Mr Rune Opdahl > Wiersholm > Oslo, Norway > Lawyer Profile
Wiersholm Offices
DOKKVEIEN 1
PO BOX 1400 VIKA
0115 OSLO
Norway
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Mr Rune Opdahl

Work Department
Telecommunication, Contract Law, Data Protection, Intellectual Property Law, Litigation and Dispute Resolution, Technology
Position
Partner Rune Opdahl works mainly with enterprises in the media, technology, e-commerce and pharmaceutical industries. He particularly advises clients on intellectual property law (such as copyright law, trademark law and patent law) data protection/privacy law, marketing law and contract law.
Career
Partner at Wiersholm since 2015 Managing Associate, Wiersholm, 2012 Senior Associate, Wiersholm, 2009 Joined Wiersholm in 2006
Education
Cand. jur., University of Oslo, 2005 Studies in Intellectual Property Law and IT Law at the University of Southampton, 2004
Lawyer Rankings
Norway > TMT
(Leading individuals)Norway > Intellectual property
(Leading individuals)The ‘always available and client-focused‘ team at Wiersholm garners praise for its ‘deep knowledge of laws and practices of IP in Norway and internationally‘. The practice stands out for its expertise across the spectrum of IP matters, and regularly acts as counsel to a client base of companies from the retail, media, fishery, offshore, oil services, IT, pharmaceuticals and renewable energy industries. Hans Erik Johnsen has ‘deep knowledge of the TV/media sector‘; he shares leadership of the department with Rune Opdahl, who focuses on handling advisory and contentious copyright, patent and trade mark work for pharmaceuticals, technology, retail and media clients, and Anne Marie Sejersted, who stands out for her ‘deep legal insight and valuable tactical input‘. Senior associate Dina Brask and associate Fride Hedin are further key names.
Lawyer Rankings
- Intellectual property - Norway
- Leading individuals - Norway > Intellectual property
- Leading individuals - Norway > TMT
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance (including shipping finance)
- Capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Electricity and renewable energy
- Employment
- EU and competition
- Insurance
- Intellectual property
- Maritime law
- Oil and gas
- Public procurement
- Real estate
- Tax
- TMT