Asle Bjelland > CMS Kluge > Oslo, Norway > Lawyer Profile
CMS Kluge Offices
BRYGGEGATA 6
PO BOX 1548 VIKA
0117 OSLO
Norway
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Asle Bjelland
Work Department
Energy, oil & gas, Production & offshore, Construction, Dispute resolution
Position
Dispute Resolution/litigation expert, specializing in energy, industry and infrastructure. More than 20 years of experience as a lawyer within resolution and litigation in all courts and in arbitration. Previously been a judge and is regualary used as a mediator and arbitrator.
Career
2019-YDT Partner, Kluge Advokatfirma (CMS Kluge Advokatfirma AS), 2018-2019 District Court Judge, 2012-2018 Partner, Advokatfirmaet Thommessen, 2006-2012 Partner, Advokatfirmaet Mageli, 2001-2006 Lawyer, Office of the Attorney General (Civil Affairs), 1996-2001 Associate, Legal department, Norsk Hydro, 1998-1999 Legal Counsel, Norsk Hydro (UK) Limited, London, 1996-1997 Military service, Norwegian national defense high command (FO), legal department, 1994-1995 Legal advisor, Nordic Institute of Maritime Law/Kværner, 1992-1993 Research Assistand, Department of Petroleum law, University of Oslo
Languages
English
Education
2005 Admitted to the Supreme Court, 1995 Cand.jur, University of Oslo
Lawyer Rankings
Norway > Dispute resolution
Christian Galtung leads the ‘exceptionally skilled’ disputes team at CMS Kluge, which stands out for its strong track record in acting for contractors, government entities and developers in infrastructure, energy and construction-related litigation. Galtung focuses on company law and public administrative litigation, while Asle Bjelland takes point on disputes in the shipping and construction sectors. Amund Noss is the key contact for contentious tax matters. For restructuring and insolvency disputes, Hans Ingvald Stensholdt is recommended, while Steffen Asmundsson specialises in contract law.
Norway > Energy
CMS Kluge’s energy, industry and climate department handles the full range of transactional, regulatory, and contentious work across the oil and gas, renewables and electricity sectors. License transactions, E&P development projects, and offshore mandates are key areas of expertise on the oil and gas side, and a core pillar of work for the team includes advising oil and gas companies on the transition into the renewable energy space; the ‘service-minded, efficient, and experienced’ Olav Hasaas oversees the team and is a key contact for the latter. Other core individuals include litigator Asle Bjelland; Siv Madland, who takes point on upstream and oil services industry contract work, and Stig Even Jakobsen, who is the name to note for M&A deals. Kjetil Stensvik left the team in December 2022 and is now at Wiersholm and Camilla Grytten departed to Advokatfirmaet Schjødt AS in early 2024.