Mr Jan Olav Aabø > Arntzen de Besche > Oslo, Norway > Lawyer Profile
Arntzen de Besche Offices
PO BOX 2734
SOLLI
0204 OSLO
Norway
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Mr Jan Olav Aabø
Work Department
Insurance, Dispute resolution
Position
Partner. Jan Olav works on a wide range of contractual and tortious disputes.His diverse background as a litigator/arbitrator, as an in-house General Counsel in a big four accounting firm and his extensive experience within litigation finance has enabled him to combine in-depth legal knowledge with a strong commercial acumen. Jan Olav has particular experience acting for accounting firms and law firms on professional indemnity cases, as well as for D&Os, insurance companies and insolvent estates on disputes arising out of insolvencies.Further, he has considerable experience advising audit firms on regulatory and/or contractual matters. In addition, Jan Olav has comprehensive experience with collective redress and he has co-authored several legal articles regarding the Norwegian class action framework.
Career
2021 – Arntzen de Besche – Partner
2019 – 2020, Borg Capital Partners – Partner
2017 – 2019, Arntzen de Besche – Senior Lawyer
2013 – 2017, KMPG – General Counsel
2010 – 2013, Arntzen de Besche – Assosiate
Memberships
Norwegian Bar Association
Education
2005 – 2010, University of Bergen – Master of Law
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.
Norway > Dispute resolution
The ‘young, hungry and razor-sharp’ team at Arntzen de Besche excels in its work for insurance sector clients, handling coverage disputes, professional negligence litigation, and D&O liability claims. Eivind Landmark Tandrevold leads the team, which also includes ‘excellent litigation strategist‘ Jan Olav Aabø and the ‘pragmatic and strategic’ Andreas Nordby. Vidar Riksfjord takes point on disputes in the banking and finance and capital markets sectors, among others, while Alexander Plows joined the firm from DLA Piper in January 2023, further strengthening its contentious insurance offering. The group is also supported by a strong team of associates, including Tobias Behncke, Sarah Haugvad Andresen and Martin Hoff.