Mr Rune Njøs Jacobsen > Arntzen de Besche > Oslo, Norway > Lawyer Profile
Arntzen de Besche Offices
PO BOX 2734
SOLLI
0204 OSLO
Norway
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Mr Rune Njøs Jacobsen
Work Department
Insurance, Oil, Offshore and Energy
Position
Partner. Njøs Jacobsen has extensive experience of the law of torts and insurance law, having served as legal advisor to Norwegian and international companies, other businesses and private clients.
Njøs Jacobsen assists clients with matters relating to tort law, professional liability, directors’ liability and vehicular liability. He is a highly experienced advisor with respect to the framing of insurance terms and conditions, insurance settlements, loss adjustment, legal opinions and in-court advocacy. For many years, he has assisted most of the major non-life insurance companies in Norway, as well as the Norwegian Natural Perils Pool, through legal opinions and work on property damage settlements and recourse claims. He has litigated numerous such cases in court. He also has considerable experience of cases relating to occupational injury insurance and personal injury.
A number of the injury cases Njøs Jacobsen has worked on have involved non-Norwegian insurance providers. This applies to cases relating to various forms of building risk and project insurance, and to cases resulting from accidents in the aviation and offshore sectors.
As an advisor, Njøs Jacobsen maintains a high standard of professional integrity and works closely with his clients to give them the best possible advice. He is recognised for his ability to handle a large workload and to find solutions in complex cases.
Career
2001 – Arntzen de Besche – Partner
1988 – 2000, Arntzen, Underland & Co – Partner
1986 – 1987, Kragerø district court – Deputy Judge
1984 – 1986, Tax Directorate, Tax Department – Senior Executive Officer
Languages
The Scandinavian languages, English
Memberships
Norwegian Bar Association.
Education
1986, Norwegian School of Management, BI – Business economist
1983, University of Oslo – Cand.jur. (Qualifying law degree)
Lawyer Rankings
Norway > Insurance
Arntzen de Besche is praised as ‘a heavy weight‘ in Norwegian insurance law and provides an ‘excellent service‘ across all relevant disciplines; the team regularly acts for both domestic and international insurers and reinsurers, brokers, agents and corporates. Practice head Alexander Plows joined from DLA Piper in January 2023, and regularly acts for insurers and financial institutions, providing an ‘outstanding professional service‘. Sven Iver Steen is a life insurance expert, Karl Rosén specialises in financial service regulations and financial lines insurance, and Eivind Landmark Tandrevold is highly knowledgeable in insurance disputes. The group also includes experienced litigator Jan Olav Aabø, professional liability expert Terje Granvang, and ‘extremely experienced’ adviser Rune Njøs Jacobsen. Other notable practitioners are Tobias Behncke and Bendik Misund Nedberg.