Mr Svein Aage Valen > Advokatfirmaet Thommessen AS > Bergen, Norway > Lawyer Profile
Advokatfirmaet Thommessen AS Offices
VESTRE STRØMKAIEN 7
PO BOX 43 NYGARDSTANGEN
5838 BERGEN
Norway
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Mr Svein Aage Valen
Work Department
Dispute Resolution; Construction; Compliance & Investigations
Position
Mr Valen has litigated numerous cases before both the public courts and arbitration tribunals. He has been engaged in many extensive and high profiled criminal cases within areas concering white collar crime, tax fraud, environmental crime and corporate penalty cases related to the Working Environment Act. He has broad experience counselling both large, private clients and public entities.
Career
2003 Admitted to the Supreme Court of Norway; 1997-Partner, Bergen office, Thommessen; 1992-1997 Associate, Bergen office, Thommessen; 1990 Admitted to the bar; 1989-1992 Lawyer, Bergen, Den norske Bank ASA, legal department; 1988-1989 Chief Superintendent, Økonomiavsnittet, Bergen politikammer
Languages
English
Memberships
Norwegian Bar Association
Education
1983-1987 Candidate in Jurisprudence, University of Bergen
Lawyer Rankings
Norway > Construction
Advokatfirmaet Thommessen AS assists its clients throughout all stages of complex construction projects. Under the leadership of Jacob F Bull, an experienced arbitrator with a focus on energy, real estate and infrastructure-related construction mandates, the team attracts praise for its ‘consistently high availability and quality‘. Svein Aage Valen takes point on construction disputes from the firm’s Bergen office, while Kristine Hyldmo Bjørnvik has a strong track record representing clients in onshore and offshore construction disputes. At associate level, the ‘fantastic’ Henrik Fabian Torgrimsby and Alexander Stulien, praised for his ‘exceptional’ construction project experience, are other key names to note.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance (including shipping finance)
- Capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Employment
- EU and competition
- Fishing and aquaculture
- Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Insurance
- Intellectual property
- Maritime law
- Offshore construction and shipbuilding
- Tax
- TMT