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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 Ola Nisja

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+47 22 82 76 44 oni@wr.no View profile

Work Department

Contract and Construction, Litigation and Arbitration

Position

Ola is the firm’s Head of Disputes. He has substantial experience in litigation and dispute resolution and is admitted to the Supreme Court. Ola is recommended and referred to within his practice areas by inter alia Chambers Global, Chambers Europe, Legal 500, International Financial Law Review (IFLR) and Finansavisen. He frequently sits as arbitrator, and has represented for Norway in the ICC Court of International Arbitration in addition to being the chairman of the Arbitration and Dispute Resolution institute of the Oslo Chamber of Commerce and leader of the Norwegian Bar Association’s Mediation Committee.

Career

2012 – Partner, Wikborg Rein, Oslo
2012 Lecturer/Subject Coordinator, Contract Law I, Lillehammer University College
2008 – 2012 Attorney, Attorney General’s Office
2004 – Lecturer in inter alia contract law and civil procedure, Faculty of Law, University of Oslo
2004 – 2007 Associate/Senior Associate, Wikborg Rein, Oslo
2003 Research Assistant and Teaching Assistant, Scandinavian Institute of Maritime Law, Faculty of Law, University of Oslo

Memberships

Chairman, The Arbitration and Dispute Resolution Institute of the Oslo Chamber of Commerce
Representative for Norway, ICC International Court of Arbitration
Member of the Board, Wikborg Rein
Member of the editorial board for Norwegian Business Law Review
Chairperson, the Norwegian Bar Association’s Mediation Committee
Member, the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR (Norway)
Member, Reference Group for the University of Oslo’s Dispute Resolution Forum

Education

2011 Admitted to the Supreme Court
2011 Visiting Research Fellow, Columbia Law School
2005 Visiting Scholar/Advanced Negotiation Workshop, Harvard Law School
2003 Master of Commercial and Corporate Law (LLM), King’s College London
2003 Cand.jur., University of Oslo

Lawyer Rankings

Norway > Construction

With strength in dispute resolution, Wikborg Rein acts for a diverse group of clients that includes international construction companies, local authorities and public sector entities. Marius Egeberg and Ola Nisja jointly lead the team; the ‘extremely professional’ Egeberg focuses on contentious mandates, while Nisja attracts praise for his ‘incredibly strategic approach’. The group also has a solid presence on Norway’s west coast, with Kristoffer Lerum leading the Bergen office. Lars Erik Schjeide has specialised expertise in building and construction contracts; ‘skilled negotiator’ Christian Cederkvist is also recommended.

Norway > Dispute resolution

With demonstrable strength in complex cross-border mandates, Wikborg Rein leverages its global network of offices to provide a market-leading international disputes and arbitration offering; a recent highlight involved representing Naftogaz of Ukraine against Gazprom in a high-value commercial IOC arbitration. Ola Nisja and Marie Nesvik jointly head up the team and are both seasoned arbitrators with a focus on cross-border mandates. The ‘extremely smart and quick‘ Aadne Haga takes point on disputes in the gas industry, while Kaare Andreas Shetelig has a broad practice covering post-M&A, public sector and transfer pricing disputes. ‘Strong negotiator’ Jørgen Vangsnes is recommended for cases in the technology sector, while Ola Haugen has a particular emphasis on contractual, construction and project-related disputes.

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