The Legal 500 > Europe, Middle East & Africa > Norway > Dispute resolution

‘Strong on capacity. Strong on professional skills. Strong on client relationships.‘

‘We have been working with Schjødt for a substantial amount of time. I would like to highlight the outstanding performance of the team during our years of collaboration, and we appreciate having a team of true professionals in the Norwegian legal market.‘

‘The only problem with Schjødt is that everyone wants to use them in our industry; they are just so strong on E&P and dispute resolution.‘

‘Absolutely brilliant professionals, accurate on details, strategic thinking, very quick with responding, innovative and creative approach to complicated cross-border procedural issues.‘

‘Trond Sollund represents the perfect attributes of a strong litigator; he is systematic and therefore able to handle massive documentation. I admire his ability to connect with the project people and understand difficult facts. Trond is also a very strong communicator, focuses on the big things and fights with integrity!‘

‘Hallvard Aarseth can litigate any matter landing on his desk with an outstanding quality.‘

‘Amund may appear like a professor with a robe, but that can be very powerful and he will strengthen any litigation team!‘

‘Vidar Strømme has been one of Norway’s top 10 litigators for many, many years and still deserves that recognition.‘

‘BAHR’s team singles itself out in that it consists of outstanding professionals practising in the key fields of civil law. This means that the team is one of the few that can take on cases requiring a diverse range of knowledge and experience. It is my opinion that BAHR is a competent and professional law firm.‘

‘The team consists of highly skilled and experienced professionals. They are able to see new angles when building the defence, being curious and innovative in their approach. Their way of working, with sincere interest for the business and people, makes them an excellent business partner.‘

‘Tarjei Thorkildsen is a highly experienced litigator with outstanding legal knowledge and capabilities. In that sense he stands out both in employment law and litigation.‘

‘Jan Jansen is outstanding at finding new and innovative solutions when approaching an issue. With his experience he is able to ask the right questions in order to provide the best defence possible.’

‘Joachim Bjerke is outstanding at working with complex technical issues and has an eye for key details.’

‘Outstanding within the construction law field.’

‘Honest advice. They tell you what might be the outcome of the conflict right away – good or bad! Serious lawyers.’

‘Strong in-depth knowledge. Curiosity and detail minded.‘

‘The lawyers from Haavind always deliver high-quality advice. The combination of outstanding competence and long-standing experience contribute to solving issues in an excellent way. Their thorough work gives us a great deal of security.‘

‘Excellent team – they won a very tricky preliminary injunction case for us. They were dogged in their defence of our interests and refused to be deflected from the main issues.‘

‘Well-coordinated team with combined skills that were important for our specific case.‘

‘Eager to learn, very professional approach, very well-prepared, excellent construction sector knowledge.’

‘Mikal Brøndmo has an excellent ability to quickly learn new topics relevant for the case, and an excellent ability to identify critical details from a large set of data. Excellent communication skills, and always available.‘

‘We got a skilled lawyer who quickly got involved in the case – Goud Helge Homme Fjellheim. He assisted very well in the preparatory phase for the hearing, and he was skilled and confident at the hearing.‘

‘Arve Martin Hyldmo Bjørnvik is passionate, enthusiastic, committed and intelligent with deep knowledge of the construction sector and Norwegian law.‘

‘Johnny Johansen is smart, listens well, moderate and very technically prepared.‘

‘Pål Kvernaas is a gentleman with deep knowledge of labour law. He also has a very commercial approach.‘

‘Thommessen are very knowledgable and are fair in explaining the risks. They will try to get an amicable solution if this is advantageous for the client. They have a huge amount of experience.‘

‘Very in-depth, know all details of the case, all members involved and involves the client in all detailed discussions.‘

‘Eirik Raanes, with his experience, makes the process clear and provides you with a feeling of comfort. During the process he shows that he is well informed. However, even in stressful times, he uses humour.‘

‘Eirik W Raanes has a strong ability to understand complex cases and follow through in the best interest of the client.‘

‘One of the best law firms you can engage. Wiersholm offers exceptional expertise and insight into litigation and dispute resolution. Advice given is always sharp, to the point, relevant and contains strategic angles. Clearly Tier 1 firm to work with.’

‘Good team spirit and well coordinated.‘

‘The team has the ability to combine excellent legal knowledge and “understanding the facts” while still managing to communicate complicated issues in an understandable way with their clients.‘

‘Partners are hardworking, dedicated, reliable and the utmost professionals. Communication is clear and concise.‘

‘Olav Perland is at the top of his game. Magnus Snellingen is a star in the making.‘

‘Strong team with sufficient knowledge and capacity to handle disputes of any kind and size in an excellent way.’

‘Professionally they have very high standards, they are business-oriented with great understand of our business, and have broad experience within dispute resolution – also internationally which I find unique. They are also easy to cooperate with.‘

‘Wikborg is highly regarded as a top tier law firm in Norway for complex commercial matters and also for commercial litigation.‘

‘Make sure Ola Nisja is on the team, and you will get the best advice in the market. He is not only an outstanding litigator (there are couple of them around), he always strives to understand all aspects of the matter and their importance to the client. This combined with his industry knowledge and extensive experience in dispute resolution enables him to provide his clients with extremely valuable strategic advice. When Ola manages a case, you feel immediately it is in goods hands.’

‘They hold a very high standard professionally. At the same time, they are very good at cooperation, they are very responsive and accessible. They come up with new ideas and new angles, and are able to see – and find – “a way out” of difficult situations. They also have very high ethical standards, which is important to us.‘

‘The team demonstrated a strong ability to put themselves in the client’s shoes. Extremely well prepared with clear advice to the client. The team worked well together with a clear agenda and brought the best of each individual together to create a very good client experience. Far better industry and dispute resolution insight than other teams I have observed.‘

‘Erlend Haaskjold is our primary lawyer and contact. Erlend is a great adviser and is excellent in all areas. In our view he is the best all-round lawyer we know.‘

‘Terje Granvang is an outstanding dispute resolution partner with well-documented experience. He is extremely focused and dedicated to his work and invests time together with the client to get into the necessary details. He is excellent in strategy and oral proceedings.‘

‘The team consists of lawyers with unique individual skills. They cover a considerable area of commercial law, but are still highly specialised within key fields.‘

‘CLP is very dedicated to the task given, always setting up a highly competent team with short response times and well-qualified suggestions. They are always trying to find the best solution, with good advice, even in cases where we as a client see the reality differently. This reality check is important for us as a client.‘

‘Pragmatic, result-oriented and non-bureaucratic.‘

‘Kyrre Eggen is a brilliantly creative and intuitive litigator. He has a unique talent in spotting the core of complex matters and making original and effective moves to achieve optimal results. He is shrewd and determined in cross-examinations.‘

‘Vidar Riksfjord has a unique knowledge of business terms, and is extremely dedicated to every case and task we have worked with. He always involves a highly competent team but the follow up is made by him as a partner in the law firm. In many other companies the partner starts, and the rest is done with associates. This is not the case with CLP and Vidar, who we can recommend as a top lawyer in Norway.‘

‘Ability to address the key issues in a straightforward yet non-emotional way and ability to find solutions.’

‘The team knows our business well, and is able to counsel considering our business as a whole. The team responds rapidly with advice relevant to both our and the opposite party’s initiative. They staff the team with the necessary experts without overstaffing the team.‘

‘They are very well prepared and skilful. The competence, especially when it comes to dispute resolution, is very high. For IPR-cases and technical disputes, they will put together a team with very high technical knowledge and long and solid dispute resolution experience.‘

‘Steffen Asmundsson is skilled and has the best expertise to offer on the matter that we have hired him for. He quickly understands the problem and has a way of making complex legal questions understandable. His appearance in court is calm and comfortable.‘

‘Kvale has an excellent litigation department.‘

‘Per Conradi Andersen and Jens Christian Gjesti are very skilled and also have in-depth knowledge of the telecom industry.‘

‘Fantastic team, very strong, qualified people. Good mix.‘

‘SANDS works well internally to get the mix of experience and younger, eager attorneys to cooperate to get the best preparations possible. Much appreciated!‘

‘Morten Steenstrup is a very wise person, a uniquely experienced lawyer, and on top of that, very charming to be around!’

‘The team was able to combine their own knowledge in both law and the domain with our knowledge and experience, to build a strong case. They were extremely professional while at all times keeping focus on the human beings in the process.‘

‘The Selmer team has shown an exemplary structure and process in their work towards the court case and also thereafter. The understanding of deep technical complexity is impressive, and they used it in a very balanced way. Their handling of us as their client and balance of emotions against facts was indeed very strong.‘

‘The keen interest, the hunger for information and understanding the case, the background, the nitty gritty details and how that could be used in our favour.’

‘Carl Roberts held it all together in a very good way, understanding the facts related to technology and ran the processes in a strong way. Despite the fact that it took a long time, years, from the beginning until the resolution, he seemed to be on top of the situation and even the details at all times.‘

‘Simonsen Vogt Wiig is a law firm with a wide range of business expertise. Their lawyers provide advice that is both corporate and legally rooted. In this way, the communication and assistance provided by Simonsen Vogt Wiig is holistic, and not solely judged from a legal perspective. They are able to put together teams that reflect the client’s overall needs.‘

‘Christian Reusch stands out when it comes to quality in SVW.’

‘Nicolai Halbo is a truly capable strategist, and especially skilled with “contract-hygiene” conditions. One quickly realises that he has a great legal weight.‘

‘Ørjan Salvesen Haukaas is a very proficient legal mediator. He anticipated our counterpart’s strategy, and thereby prepared good strategies for the process.’

‘Christian Reusch is an excellent public law lawyer, and a terrific litigator. Very likeable and smart. Tage Skoghøy is also one to watch.‘

‘Ability to “think outside the box” in the initial phases of situational analysis. This, combined with deep subject matter knowledge, constitutes a framework for creative solutions.‘

‘Dedication to the client’s interests, combined with skilled litigation qualities.‘

‘Line Wefald understood what we are doing, and put her self in a position to talk about our product in a good way. This has made it a good case for us.‘

‘Anders Myhre is an outstanding counsel with excellent oral and written statements in court as well as in settlement negotiations. He is strict, to the point and has a rational approach to both facts and law.‘

‘Impressively thorough, excellent litigation skills both legal and practically, reassuring towards clients in the entire process.‘

‘Johan Ratvik has managed a very difficult counterpart with ease and conviction. He is a genuinely nice and down to earth guy, and at the same time he does brilliant work in court.‘

‘They have 100% focus on the insurance industry and therefore are very well informed on all legal changes in the industry.‘

‘Kogstad Lunde & Co are trustworthy and represent us on the best terms. We can always trust them to represent us in the best ways.‘

‘This is a very solid firm with highly skilled lawyers who have extensive litigation experience. Both the breadth and depth of the lawyers’ experience make them unique in their particular areas of law. The lawyers are firmly rooted locally in Norway, but the firm’s close relationship with Kennedys Law makes it unique. If I need legal assistance and litigators, I always think of Kogstad Lunde first.’

‘The lawyers in Kogstad Lunde are very knowledgeable, approachable and easy to contact on both small and large legal issues. I am always treated with respect, and the lawyers are always looking for the best and most cost-effective solution to the case.‘

‘In particular, I would like to emphasise Trond Werner Lunde as the leader who always puts the needs of the client first, and whose experience and professional weight has great impact in dispute cases, litigation and arbitration. I would also like to mention Terje Marthinsen who is a very skilled and professionally engaged litigator.‘