TMT in Norway

‘Unique in their ability to combine legal, tech, and business competence.’

‘Leif Eirik Thrane is an exceptional legal adviser. He is very cooperative and always prioritises the client first. He goes above and beyond to secure value for the client. Skilled in both M&A and IT outsourcing.’

‘Arne Byberg has practical insight.’

‘Arne Byberg demonstrates precise and accurate knowledge, insight, and practical experience.’

‘Excellent legal knowledge and excellent collaboration skills.’

‘We have chosen to work with Arne Byberg due to his unique international in-house experience. His practical insight has helped us eliminate pain points, balance our customer-centric perspective, and contributed to more robust results. We were able to work in a collaborative manner that was a great fit for us and has provided excellent value.’

‘Kari Gimmingsrud – very knowledgeable and provides useful/practical advice to be implemented in the business. Arne Byberg – extensive experience and has a good overview.’

‘The team is legally excellent of course, but their key strength is providing legal advice in a manner that is practical and useful for a business. They are pragmatic and to the point, and have shown a real interest in properly understanding both our technology, and our strategic and commercial drivers, and tailoring their legal advice to suit.’

‘Kaare Risung is an excellent technology lawyer who we have worked with for years. Kaare understands our business and products, and actively tailors his advice to our needs. He keeps us up to date on local legal developments specifically relevant to our business and is never afraid to give a straight and succinct answer.’

‘Professionalism, accessibility, industry knowledge, get the answers quickly, sociable and friendly teams.’

‘Sociable and friendly. Smart and knowledgeable. Ability to give us good guidance on a variety of issues – and in a short time frame.’

‘The individuals always give you good advice.’

‘Trine Vabog has an impressive combination of integrity, intelligence and resilience which makes her invaluable in our work.’

‘In my view Simonsen Vogt Wiig probably has the strongest and largest team within TMT in Norway. They are extremely efficient and to the point. The team is comprised of top skilled partners and also younger lawyers which enables them to deliver with cost efficiency. I have worked with them for many years and they are always easy to work with.’

‘Espen Tøndel is a true business lawyer with top legal skills.’

‘A pragmatic team which gives us very good legal advice.’

‘Simonsen Vogt Wiig’s team is responsive and client-focused. Leveraging on the size of the team, it can provide in-depth advice on a wide range of matters comprising tech law as well as adjacent areas of law, including public procurement and intellectual property.’

‘Trine Vabog brings heaps of IT project experience to the table, enabling her to identify and mitigate possible client pitfalls.’

‘Deep knowledge of the telecoms sector, hands on advice and really excellent response times.’

‘Espen Werring has very good negotiation skills and excellent legal understanding. He is effective and available, and a very pleasant man to have in the team.’

‘It is always a pleasure to work with and speak to any member of the team. They are service-minded and professional, and provide practical advice. The team knows our business in and out, and follow the market developments closely. They understand that there is more to a decision than the legal aspects and are always prepared to provide a practical solution, not only legal advice.’

‘Christopher Sparre-Enger Clausen has the unique combination of being relaxed, business minded and solution oriented, as well as highly professional and with an eye for the details (and solutions) many might miss. With all of his team members, the same kind of service and professional advice are offered and I feel very much prioritised and appreciated as a client. They see solutions and offer practical and possible-to-implement advice.’

‘Nikolai Rekman provides understandable advice and guidance to non-lawyers, as well as excellent project management.’

‘Key strengths of the practice include highly knowledgeable, great project managers, and a great understanding of the client’s interests. It combines great craftmanship with thinking outside the box to come up with solutions which work.’

‘Christopher Sparre-Enger Clausen has been very successful in building a great team through authentic leadership. His team delivers very high quality work because they are incredible individuals, but also because he is there backing them up and leading the team.’

‘Nikolai Rekdal has huge talent.’

‘Excellent legal skills combined with very good knowledge about the market and what’s possible to achieve. The combination makes them able to find good solutions and get the agreement in place.’

‘Excellent knowledge of the business and industry, making it easy to apply the advice we receive.’

‘Always available and client focused.’

‘Best in their area of expertise.’

‘Rune Opdahl is extremely clear and concise in his advice, never giving just the “on the one side” answers we all fear to get without also getting a conclusion. He has also been of tremendous help in terms of translating complicated GDPR requirements into concrete check-lists and templates which can be used by the business as part of our internal control program. Rune is also good at promoting/lifting his associates while at the same time ensuring quality control from his side. Rune is also excellent in terms of marketing law and complicated IT contracts. He is definitely the best TMT lawyer in Norway.’

‘Theresa Schumacher Walberg – Proactive, very competent, social skills and solution orientation beyond expectations. Customer focus and prioritisation. Trustworthy and comfortable.’

‘Deep knowledge of the TV/media sector.’

‘Hans Erik Johnsen stands out with his deep knowledge of the tv/media sector.’

‘Great skills, professional, good discussion partners, down to earth.’

‘Lars Norheim do a great job advising us as a company, brilliant in his special field.’

‘Good for film and rights connected to film production.’

‘Kristian Foss is a very competent, pragmatic lawyer. His previous in-house background puts him in a great position to understand the needs of the customer. He provides high-quality advice against a fair price. He is very good at managing difficult negotiations and disputes.’

‘Kristian Foss leads the way.’

‘The team here is probably one of the strongest teams in Norway when it comes to technology law. A number of the lawyers have relevant in-house experience within this field and are very helpful in providing not only commercial but product development related advice for business. We have used them extensively in the areas of privacy law, cloud and software licensing, intellectual property and governance matters.’

‘Stian Schilvold – an all round great lawyer, he is particular skilled at supporting in-house related matters. His broad knowledge of different practice areas allows him to solve a broad range of legal and commercial challenges. Would recommend without hesitation.’

‘Lisa Digernes is a Norwegian and US qualified attorney and really well skilled in tackling cross-Atlantic related matters within several practice areas.’

‘A designated team who drives and leads their respective fields, but still well aligned across the team. Always a can do approach, being practical and not after complicating matters further, but how to resolve and support.’

‘Whether we need a thorough negotiator who won’t miss a single detail or a discussion partner with great business insight and commercial acumen for a new venture, we know the team will provide the support that the particular situation requires.’

‘A friendly and welcoming team that’s easy to work with.’

‘With impressive experience negotiating tech contracts as previous in-house, Knut Fiane has an ability to put himself in our position and act more or less as a part of our in-house team when we ask him to. This experience sets him truly apart from the competition. He’s pragmatic, knowledgeable and has great understanding of our technology and business.’

‘Kirill Miazine has demonstrated excellent skills within the IT contract area, and has been a very valuable resource in building our user agreement frameworks towards our customers in relation to our IT cloud service offerings.’

‘Excellent legal knowledge and excellent collaboration skills.’

‘Key capabilities within tech-contracts. Efficient and available partners. Strong negotiation skills. Selmer’s team worked very close with us as a customer, being available and searching for good solutions.’

‘Ståle L. Hagen: very professional, with clear communication and advisory skills. Efficient and available.’

‘The GDPR team, with Line Coll and Gry Hvidsten, provides excellent assistance in situations where timing is critical, and planned compliance-related projects.’

‘Rolf Riisnæs is our main contact. He is always available and gives thoroughly prepared advice. He is a good partner to discuss complicated issues with.’

‘The team consists of very skilled professionals, with different unique strengths, that complement each other. Using a diverse set of skills and capabilities, they have managed to guide us through a very challenging set of procurements and privacy issues.’

‘Wikborg Rein has a strong data privacy team that provides a combination of solid professional and academic skills, with commercial understanding and technological knowledge.’

‘Gry Hvidsten and Rolf Riisnæs are extremely skilled data privacy lawyers, with a special and much appreciated combination of IT-expertise, academic and professional skills and have a way of understanding what kind of “product” the client needs and provide solid and good advice.’

‘Rolf Riisnæs is an outstanding lawyer. I have never met a more dedicated and conscientious lawyer and I look forward to working with him again.’

‘Wikborg’s team has delivered within tight time schedules and is always available for discussions.’

‘Gry Hvidsten is to the point. She has practical approach, excellent judgement and is always available. Her experience both from the private and public sector is very useful.’

‘Stephan Brodschöll is really good in a heated negotiation. He diffuses the situation and enables strong progress based on good legal practice.’

‘Fast and to the point advice.’

‘Stephan is extremely knowledgeable, mixed with pragmatism.’

‘The firm is a great business partner. They always deliver high-quality, cost effective advice on time.’

‘Hanne Heltne is a fantastic lawyer. She is skilful, professional, client focused and always delivers high value for money.’

‘Stephan Brodschöll is unique. He has a lot of experience and a lot of knowledge. Any task is handled quickly.’

‘CMS Kluge has a very good TMT practice.’

‘The team is very customer-oriented.’

‘Torstein Arendt has shown excellent skills in public contract standards and laws regulating public procurements. He has also been very flexible and responsive.’

‘Stian Hultin Oddbjørnsen stands out as an individual with a positive and customer-oriented attitude.’

‘The Brækhus team is always one step ahead, ready to support their clients. Their advice is always provided in a context that makes it obvious they have deep insights into their clients’ needs.’

‘Alexander Mollan has supported our company on many occasions and has provided excellent business-value each time.’

‘Brækhus’ TMT practice is particularly competent on legal aspects related to technology and digitalisation. Its competence on procurement law, contract law, IP and privacy etc. related to ICT is excellent.’

‘A very experienced, professional, knowledgeable and customer oriented practice.’

‘The two individuals that I have worked with, Stein Hove and Christian Bendiksen, have both been very knowledgeable, experienced, professional and with deep knowledge of contracts within the Information Technology area and contract law in general.’

‘The members of this firm have always provided their services efficiently, diligently, and in a friendly manner. Their fees are also well-priced and come highly recommended in the online gambling industry.’

‘Brede Haglund and Alexander Mollan have been very helpful in steering our operations in the right direction. Both are committed, reliable and knowledgeable in their areas of practice.’

‘High knowledge, good recruiting, high diversity, actively engaged.’

‘The team has a practical approach to legal problems, presents solutions in an understandable way, follows instructions on format and depth and delivers in an agreed time. A benefit is also that they have teams in other countries that they co-operate with/deliver jointly with, which is a benefit for a client with affiliates in other countries.’

‘Simen Blaker Strand is quick and service minded, strong at IT contracts and GDPR.’

‘Simen Blaker Strand brings many years of experience within the IT industry, and has a very good understanding of our business and the challenges we face.’

‘GjessingReimers are specialised within IP and offers unique insight and skills within this area. They also provide good understanding and experience from the IT Industry.’

‘Good knowledge of IT contracts and public procurements.’

‘Peter Lenda has been excellent in searching for good solutions to complex problems. He is excellent at identifying risks in IT contracts and commercial aspects, and thus providing advice on possible solutions, so that we can decide the best way forward with knowing the appropriate risks and business impacts. Peter delivers a high quality of work.’

‘Peter Lenda contributes to good solutions, works efficiently and always within budget.’

‘Vebjørn Søndersrød has very good industry knowledge and technological understanding, which is very important in the field of marketing and privacy.’

‘Vebjørn Søndersrød is highly skilled in GDPR and IT security law with a pragmatic and commercial approach.’