‘Very competitive mindset, capable of building a team around the case.’

‘They have a wide range of resources with highly qualified lawyers in various legal areas. Always available. Fast deliveries when needed.’

‘Established good relations with the employees – not only those who work directly with us, but with the whole team. The firm shows genuine interest in the cases they assist with.’

‘Halvor Manshaus – outstanding.’

‘Skilled and experienced team, very professional, many high-end cases.’

‘A very capable and approachable litigation team. Excellent and pragmatic approach to dealing with disputes in addition to a strong commercial understanding.’

‘I give Tarjei Thorkildsen my best recommendations. I would describe him as an excellent and strictly professional lawyer, who always is a pleasure to work with. He has unique and broad experience.’

‘Atle S. Rød is particularly skilled within insolvency related cases, gives excellent follow up to clients, is always well prepared and professional and leaves the client confident that the case is in good hands and under control.’

‘The practice is forward-leaning, efficient and easy to communicate with. It has an open mind as to legal strategy, open to new approaches to complex cases, and a sizeable amount of resources. Very content with the lawyers’ delivery.’

‘Glittertind is a company with broad experience and expertise.’

‘All the people I have had the pleasure of working with do what they can to understand me and my challenges. They are there when you need them and they have great respect for the competence of others.’

‘Flexible and clear strategy to handle a very complex dispute, good coordination with other advisers.’

‘Anders Ryssdal and Mads Berg Neergaard both very responsive in pursuing our case.’

‘We work closely with Emanuel Feinberg. Feinberg is a forceful attorney in court and an efficient counsel outside of court. He takes a devil’s advocate approach, and delivers and coordinates the legal strategy in an efficient way.’

‘Haavind is a top professional law firm, which has great knowledge and understanding of legal affairs. The team have great skills in regards to understanding their client and the dispute in hand.’

‘Johnny Johansen is a top lawyer. He has good strategic skills in trial/trial preparations. He is number one if you need a good lawyer within the building industry.’

‘Well-balanced mixture of careful and exhaustive counselling and straightforward and tough litigation skills.’

‘Extremely good in trial situations.’

‘They have extensive experience in handling complex and high-value disputes, which is easily seen in their preparation, their pleadings and especially at the hearing. They are well prepared and far better than their competitors at presenting the case in the hearing. They not only understand the law, but they are also willing to learn the facts in depth in order to present them to the court in a convincing way.’

‘Very strong drive to win the cases. Goes the extra mile for the client.’

‘Haavind formed a very strong team covering all aspects of the dispute perfectly. Each member of the team performed very well and their collaboration was dedicated and at high standard.’

‘Professionally skilled team with complementary expertise. The team gives quick responses to issues and follows up the cases continuously. We are very satisfied.’

‘We had the pleasure to be represented by Haavind and Rasmus Asbjørnsen, where they did an impressive job, standing up against the competition.’

‘The team was excellent – very knowledgeable, good at keeping us updated on progress and very approachable.’

‘Henning Harborg: excellent advocate, very clear and articulate, and very easy to work with.’

‘Quick response on all matters, big or small, and always “to the point”.’

‘Trond Hatland is a unique barrister and a magician in the court room. Very prepared and good tactics. Svein Aage Valen has also been outstanding in handling criminal cases in fisheries.’

‘In-depth understanding of Norwegian oil and gas customs, practices, regulations and laws with practical business perspectives.’

‘Audun Stornes has all the legal knowledge and experience you’d expect from a leading partner in oil and gas with a solid understanding of corporate drivers and processes.’

‘Simply a superb law firm. Full understanding of client. Thorough and disciplined. Excellent legal skills. Extremely knowledgeable. A real help for decision-making. Simply top notch. Can-do attitude and moves mountains for their clients.’

‘Stellar partners and associates, and first-class legal professionals.’

‘The team has extensive experience and good expertise in dispute resolution.’

‘Very practically oriented with high degree of understanding of complex facts. Takes care of the case and follows up in a way that makes the client highly comfortable and with a feeling of “being kept”. Top legal skills and outstanding understanding of all procedural matters.’

‘Skilled and experienced. Takes care and follows up. Good humoured and very easy to cooperate with. Solid and “down to earth” and humble but confident appearance.’

‘The team is highly competent. Several of their lawyers have previously worked at the Attorney General’s office which attracts the A-level candidates and where the candidates get extensive litigation practice in a high variety of matters. The team works closely with the facts related to the matter, and has the ability to acquire the required understanding of the client’s business.’

‘Ola Nisja and Kaare Shetelig: highly competent in all aspects of litigation law. They both have a high degree of presence and availability and are in general pleasant to be around. Good judgement as to the tactics of the matter. High degree of ability to understand the business of the client as well as the matter.’

‘Dedicated. Pleasant to work with. Puts together a strong team.’

‘Ola Nisja is very pleasant to everyone.’

‘The team is characterised by two excellent all-rounders (Ola Haugen and Kaare Shetelig) and a highly recommended contract dispute litigator (Ola Nisja). They are a highly competent group. In addition, they have a successful group working exclusively with long-term gas sales agreements. Wikborg Rein’s unrivalled (in Norway) presence in other jurisdictions also gives a competitive edge in international disputes.’

‘Ola Nisja has quickly and well-deservedly achieved an impressive standing within complex contract law disputes, particularly within construction and energy. He is extremely sympathetic and efficient. He gets to the core of complex issues.’

‘Kaare Shetelig has, thanks to his education as both an economist and a lawyer, an impressive ability to understand and present complex financial cases, be it tax, VAT or corporate finance. He is very strong academically and has excellent pedagogical skills.’

‘Good Norwegian commercial litigation practice, with knowledge of UK common law (quite useful for UK clients).’

‘Erlend Haaskjold is established and highly experienced.’

‘Very good skills in pension matters.’

‘Sven Iver Steen is top in his area in Norway. The quality in legal reports is top class.’

‘Good and effective composition of the team, with different competence levels fitting into the different activities to be performed.’

‘Terje Granvang: exceptional dedication to the case and his client, very ambitious with an exceptional high-quality standard, brilliant communication and good sense of humour, making it fun to work with him and his team. High credibility.’

‘Very good team with high-level performers and solid commercial experience.’

‘Knud Knudsen is a very good practitioner.’

‘The team seems to be very professional and have a lot of experience.’

‘I am impressed with the way they behaved in court, and the confidence and overview they showed. They are also very nice people.’

‘A practical approach. Action oriented, gets things done.’

‘Professional standard, sense of urgency in the matter, proactive approach, good information flow.’

‘Vidar Riksfjord is known for his professional approach, respected among competitors, and with a great knowledge! Top lawyer in Norway!’

‘Outstanding service and ability to assist.’

‘Kyrre Eggen – smart at reading the situations in court and in live negotiations. Very pragmatic but based on thorough knowledge and understanding of law, case strengths and weaknesses and personalities of parties involved. Ability to pinpoint the issue precisely so all disturbing minor things can be muted/eliminated.’

‘A personal approach.’

‘Eager to succeed. Pragmatic. Proactive. Creative. Non-bureaucratic.’

‘A specialised law firm with high experience in dispute resolution.’

‘Vidar Riksfjord is a skilled trial lawyer with extensive court experience, both as lawyer and judge. He is effective and forthcoming, with high customer attention.’

‘Knowledgeable, strategic, efficient, always available, dedicated.’

‘Advokatfirmaet Hjort has unique competence in the regulation of the electronic communications market and the electronic communications Act. The team has also very good collaboration skills.’

‘Very experienced team, capable of handling large and complex disputes. Always responsive.’

‘Working with Hjort’s lawyers we were pleasantly impressed by the excellent and effective teamwork. Hjort’s lawyers are very well prepared from a technical point of view. They proved to be able to handle difficult cases and situations such as preparing for a witnesses to testify. We also appreciated the strong ability to manage a difficult practice, offering punctual and effective solutions.’

‘Hjort’s lawyers, in particular Mr. Nils Christian Langtvedt and Mr. Øivind K. Foss, have an excellent knowledge of spoken and written English, high technical preparation and a great ability to select favourable and strong arguments and put forward their arguments in a very efficient way.’

‘Very skilled in relation to communicating the key message and placing it in the big picture.’

‘Very high skills both theoretically/professionally and in dispute resolution, and the ability to combine them.’

‘Christian Galtung: very high skills in public law/administrative law combined with private law issues, and the ability to use these in dispute resolution.’

‘Per Sigvald Wang is a talented partner. He has built up significant competency on real estate transactions and environmental issues related to cleaning polluted ground for the operation of fuel retail, but his knowledge and framework can apply to any polluted ground. He is hard-working, witty and highly competent, and I can give him my best recommendations based on personal behaviour and results achieved for our company.’

‘Great preparation, thorough research and solid strategic approach to disputes.’

‘Amund Noss does a fantastic job of bridging the gap between conceptual client positions and arguments and the fine-tuning of strategic and thorough legal arguments in a dispute context. Advocacy and oral arguments are delivered with expert-level accuracy and flow.’

‘Asle Bjelland is one of the most competent litigation lawyers in Norway. Highly recommended.’

‘Very high focus on the task. They made very good preparations and conducted the trial in a convincing manner.’

‘The team’s ability to break down complex legal issues into understandable advice for the client is excellent.’

‘Very strong team and a leading firm within dispute resolution. Kvale is professional, precise, available and competent.’

‘Andreas Stang Lund is our primary lawyer. He is very knowledgeable and enjoyable to work with. Andreas has an excellent ability to quickly identify the core issue of a case and provide relevant advice.’

‘Per Conradi Andersen is highly experienced within most fields and easy to work with. He gives the client high priority and you don’t have to question if your case is in the right hands.’

‘Very competent, very service-minded and great negotiators, both in court and outside the court.’

‘Always well prepared, they have a strong team around them to provide input, always serious in the work they deliver. They are great negotiators in court and outside.’

‘They see the client’s needs, are knowledgeable and constructively critical of both risk and expectations.’

‘Very dedicated and very hard working, willingness to go all the way and work day and night to win.’

‘They have a deep understanding of the pressures and demands of international litigation and can work seamlessly with foreign lawyers to provide a valuable support service on matters of Norwegian law.’

‘Very strong ability to understand complex technical challenges and solutions. Therefore very trustworthy when it comes to facts that need to be explained.’

‘Christian Steen Eriksen. He was always available, dealt with our queries quickly and efficiently and the work was high quality. We would highly recommend Christian for dispute resolution matters in Norway.’

‘Good balance between legal and subject matter expertise.’

‘Highly skilled people in both tech and legal.’

‘Trustworthy people in all aspects.’

‘Carl Roberts – very easy to deal with, highly responsive and organised, gives valuable legal insights, can digest complex points of law and produce clear and practical legal advice.’

‘A fantastically efficient and knowledgeable team with an impressive attention to detail. The highest level of understanding of both national and European law and the ability to assist across borders. Always available (including weekends) and very good in handling clients all of levels.’

‘Simonsen Vogt Wiig possesses very high competence in law and process. Detailed about timeline, what is important and what is not. They are into details and manage to explain and advise the client on the correct solution to get the best result in the case.’

‘The lawyer who supports the case manages in each perceived case to understand my situation and explain documents and laws in an understandable way, which is comfortable when you naturally do not work with the type of words, expressions and practices in daily life.’

‘Strong team with high focus on pragmatic advice. Understands the commercial side of a dispute as well as excelling in the legal side.’

‘Quick understanding of the facts and laws applicable. Performs very well and for a price more reasonable than the largest law firms.’

‘Several talented lawyers with a great leader, Christian Reusch.’

‘High work ethic, extreme capability in sorting large amounts of information and documents. Impressive rhetoric skills.’

‘Intelligent, charming, rhetorically outstanding.’

‘Good Norwegian commercial litigation team with knowledge of English common law (useful for UK clients).’

‘Alex Plows has good knowledge of corporate liability insurance.’

‘Lars Jøstensen was impressive in court, one to watch for the future.’

‘Johan Ratvik is very competent and with a high work ethic. Very accessible and diligent.’

‘They have the ability to see the overall picture of complex issues, while at the same time looking down to the individual sub-issue. They are good at looking at the weaknesses you have in the case, so you are better prepared for what you may encounter.’

‘The ability to tell you about the case from a neutral point of view, so you get a better basis for assessing risk and can act accordingly.’

‘Kogstad Lunde is in our view second-to-none in respect of dispute resolution, with a highly experienced team continuously litigating at the Norwegian City Courts, Appeals Courts and Supreme Court in relation to all kinds of insurance-related issues. The track record in respect of litigation speaks for itself, but few other law firms in Norway have as much experience.’

‘Trond Lunde is not only an experienced litigator, but a lawyer with thorough in-depth knowledge of the Norwegian insurance industry. Terje Martinsen might be the best personal injury lawyer in Norway and a very experienced litigator.’