Mr Halvard Helle > Advokatfirmaet Schjødt AS > Oslo, Norway > Lawyer Profile
Advokatfirmaet Schjødt AS Offices
Tordenskiolds gate 12
P.O. Box 2444 Solli
NO-0201 Oslo
Norway
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Mr Halvard Helle
Work Department
Dispute Resolution
Position
Partner and Head of Dispute Resolution
Career
Halvard has extensive trial experience in complex commercial, contractual, and labour matters, criminal cases, and arbitration. He regularly advises businesses and executives on litigation and appeals work, compliance and regulatory matters, and white-collar crime cases.
As a former reporter and foreign editor of a Norwegian national newspaper, Halvard has defended news organizations and publishing houses in landmark media, privacy and libel cases and published the first commentary on the Norwegian Press Ethics Code.
Halvard has tried over 70 criminal and civil cases to verdict in the Supreme Court and is one of Norway’s most experienced Supreme Court litigators.
Education
2016 – International Commercial Litigation and Arbitration, London School of Economics
1990 – Cand. jur., University of Oslo
Lawyer Rankings
Norway > Dispute resolution
Recent work highlights for the ‘first–rate’ team at Advokatfirmaet Schjødt AS include successfully representing Rottefella in a high-profile patent infringement suit. Per Magne Ristvedt and the ‘extremely knowledgeable’ Halvard Helle jointly lead the team, which also includes ‘exceptional advocate’ and TMT expert Halvor Manshaus
and the ‘very accomplished’ Sigurd Holter Torp, a key name for contract and IP disputes. Securities disputes, professional liability cases, and corporate litigation also feature prominently in the team’s workload. The team is ably assisted by a strong group of associates, including arbitrator Michael Decker and employment disputes specialist Elisabeth Dolva Sandøy.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance (including shipping finance)
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Regulatory, compliance and investigations
- Real estate
- Regulatory, compliance and investigations