NORWAY Trends and Developments
Trends and Developments Contributed by: Kristian Lindhartsen, Lilly Kathrin Relling and Tobias Kilde Kvale Advokatfirma DA Kvale Advokatfirma DA (Kvale) is a leading commercial law firm that has provided assis - tance to Norwegian and international busi - nesses since 1988. It is particularly renowned for assisting some of Norway’s largest compa - nies with their most important and complicated cases. Kvale’s lawyers have extensive experi - ence in negotiations, dispute cases before the ordinary courts and arbitration. With a broad understanding of the shipping industry, the firm
assists in all specialist areas of maritime law, ranging from purely private law disciplines such as charterparties and other types of maritime contract law, maritime casualties and maritime insurance to public law issues such as pollution liability and sanctions law. The team litigates cases before the ordinary courts and in arbitra - tion. Kvale’s extensive international network of contacts also enables it to assist clients with liti - gation assignments outside of Norway.
Authors
Kristian Lindhartsen is a partner at Kvale Advokatfirma and has an extensive background in maritime law, with an emphasis on marine insurance disputes, including cover disputes and
Lilly Kathrin Relling is a partner in Kvale’s oil, gas and shipping department. She assists clients, both Norwegian and international, in commercial law matters and has substantial
direct action matters. He also advises ship- owners and charterers on operational issues, such as those related to charterparties and other contracts of carriage, commercial agreements, collisions and other marine casualties. Kristian is experienced as a litigator in both ordinary courts and arbitration proceedings, including arrest and other asset securing, as well as international jurisdiction issues. He also works on vessel-related transactions, particularly sale/leaseback transactions of ships.
experience advising participants within the shipping and offshore industry. She has broad experience advising on carrying out contracts, including charterparties, fabrication contracts and other commercial agreements. Ms Relling also has experience before the ordinary court and arbitration, including substantial experience with arrests and securing other assets. Relling is a member and national representative of the global lawyers and in-house counsel network AIJA (International Association of Young Lawyers).
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