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Mr Filip Truyen

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Work Department

Financial Regulation, Capital Markets, M&A, Company Law

Position

Filip is among Norway’s leading experts on company law. He is also a Professor, Doctor of Laws at the University of Bergen and at the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH). He has published scientific work with focus on shareholder conflicts, directors’ liability, corporate governance, compulsory acquisition, public ownership and enterprise valuation. He has broad experience as an Appellate Court Judge and as an arbitrator. Moreover, Filip is frequently engaged in the sale and reorganising of businesses, especially where the choice of transaction model is an important premise. He often acts as counsellor in ownership disputes, including challenges that come with generational changes. Filip was Deputy Chairman at the Appeal Board of Stock Exchanges in Norway in the period 2009-2012. Since 2015 he has served as Chairman of the Norwegian Government’s Legislative Committee on Securities. The Committee has delivered nine public reports on securities law.

Career

Memberships

Norwegian Bar Association

Education