Jacob S. Bjønness-Jacobsen > Advokatfirmaet Grette AS > Oslo, Norway > Lawyer Profile

Jacob S. Bjønness-Jacobsen

+47 97 08 78 98 jabj@grette.no

Work Department

Company law / M&A

Position

Jacob S. Bjønness-Jacobsen provides expertise in the form of strategic advice on the structuring of organisations and transactions, crisis management and dispute resolution, compliance and investigation. He has extensive experience from directorships, management roles, as well as teaching and tutoring students. He assists Grette’s clients on the organisation of contract negotiations, strategy and analysis, restructuring and refocusing processes, operational audits and investigations in various contexts. He is admitted to the Supreme Court and serves as counsel in company and contract law disputes before the courts and in arbitrations.

Jacob is the author of the only textbook on investigations under corporate law in Norway, Gransking etter aksjelovene, published by Universitetsforlaget/Juridika in 2022. Together with Henning Brath, Jacob will in 2023 publish a commentary textbook on the the Act relating to Foundations. Furthermore, he has written the Norwegian contribution to WorldECR: Managing Investigations – Best practice in Government and Internal Investigations.

Career

2014-: Managing Partner, Grette, 2002-2014: Partner, Grette, 2000-2002: Senior Associate, Arntzen de Besche, 1994-2000: Associate, Advokatfirmaet de Besche & Co, 1998: Secondment Heuking Kühn, Düsseldorf/Koeln, 1993-1994: Legal adviser, Ministry of Justice

Languages

Scandinavian Languages, English, German

Memberships

Norwegian Bar Association

Education

HBS Executive Education Strategic Negotiation Programme, Harvard Business School (2016)
Admitted to the Supreme Court (2009)
University of Oslo (1993, Law degree)