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Switzerland

Arbitrators

Haakon Orgland Bingen

Haakon Orgland Bingen

Peter & Kim, Switzerland

Work Department

International Arbitration

Position

Haakon specialises in international arbitration. For more than a decade, he has worked almost exclusively with international arbitration proceedings, acting as counsel in numerous arbitrations governed by ICC, SCC and OCC arbitration rules, as well as in ad hoc arbitrations governed by the Norwegian Arbitration Act. In addition to working as counsel, Haakon also regularly sits as arbitrator. In total, he has acted as counsel and arbitrator in more than 25 arbitrations, including some of the largest commercial arbitration disputes in the world, with amounts at stake exceeding dozens of billions of euros. The arbitrations have concerned in particular the European gas sector, the renewable energy sector (wind) and post-M&A. He has handled matters governed by Norwegian, German, Swedish, Swiss and Ukrainian law.

Haakon also has experience with leading challenge and enforcement proceedings in numerous jurisdictions, as well as with EU procedural, competition and energy law, and sanctions.

In addition to Norwegian (native) and English (fluent), Haakon also speaks Russian (proficient) and Spanish (intermediate).

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

International Commercial Arbitration
Public International Law
Joint Ventures / Consortia

INDUSTRY SECTOR

Construction & Engineering
Infrastructure
Oil & Gas
Energy & Resources
Mergers & Acquisition

REPRESENTATIVE CASES

  • Ad hoc arbitration over an SPA related to renewable energy (wind).
  • A large ICC arbitration between an Eastern European gas market participant and a Russian gas seller.
  • SCC arbitration over an SHA relating to multimillion (EUR) damages claims based on non-correction of breaches (Chairman of the Arbitral Tribunal).
  • Multiple SCC arbitrations between an Eastern European gas buyer and transporter and a Russian gas seller arising from the Parties’ gas sales and transit agreements.
  • Ad hoc arbitration regarding a price review under an LNG sales agreement between two Western European companies.

Career

Partner, Peter & Kim, Geneva (2026- present) Specialist Counsel, Wikborg Rein, Oslo (2024-2025) Senior Lawyer, Wikborg Rein, Oslo (2020-2023) Senior Associate, Wikborg Rein, Oslo (2017-2019) Associate, Wikborg Rein, Oslo (2013-2016)

Languages

Norwegian (native), Swedish, Danish, English (Full Professional Proficiency), Russian (Professional Working Proficiency), Spanish (Limited Working Proficiency)

Memberships

Board member, Young Arbitration Practitioners Norway

Education

Swedish Arbitration Association’s and SCC’s Skiljedomarutbildning (arbitrator training programme) (2024) SCC Diploma course for International Arbitrators (2024) Practising Certificate (2015) Law school, Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia (2011-2012) Master of Laws, University of Bergen (2006-2012)
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