Vidar Johnsen > SANDS > Oslo, Norway > Lawyer Profile
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CORT ADELERS GATE 33
0254 OSLO
PO BOX 1829 VIKA
Norway
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Vidar Johnsen
Work Department
Construction
Position
Partner
Career
Vidar Johnsen primarily works with contract law matters, and he is specialised in construction law including EPCI contracts and PPP structures. In addition, he is specialized in IP law matters, more specifically within patent law and patent litigation. He regularly litigates for the ordinary courts and in arbitration, and he is also regularly appointed as arbitrator in international arbitration proceedings.
Vidar is a key-contributor to the growing Norwegian renewable energy industries, and he has over the last years been counselling on major energy development projects abroad, and holds experience both from Europe, Africa, Asia and South-America.
Vidar is also a key resource coming to SANDS’ focus on and support to the evolving and promising technology and innovation industries, and he assists a number of companies within the pharmaceutical, biotech and medtech sectors.
Languages
Norwegian, English
Education
- 1995 – University of Oslo – Cand. jur.
Lawyer Rankings
Norway > Construction
SANDS’ construction offering spans all stages of the project lifecycle, handling contractual, contentious, and corporate issues for both private and public sector clients in the industry. Alf Johan Knag, in Bergen, oversees the team and handles risk analysis, project planning, and contractual mandates. Litigator Vidar Johnsen focuses on EPC contracts and PPP structures, as well as final settlement disputes and claims handling for clients in the industry. In Trondheim, Frode Henning Antonsen specialises in contract law and assists contractors, builders and suppliers. Eirik Birkelund and Corinne Silden Stephensen attract praise for their dispute resolution expertise.