both with contracting as well as follow-up and final settlement, and legal processes. After working 7 years, mainly with contract work, property transactions and public procurement, he has worked 4 years with upstream supplier contracts as legal counsel in Statoil. He has thorough knowledge of contracts within the oil industry for the FC/EPC/EPCI/EPMA, removal and dismantlement, supply-, preparedness- and installation vessels, helicopter contracts and other service and delivery contracts. Samuel has international experience from projects in Africa and Brazil. He also has experience from various transactions related to property, projects and companies. · Construction

Snorre Haukali

Snorre Haukali specialises in corporate law, securities law, mergers and acquisitions, financing and contract law. He is an experienced and highly-respected advisor, negotiator and corporate lawyer and has during recent years represented several Norwegian listed companies in the area of refinancing and restructuring. · Corporate / M&A

Steffen Asmundsson

Partner, Attorney-at-law, admitted to the bar of the Supreme Court. Working with litigation, contracts (commercial contracts, incl. construction, IT) and public law for both private and public clients. · Litigation

Steffen Kvisler

Substantial experience with dispute resolution and litigation, specialises in construction law, general contract law and tort law, with focus on the construction industry. Admitted to the Supreme Court in 2011. · Construction

Tarjei Pedersen

Real Estate (Sale and purchase, leasehold and development, Planning and building, Dispute resolution, Real Estate Law) · Real Estate

Thea Fürst Tyvold

Partner in CMS Kluge’s Real Estate team. She has background from CMS Kluge's Corporate team. Tyvold works with transactions/M&A and commercial real estate. She provides expertise on drafting and negotiating contracts. Extensive experience on court proceedings after more than two years as a deputy judge in Norway’s second largest district court. Assists clients on issues regarding commercial real estate, including real estate transactions and lease contracts for existing or new building projects. Her work often consists of drafting contracts and assisting clients with negotiations. Tyvold is experienced with drafting cooperation agreements and shareholders’ agreements in real estate projects. Part of CMS Kluge’s commercial real estate team. Advises clients on company law issues. Assists with most aspects of M&A transactions and restructuring, for example giving strategic advice, assisting with negotiations in the M&A process, leading due diligence reviews, and the drafting of SPAs and shareholders’ agreements. Focuses in particular on the intersection between company law and real estate. Expertise on competition law. She has a degree from King’s College London, specializing inter alia on European competition law. She assists clients with all types of competition law issues, including regarding merger control and cooperation issues, and setting up compliance programs. · Real Estate

Thea Killengreen

Part of the firm’s Corporate/M&A department in Oslo. Primarily works with transactions/M&A as well as general corporate law and capital markets law. Thea assists both financial and industrial clients in all stages of the transaction process, from initial negotiations to signing and completion. She has worked with a wide range of clients and has assisted national and international companies on both the buy- and sell-side in complex M&A transactions. Assistance in connection with corporate transactions can relate to everything from the choice of organisational and transaction form, assistance with due diligence reviews, to advice related to the conclusion of agreements and implementation of settlements. Assists both Norwegian and international companies and organisers in connection with processes on the Oslo Stock Exchange. Thea has assisted several companies and investment banks in equity capital market transactions, including private placements and IPOs in various business sectors. · Corporate / M&A

Thomas Rieber-Mohn

Intellectual property law, corporate law, litigation. Advises companies and authorities on all types of IPR-matters within a broad range of industries, including oil & gas, technology, industry, media & entertainment, software, design & communication, etc. Extensive experience on contracts and dispute resolution/litigation. An experienced and highly respected advisor, negotiator and litigator. · Intellectual Property

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. · Tax