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Bull & Co Advokatfirma AS Offices
Universitetsgata 9
NO-0164 Oslo
PO Box 6604 St. Olavs plass
NO-0129 Oslo
Norway
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Ms Lisa Digernes
Work Department
Intellectual property; Media, entertainment and culture
Position
Lisa Digernes provides advisory services and enforcement and clarification of rights within intellectual property rights, in addition to drafting and negotiating agreements. Lisa has extensive international experience in intellectual property law and worked as a lawyer in New York for more than 10 years before moving back to Norway. Her primary focus is the film/TV, publishing, and art industries.
She has assisted galleries, museums, and artists with tasks from transportation of art to rental agreements, showings, sale and purchase of art, and sponsorship agreements. In the U.S., she also assisted Artist Rights Society with international copyright issues and licensing.
Lisa’s practice centers around international agreement negotiations, which results in her having developed a large network of lawyers worldwide.
Career
Partner, Bull, 2020–
Attorney and Senior attorney, Advokatfirmaet Ræder, 2012–2019
Partner, Cowan, Debaets, Abrahams & Sheppard LLP, 2011–2012
Attorney, Cowan, Debaets, Abrahams & Sheppard LLP, 2002–2011
Education
Management course at BI Norwegian Business School, 2018
LL.M. in Intellectual Property, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, New York, 2002
Master of Laws (LL.M.), University of Oslo, 2000
Law studies, University of Greenwich, London, England, 1998
Lawyer Rankings
Norway > Intellectual property
Closely cooperating with the firm’s TMT practice, the intellectual property and marketing team at Bull & Co Advokatfirma AS acts for a diverse roster of clients across the media, television, and arts and culture sectors on both contentious and non-contentious matters. Practice head Lisa Digernes is dual-qualified in Norway and New York and has significant experience advising on cross-border IP matters, including strategies and protection work. Tom G Eilertsen focuses on intellectual property rights in the film industry, while Jan Morten Evertsen handles copyright work across a range of industries. For clients in the consumer goods industry, Rune Nordengen and Cathrine Grundvig are the key contacts to note. Bente Holmvang left the firm in 2023.
Norway > TMT
At boutique technology firm Bull & Co Advokatfirma AS, Lisa Digernes oversees a ‘sharp and attentive‘ team with a strong track record in advising clients in the media and entertainment industry on the full range of mandates. Digernes acts for production companies, directors and writers, advising on distribution agreements, clearance issues and rights negotiations. Data protection advice constitutes a core pillar of work for the team, with the ‘extremely competent‘ Kristin Haram Førde and Kristian Foss leading on matters in this area. Christian Bendiksen joined the practice from Brækhus Advokatfirma DA in late 2023.