Mr Eirik W Raanes > Advokatfirmaet Thommessen AS > Oslo, Norway > Lawyer Profile
Advokatfirmaet Thommessen AS Offices
Ruseløkkveien 38, 0251 Oslo
PO Box 1484 Vika
NO-0116 Oslo
Norway
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Mr Eirik W Raanes
Work Department
Intellectual Property; Construction; Dispute Resolution
Position
Mr Raanes works primarily with dispute resolution within contract law, construction law, intellectual property law, insurance law and matters concerning corporate law. He acts regularly on behalf of large Norwegian enterprises in litigation procedures before the ordinary courts and in arbitration. Raanes has been heading Thommessen’s Bergen office since 2011.
Career
2007 Admitted to the Supreme Court of Norway; 2003-Senior Associate, Thommessen; 1998-2000 Associate, Thommessen
Languages
English
Memberships
Norwegian Bar Association
Education
2001-2002 Master of US Law (Intellectual Property Emphasis), Santa Clara University, California, USA; 1998 Candidate in Jurisprudence, University of Bergen
Lawyer Rankings
Norway > Dispute resolution
(Leading individuals)Kristine Hyldmo Bjørnvik heads up the ‘excellent‘ disputes practice at Advokatfirmaet Thommessen AS, which fields a large and experienced team with a strong track record in advising blue-chip clients across the full spectrum of commercial disputes, including post-M&A, banking and finance, insurance, and maritime disputes. White-collar crime mandates are the area of focus for the ‘highly competent’ Henning Harborg, while ‘fantastic’ litigator Eirik W Raanes handles competition law matters as well as general commercial disputes. Other key names in the team include corporate law expert Stig Berge and leading insurance litigator Andreas Meidell, who handles both land-based and maritime insurance cases. The team also includes new partner Nanette Arvesen, who focuses on professional liability cases and post-M&A disputes.
Norway > Intellectual property
Noted for its strength in patent, trade mark, and copyright disputes, Advokatfirmaet Thommessen AS also routinely advises clients on the IP aspects of transactions as well as regulatory matters. The team is overseen by Camilla Vislie, who focuses on contentious matters and is described by clients as ‘one of the most outstanding IP lawyers in Norway’. Eirik W Raanes is the key name for clients in the oil and gas, renewables, and entertainment industries, while ‘legal encyclopaedia‘ Magnus Hauge Greaker also handles contentious mandates, representing clients in major patent litigation within the pharma, energy, and collective rights sectors. Julie Rasmussen Solli is praised for her ‘outstanding overview and understanding of the field‘.
Norway > TMT
The ‘practical, hands-on and experienced‘ team at Advokatfirmaet Thommessen AS provides a market-leading offering with demonstrable strength and depth across several TMT areas, including the tech industry and data protection work. IT sourcing contracts and digital transformation projects feature prominently in the team’s workload, acting primarily for customer-side clients in the private sector. Christopher Sparre-Enger Clausen oversees the team and acts on a broad range of tech and data-related matters, including outsourcing, cloud services, and regulatory compliance work. Espen Werring focuses on digitisation matters, while Eirik W Raanes and Camilla Vislie are the key names for contentious IP mandates. At associate level, Nikolai Rekman and Kjetil Rikardsen handle IT sourcing and tech contracts, while Stian Karlsen is recommended for advisory services.
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Lawyer Rankings
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- TMT Norway
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- Dispute resolution
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