Mr Martin Bryde > Wikborg Rein > Oslo, Norway > Lawyer Profile

Wikborg Rein Offices

Wikborg Rein
Dronning Mauds gate 11
P.O.Box 1513 Vika
NO-0117 Oslo
Norway
Visit website 47 22 82 75 00 47 22 82 75 01

Mr Martin Bryde

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+47 97 04 00 49 mbd@wr.no View profile

Work Department

Renewable Energy and Green Investments, Fisheries and Aquaculture

Position

Martin is a specialist in fisheries and aquaculture law, and works with regulatory issues, contracts and transactions. Martin has an extensive experience as a Director in the Norwegian Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries, where he has lead numerous legislative processes in the field of fisheries and aquaculture and worked closely with the political leadership. Martin’s practice also includes regulatory issues and transactions related to other industries – and in particular with an emphasis on public law framework conditions, government permits and bureaucratic and political processes.

Career

2021 – Senior Lawyer, Wikborg Rein
2020 – 2021 Associate, Wikborg Rein, Bergen
2009 – 2020 Director, The Norwegian Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries
2006 – 2009 Advisor/Senior Advisor, The Norwegian Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs
2004 – 2005 Researcher, The Fridtjof Nansen Institute
2002 – 2003 Research Assistant, The Fridtjof Nansen Institute
1998 Corporal, His Majesty The King’s Guard

Memberships

2018 – Member of the Reference Group in a research project on Aquaculture Legislation
2017 – Member of the Council for Fisheries and Aquaculture, Center for Continuing Legal Education

Education

2021 – Practising certificate
2019 Bureaucratic and Political Processes; Class of 2019, The Norwegian Defence University College
2016 Leadership programme, AFF
1996 – 2003 Cand.jur., University of Oslo

Lawyer Rankings

Norway > Fishing and aquaculture

Noted for its ‘superior industry knowledge’, Wikborg Rein remains a market-leading presence in the fisheries and aquaculture industry. Counting some of Norway’s largest seafood companies among its impressive roster of clients, the ‘very dedicated‘ team has particular strength in complex regulatory issues and is routinely instructed to advise on licensing issues, emerging regulations, and project development work; Martin Bryde is a key contact here. Under the leadership of regulatory expert Grunde Bruland, the team also works closely with the firm’s litigation and M&A departments to advise on seafood transactions and disputes. At associate level, the ‘highly competent and dedicated’ Heidi Ann Vestvik-Bruknapp is also recommended.

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