Mr Georg Abusdal Engebretsen > Wiersholm > Oslo, Norway > Lawyer Profile
Wiersholm Offices
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PO BOX 1400 VIKA
0115 OSLO
Norway
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Mr Georg Abusdal Engebretsen
Work Department
Compliance and ESG, Investigation
Position
Partner Georg Abusdal Engebretsen specialises in assisting Norwegian and international enterprises and public institutions in compliance and investigations. He has extensive experience and expert knowledge in a wide range of compliance law matters in a number of business sectors , including technology, industry and shipping. Mr. Engebretsen is also an experienced litigator and has, among other things, litigated cases concerning infringement penalties under the Norwegian Competition Act. He is often used as a lecturer both in Norway and abroad. He has for many years been a member of the compliance committee of the Center for Continuing Legal Education.
Career
Partner, Wiersholm, 2019, Managing Associate, Wiersholm,2015, Senior Associate, Wiersholm,2011, Deputy judge, Eiker, Modum and Sigdal District Court,2010, Associate, Wiersholm ,2007
Education
Master in International Trade and Commercial Law (LLM with Distinction), Durham University, 2007, Master of Law, University of Oslo, 2007
Lawyer Rankings
Norway > Regulatory, compliance and investigations
(Next Generation Partners)Wiersholm’s ‘truly outstanding’ compliance offering spans the full range of contentious and non-contentious advice, handling crisis management, investigations, acquisition due diligence, and ESG-related mandates. A recent work highlight includes acting for Gjerdrum Municipality against corporate criminal charges following the 2020 fatal mudslide in the municipality. Jan Fougner
and Georg Abusdal Engebretsen jointly oversee the practice; Fougner has long-standing experience handling high-profile contentious compliance cases as well as corporate penalty and crisis management work, while Engebretsen regularly assists domestic and international clients with private investigations. At associate level, Helene Bogen takes point on environmental and human rights compliance.
Lawyer Rankings
- Next Generation Partners Norway > Regulatory, compliance and investigations
- Regulatory, compliance and investigations Norway
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance (including shipping finance)
- Capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Employment
- EU and competition
- Insurance
- Intellectual property
- Maritime law
- Public procurement
- Real estate
- Regulatory, compliance and investigations
- Tax
- TMT