Ms Cathrine B. Hetland > Wikborg Rein > Oslo, Norway > Lawyer Profile
Wikborg Rein Offices
Dronning Mauds gate 11
P.O.Box 1513 Vika
NO-0117 Oslo
Norway
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Ms Cathrine B. Hetland
Work Department
Oil, Gas and Renewable Energy
Position
Cathrine has significant experience advising various players in the oil and gas industry on a broad range of matters, including legal and commercial aspects of offshore exploration, development, production and sales, as well as M&A projects. She also works extensively with carbon storage projects. Her previous experience includes several years serving as a senior legal counsel for DEA Norge AS, an NCS oil and gas operator, and as a managing associate in the law firm Thommessen. She is recognised within “Energy: Oil and Gas” in Chambers Global and Chambers Europe, and has for several years in a row been ranked as one of Norway’s up and coming lawyers within oil and gas in the Norwegian financial daily Finansavisen’s lawyer ranking. She is also a “Recommended Lawyer” within oil and gas in Legal 500. Cathrine is a member of the Norwegian Bar Association’s panel on Hydropower, Energy and Oil and Gas law. She has also been a member of several working groups set down by the Norwegian Oil and Gas Association in order to develop model agreements for use on the Norwegian Continental Shelf, and was inter alia part of the working group producing the latest revision of the Norwegian Oil and Gas Association’s standard SPA for license transactions.
Career
2019- Partner, Wikborg Rein, Oslo
2018-2019 Managing Associate, Advokatfirmaet Thommessen AS
2016-2017 Senior Associate, Advokatfirmaet Thommessen AS
2014-2016 Senior Legal Counsel, DEA Norge AS
2013-2014 Senior Associate, Arntzen de Besche Advokatfirma AS
2011-2012 Legal Counsel (Secondment), Teekay Petrojarl Productions AS
2010-2013 Associate, Arntzen de Besche Advokatfirma AS
Memberships
Member of the Norwegian Bar Association’s Energy, Hydropower and Oil and Gas Law Committee
Education
2016 Project Management, Molde University College/Metier
2013 Practising certificate
2005-2010 Master of Laws, Universitetet i Bergen
2009-2010 Master of Laws (LLM), International Commercial Law, University of Dundee
2009-2010 Master of Laws (LLM), Business Law and Ethics, Université de Cergy-Pontoise
2004-2005 French, University of Stavanger
Lawyer Rankings
Norway > Energy
Wikborg Rein leverages its international network of offices to advise international and domestic rig companies, onshore wind producers, and owners, developers, and operators of energy plants on the full range of contentious and non-contentious work. Oil and gas disputes, both domestic and international, feature prominently in the ‘truly outstanding’ group’s caseload; Aadne Haga is a key contact here. Haga works alongside Cathrine B. Hetland, who attracts praise for her ‘absolutely unparalleled’ expertise in regulatory matters and leads the oil and gas group. On the renewables side, key individuals include ‘very intelligent and knowledgeable‘ global practice head Tormod Ludvik Nilsen, Caroline Skaar Landsværk, and Christian James-Olsen. Landsværk heads up the energy, renewables and infrastructure team in Oslo and has notable expertise in regulatory, development, and contract work, while James-Olsen leads the Bergen team and works primarily with project development and contractual issues in the offshore industry.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance (including shipping finance)
- Capital markets
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- Dispute resolution
- EU and competition
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- Intellectual property
- Maritime law
- Offshore construction and shipbuilding
- Real estate
- Regulatory, compliance and investigations
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