Mr Runar Hansen > Bull & Co Advokatfirma AS > Oslo, Norway > Lawyer Profile
Bull & Co Advokatfirma AS Offices
Universitetsgata 9
NO-0164 Oslo
PO Box 6604 St. Olavs plass
NO-0129 Oslo
Norway
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Mr Runar Hansen
Work Department
Insurance and liability
Position
Runar has more than 30 years’ experience as an adviser to international and national insurance companies, brokers, and insurance agents. Runar also assists insureds, organizations, and business associations in connection with handling insurance cases and insurance schemes.
He has handled a number of major insurance and reinsurance disputes, especially within liability insurance, including directors’ liability (D&O) and product liability, as well as crime, real estate, travel, commodity, cyber, construction, and project insurance, in addition to claims related to financial lines. He has also often been engaged as so-called “monitoring counsel”, both for Norwegian companies involved in disputes abroad and for foreign companies in Norway.
Runar has handled a large number of directors’ and professional liability cases, especially for lawyers, insurance brokers, auditors, claim settlement companies, etc. He has also assisted in numerous claims and recourse cases within most types of casualtyinsurance.
Within the transport sector, he assists business organizations, as well as international and domestic large and medium sized forwarding agents and logistics companies.
He has also litigated a significant number of cases before Norwegian courts, including several arbitration cases. Runar has been admitted to appear before the Supreme Court since 2005.
Career
Partner, Bull, 2018–
Partner, DLA Piper 1995–2018
Deputy judge, Trondenes circuit court 1989–1990
Senior executive officer, Legal department, The Financial Supervisory Authority of Norway 1987–1988
Education
Master of Laws (LL.M.), University of Oslo, 1987
Lawyer Rankings
Norway > Insurance
(Leading individuals)Bull & Co Advokatfirma AS has an insurance practice that is ‘extremely dedicated and competent‘ and frequently advises insurance sector clients on a wide array of contentious and non-contentious issues. Practice head Runar Hansen is a ‘very experienced and solution-oriented‘ practitioner, who specialises in insurance law and liability legislation, as well as frequently acting for international insurers. The group also includes the professional liability specialist Klemet Gaski and Nils Henrik Varmann Jørgensen, who provides ‘excellent assistance‘ to domestic insurers. Harald Strømstad joined from DLA Piper in August 2023 and is experienced in professional liability and D&O cases.