Ms Nora Bratheim > Wikborg Rein > Oslo, Norway > Lawyer Profile

Wikborg Rein
Dronning Mauds gate 11
P.O.Box 1513 Vika
NO-0117 Oslo
Norway
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Work Department

Intellectual Property Law

Position

Nora works with Intellectual Property Law (including patents, trademarks, design, trade secrets and copyright) and marketing law. Her expertise also encompasses regulatory requirements within life science and consumer goods. Nora frequently represents clients before the courts and has experience with complex international disputes. She also has experience with representing clients before other dispute resolution institutions and public authorities, including proceedings before the Industrial Property Office and the Norwegian Board of Appeal for Industrial Property Rights. Nora’s field of expertise also encompasses legal regulations on confidentiality and Freedom of Information. She has previously worked in the Legislation Department of the Ministry of Justice within Intellectual Property Law, EEA/EU law and administrative law. At the Ministry of Justice, Nora worked with questions related to trade secrets, sharing of information, right to information, confidentiality obligations and non-disclosure exemption of confidential evidence. In 2023, Nora was ranked, being the only one in Norway, as an “Associate to watch” in the category “Intellectual Property” by Chambers and Partners, and she has is ranked as a “Rising star” by Legal 500 and by Managing Intellectual Property (IP Stars). Nora holds a master degree within law from the University of Oslo. Prior to graduation, she worked as a Research assistant at the Department of Private Law, University of Oslo.

Career

2022 – Senior Associate, Wikborg Rein, Oslo
2018 – 2021 Associate, Wikborg Rein, Oslo
2021 Supervisor and external examiner, University of Oslo
2020 – 2021 Legal adviser, The Legislation Department of the Ministry of Justice
2017 Research assistant, Department of Private Law, University of Oslo
2017 Intern, The Legislation Department of the Ministry of Justice
2016 Intern , The Norwegian Board of Appeal for Industrial Property Rights
2015 – 2016 Intern, DNB Legal and various law firms
2014 – 2015 Executive officer, Drammen District Court

Education

2021 Practising certificate
2018 Master of Laws, University of Oslo

Lawyer Rankings

Norway > Intellectual property

(Rising stars)

Nora Bratheim – Wikborg Rein

Lauded by clients as ‘one of Norway’s strongest‘, Wikborg Rein’s intellectual property offering spans all core areas of IP law, with notable emphasis on contentious matters, particularly patent litigation. Hanna Beyer Olaussen heads up the ‘stellar‘ team, which sits within the firm’s broader tech and digitalisation practice, led by Lars Erik Steinkjer. Olaussen advises start-ups and large multinational corporations on intellectual property rights related to emerging technology, while Steinkjer has particular experience handling complex patent disputes in the offshore, aquaculture, and pharma sectors. The core team also includes Gunnar Meyer, who is ‘one of Norway’s most experienced patent litigators‘, as well as the ‘highly competentNora Bratheim.