NORWAY Trends and Developments
Trends and Developments Contributed by: Christian Reusch, Jenny Sandvig, Oda Lauksund Engamo and Therese Sætre Løfsgaard Advokatfirmaet Simonsen Vogt Wiig
Advokatfirmaet Simonsen Vogt Wiig is one of the largest law firms in Norway, with offices in the major cities in Norway and in Singapore. The firm’s 180 law- yers represent clients within all industries and sec- tors, across all legal functions and areas of expertise. Simonsen Vogt Wiig has a standalone litigation and arbitration team of lawyers, separate from the firm’s advisory departments, handling complex matters be- fore the Norwegian and European courts, arbitration
tribunals and a variety of boards, councils and com- mittees. Its litigators dedicate 100% of their time to contentious matters, representing clients across all industry sectors. The firm has one of the largest dis- putes teams in Norway, which includes 11 lawyers who are admitted to the Supreme Court. In addition, the firm has 33 partners and 16 other qualified law- yers who regularly handle disputes before the courts.
Authors
Christian Reusch is a partner in Simonsen Vogt Wiig’s dispute resolution team in Oslo. Previously, Christian was a leading lawyer with the Office of the Attorney General. His areas of responsibility included civil
Oda Lauksund Engamo is a senior associate in Simonsen Vogt Wiig’s dispute resolution team. She specialises in construction law
dispute resolution and assists both Norwegian and international clients with disputes related to construction and other legal areas.
procedures, the laws relating to compulsory acquisition, pollution/environment, law of torts, constitutional law and human rights. Christian has extensive experience appearing before the district courts, courts of appeal and the Supreme Court. He has appeared in approximately 25 appeals before the Supreme Court (in panels, the Grand Chamber or plenary sessions) as legal counsel or as a legal assistant.
Therese Sætre Løfsgaard is a senior lawyer in Simonsen Vogt Wiig’s dispute resolution team. She is exclusively dedicated to dispute
resolution and assists Norwegian and international clients with contractual and damages disputes within several fields of law and industries. She has acted as counsel in extensive and complicated disputes before the courts and arbitration tribunals. She is the author of the commentaries to the Norwegian Arbitration Act together with colleague Christian Reusch and former partner at Simonsen Vogt Wiig, Knud Jacob Knudsen. Therese also works as a lecturer for several legal education institutions.
Jenny Sandvig is a partner at Simonsen Vogt Wiig. She specialises in litigation and dispute resolution. She started her legal career at the Attorney General’s Office, where she worked as counsel and litigation
attorney on a large number of cases in administrative law, and was part of several teams, including international law, EEA law and tax law. Jenny was Policy Director for the Norwegian National Institution for Human Rights (NHRI) for three years, and also has wide experience from international courts, such as the EFTA Court, the UN treaty bodies and the European Court of Human Rights.
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