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Advokatfirma Kogstad Lunde & Co
FRIDTJOF NANSENS PLASS 9
0160 OSLO
Norway

Norway > Insurance Tier 1

Insurance and dispute resolution boutique firm Advokatfirma Kogstad Lunde & Co ‘offers consistently sound and precise legal advice’ to domestic and international insurers and reinsurers across the whole gamut of insurance matters. Firm founder and practice head Trond Werner Lunde combines expertise in insurance and tort with a background in litigation, while fellow practice head Terje Marthinsen oversees the personal injury and employers’ liability team and the aviation and energy team. Seasoned litigator Per Kristian Lundkvist is singled out as a ‘diligent and experienced lawyer’ and advises across a broad practice within insurance and tort law, while Karoline Stenberg specialises in professional liability issues, recourse claims and insurance fraud matters.

Practice head(s):

Trond Werner Lunde; Terje Marthinsen

Testimonials

‘Kogstad Lunde offers consistently sound and precise legal advice. The teams generally consist of very down-to-earth professionals.’

‘You can always count on Terje Marthinsen and Per Kristian Lundkvist to address your problems with the utmost attention to detail, ensuring that you are quickly presented with possible solutions.’

‘Kogstad Lunde & Co is one of the few law firms in Norway that offers comprehensive legal services to the insurance industry, specialising in insurance and compensation law, and one of the very best.’

‘With his extensive legal expertise, analytical prowess, and pedagogical skills, Terje Marthinsen swiftly comprehends complex legal matters. On numerous occasions, he has represented us before the Supreme Court, significantly contributing to legal clarifications and the advancement of the law.’

‘Experienced and very competent lawyers with good commercial understanding. Cost-effective and pleasant to work with. Knows the industry and its practice. Very good availability and hard working team who delivers at agreed time.’

‘Trond Werner Lunde is a solid leader of the company and with his routine, great experience and vast knowledge of the industry he is a very good sparring partner on legal strategy in handling a case.’

‘Per Kristian Lundkvist is a diligent and experienced lawyer within his field of expertise. He helps me navigate through hard and challenging legal matters. Terje Marthinsen is an excellent legal expert within tort law/insurance law.’

Key clients

Tryg Forsikring

Protector Forsikring

Gjensidige Forsikring

If

KLP

Sandefjord kommune

Alta kommune

Frende Skadeforsikring

Frende Livsforsikring

Stavanger kommune

Haugesund kommune

Fremtind Forsikring

The Norwegian Auditors’ Association

The Norwegian Government/Attorney General/The Norwegian Labour and Welfare Organisation

The Norwegian Government / The National Complaint|Board for Health Services

Eika

Pareto Forsikringsmegling AS

Jernbanepersonalets Bank og Forsikring

Knif Trygghet Forsikring

Byggmesterforsikring

Talgø MøreTre

Landkreditt Forsikring

Ly Forsikring

Faver AS

Drangedal kommune

HDI Speciality SE

Lillehammer kommune

Kennedys Law

Norsk Hussopp Forsikring

Ulstein kommune

Skien kommune

Senja kommune

Norsk Forsikring

Statens Pensjonskasse

Trafikkforsikringsforeningen (TFF)

Yrkesskadeforsikringsforeningen (YFF)

Talgø Invest AS

Lloyds, Brussels

Sedgwick

Azure law

Work highlights

  • Represented The Motor Insurers’ Bureau (TFF) and The Occupational injury Insurance Association (YFF) in a Supreme Court cross-border case.
  • Counsel for Tryg Insurance and an auditor in a NOK100m professional liability claim.
  • Representing Protector Insurance, who has both the building insurance and the liability insurance of the owner, in the Grenfell Tower Fire.

Norway > Dispute resolution Tier 3

Specialist insurance and disputes boutique firm Advokatfirma Kogstad Lunde & Co acts for local authorities, insurance companies and governmental entities. Terje Marthinsen, who is a personal injury and public liability expert, co-heads the practice alongside Trond Werner Lunde, who is a seasoned insurance litigator for tort and internal dispute mandates. Also in the core team is Karoline Stenberg who focuses on professional liability issues, recourse claims and insurance fraud mandates.

Practice head(s):

Trond Werner Lunde; Terje Marthinsen

Other key lawyers:

Karoline Stenberg; Kristine Bjerke

Testimonials

‘It was great working with Terje Marthinsen. We were very well taken care of throughout the whole process and felt safe with his high competence and good handling of our case.’

‘Experienced and very competent lawyers with good commercial understanding. Cost effective and pleasant to work with. Knows the industry and its practice. Very good availability and hard working team who delivers at agreed time.’

‘The company’s lawyers have very high legal expertise within their field. This expertise allows them to quickly identify what needs further clarification. They are very good at finding solutions to cases.’

‘Terje Marthinsen has very high legal expertise in his field. He tailors solutions that are adapted to each individual case. Kristine Bjerke is an excellent lawyer who also has high expertise in her field.’

‘The practice is specialised in litigation, and they appear in court frequently. The partners are very experienced. They are exceptionally good concerning the balance of client involvement and do not involve the client unless it is necessary.’

‘Terje Marthinsen has excellent skills in his field – he is effective and has all the qualities of a top lawyer.’

Key clients

Tryg Forsikring

Protector Forsikring

Gjensidige Forsikring

If

KLP

Sandefjord kommune

Alta kommune

Frende Skadeforsikring

Frende Livsforsikring

Stavanger kommune

Haugesund kommune

Fremtind Forsikring

The Norwegian Auditors’ Association

The Norwegian Government/Attorney General/The Norwegian Labour and Welfare Organisation

The Norwegian Government/The National Complaint Board for Health Services

Eika

Pareto Forsikringsmegling AS

Jernbanepersonalets Bank og Forsikring

Knif Trygghet Forsikring

Byggmesterforsikring

Talgø MøreTre

Landkreditt Forsikring

Ly Forsikring

Faver AS

Drangedal kommune

HDI Speciality SE

Lillehammer kommune

Kennedys Law

Norsk Hussopp Forsikring

Ulstein kommune

Skien kommune

Senja kommune

Norsk Forsikring

Statens Pensjonskasse

Trafikkforsikringsforeningen (TFF)

Yrkesskadeforsikringsforeningen (YFF)

Talgø Invest AS

Lloyds, Brussels

Sedgwick

Azure law

Work highlights

  • Represented The Motor Insurers’ Bureau (TFF) and The Occupational injury Insurance Association (YFF) in a Supreme Court cross-border case.
  • Counsel for Tryg Insurance and an auditor in a NOK100m professional liability claim.
  • Counsel for Fremtind Insurance in a Supreme Court case regarding a recourse claim following a fire in a motorcycle that was placed in a garage for maintenance.

The firm: Advokatfirma MNA Kogstad Lunde & Co was formed in 1995 by Eivind Kogstad and Trond Werner Lunde, and has since been a medium-sized boutique firm that has provided specialist insurance law services to Norwegian and international insurers. All partners and employed lawyers have been recruited from the insurance industry.

From the beginning, the firm has been known to have some of the most respected legal minds within their field, and at the same time it is known for being practical, commercial, approachable and “down to earth”.

Within the field of insurance law, the firm solely represents insurance and reinsurance companies (or their customers). The firm is now representing more than 45 different Norwegian and international insurers.

Kogstad Lunde & Co is Kennedys’ associated office in Norway. Kennedys is a rapidly growing international law firm with 30 offices and 16 associated offices around the world and consists of more than 2,900 people. Kennedys has expertise in insurance / reinsurance law and liability and is recognised by leading industry directories and commended by clients around the world.

In addition to Kennedys UK and Kennedys DK in Copenhagen, the firm has an especially close cooperation with the law firms Next in Stockholm and Castrén & Snellman in Helsinki. The firms work together to provide a seamless legal service in Scandinavia and beyond.

In 2012 the partners in Kogstad Lunde & Co established FaVer AS (Fact Verification, www.faver.no) – which is now Norway`s leading independent environment providing investigative services to the insurance industry.

Areas of practice: Kogstad Lunde & Co assists and advises on all aspects of insurance law, tort law and litigation, including both private and corporate insurance, policy wording, coverage advice and advice on compliance matters. We handle both small and big scale claims, including personal injury, professional indemnity, product liability, recall, subrogation and fraud.

Our expert advice is based on a deep understanding of the insurance market in our region.

The partners at Kogstad Lunde & Co have an average of more than 20 years of experience working as attorneys specialized within insurance law and dispute resolution. Consequently, our firm has a broad network, which gives the firm the possibility of providing clients with direct, swift and “tailor made” advice taking into account the market situation, market standards and special corporate issues, beside – of course – the highest level of specialized legal insurance advice.

The fact that all the lawyers at Kogstad Lunde & Co have worked almost solely with insurance and dispute resolution throughout their entire careers gives them a unique opportunity of sharing experience, expertise and know-how.

Several of the largest insurance companies in Norway have used our partners as teaching supervisors for their own employed claims handlers and attorneys.

We act as counsel for the Norwegian Government / the Attorney General in the appeal courts in cases involving the National Insurance. We also act as counsel for the Norwegian Government / the Patients’ Injury Compensation Board and the National Complaint Board for Health Services.

Department Name Email Telephone
Contractors' All Risk Erik Fjeldstad [email protected] +47 23 35 88 06
Professional indemnity Trond Werner Lunde [email protected] +47 23 35 88 15
Professional indemnity Terje Marthinsen [email protected] +47 23 35 88 25
Personal injury Terje Marthinsen [email protected] +47 23 35 88 25
Personal injury Erik Fjeldstad [email protected] +47 23 35 88 06
Insurance Claus Krag Brynildsen [email protected] +47 23 35 88 19
Insurance Jan Aubert [email protected] +47 23 35 88 24
Maritime insurance and Transportation Jan Aubert [email protected] +47 23 35 88 24
Maritime insurance and Transportation Claus Krag Brynildsen [email protected] +47 23 35 88 19
Fraud Trond Werner Lunde [email protected] +47 23 35 88 15
Fraud Claus Krag Brynildsen [email protected] +47 23 35 88 19
Compliance Trond Werner Lunde [email protected] +47 23 35 88 15
Compliance Erik Fjeldstad [email protected] +47 23 35 88 06
Dispute resolution Terje Marthinsen [email protected] +47 23 35 88 25
Dispute resolution Trond Werner Lunde [email protected] +47 23 35 88 15
Product liability Erik Fjeldstad [email protected] +47 23 35 88 06
Property damage Erik Fjeldstad [email protected] +47 23 35 88 06
Life and health insurance Claus Krag Brynildsen [email protected] +47 23 35 88 19
Life and health insurance Jan Aubert [email protected] +47 23 35 88 24
Employers' liability Terje Marthinsen [email protected] +47 23 35 88 25
Employers' liability Erik Fjeldstad [email protected] +47 23 35 88 06
Aviation Terje Marthinsen [email protected] +47 23 35 88 25
Environmental liability Trond Werner Lunde [email protected] +47 23 35 88 15
Environmental liability Jan Aubert [email protected] +47 23 35 88 24
Directors' and officers' liability and white collar crime Trond Werner Lunde [email protected] +47 23 35 88 15
Directors' and officers' liability and white collar crime Claus Krag Brynildsen [email protected] +47 23 35 88 19
Corporate liability Erik Fjeldstad [email protected] +47 23 35 88 06
Photo Name Position Profile
Jan Aubert photo Mr Jan Aubert Partner / Attorney at law Compensation for personal injury, all sectors Professional…
Sara  Bergfjord Fjellvikås photo Miss Sara Bergfjord Fjellvikås Attorney at law   Insurance law Tort law Contract law Professional liability…
Kristine Bjerke photo Miss Kristine Bjerke Attorney at law   Damages for personal injury Insurance law Tort law…
Claus Krag Brynildsen photo Mr Claus Krag Brynildsen Attorney at law •Tort law •Insurance law •Professional liability •Product liability •Personal…
Erik Fjeldstad photo Mr Erik Fjeldstad Partner / Attorney at law     Personal injury insurance, alle sectors…
Tone Lenvik photo Mrs Tone Lenvik Attorney at law   Insurance law Tort law Damages for personal injury…
Kristine  Løken photo Miss Kristine Løken Attorney at law Tort Law Insurance Law Contract Law Personal Injury Compensation…
Trond Werner Lunde photo Mr Trond Werner Lunde Senior Partner / Attorney at law /  Founder     Insurance law…
Fanny Lunde photo Miss Fanny Lunde Assistant attorney   Tort law Insurance law Contract and agreement law Motor…
Per Kristian Lundkvist photo Mr Per Kristian Lundkvist Partner / Attorney at Law   Damages for personal injury, all sectors…
Terje Marthinsen photo Mr Terje Marthinsen Partner / Attorney at law   Specialist areas: Head of the personal…
Stig Norby photo Mr Stig Norby Attorney at law   Damages for personal injury Insurance law Tort law…
Lars Olsvik photo Mr Lars Olsvik Attorney at law     Damages for personal injury Insurance law Social…
Karoline Stenberg photo Mrs Karoline Stenberg Partner / Attorney at Law     Insurance law Tort law Professional…
Emil Sundqvist photo Mr Emil Sundqvist Assistant attorney   Building and construction law Contract law Insurance law Offshore…
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ETHICS AND CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

  • Kogstad Lunde & Co does not discriminate based on rase, gender, religion or sexual orientation and we are proud to have the LGBTQ community represented amongst our partners.
  • 14 % of our partners are women. We have introduced benefits that should encourage more female attorneys to join the partnership. Our law firm has always had a focus on work-life-balance.
  • We empower our employees to serve our clients in the best way possible at the work location and environment that best suite them. This focus of flexibility is valued by both our employees and our clients which is evidenced by our low turnover rate. This is also highlighted by the fact that both female and male employees choose to stay on with us while raising a family.
  • In order to increase the competence of our customers, we regularly act as teaching supervisors for the customers’ employees. We also offer secondments.
  • We offer trainee positions to law students and urge law students with minority background to apply.
  • We offer writing desk, guidance and lunch to law students who write their thesis on a subject within insurance law or tort law.
  • In 2023 Kogstad Lunde & Co became a certified “Eco-Lighthouse”
  • Since the end of 2023 our law firm has been carbon neutral. We have made a new company policy that ensures that we only travel by plane or car if this is strictly necessary.

PRO BONO WORK

  • Our partners and attorneys will regularly perform pro bono work. In a year, this work is estimated to 300 hours.
  • The law firm donates money to both Kirkens Bymisjon (Church organisation that provides aid to needing persons in Norwegian cities) and Frelsesarmeen (The Salvation Army)

CLIENT: Fredrik Messel, Claims Director
COMPANY/FIRM: Protector Insurance ASA
TESTIMONIAL: For more than 10 years we have had the pleasure of using Kogstad & Lunde’s services. When it comes to handling legal issues related to claims, Kogstad & Lunde has extensive competence and profound experience. In the courtroom, we together have had several successful cases!

Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team, 2024 edition:

‘For several years, we have consistently chosen to engage the services from this esteemed law firm. This enduring partnership is a testament to their unwavering commitment to delivering exceptional value and results to their clients.’

‘The company has a breadth of expertise that we cannot find elsewhere.’

‘The entire team at Kogstad Lunde consistently exhibits professionalism and efficiency in handling every inquiry that comes their way. Their swift and expert responses reflect their dedication to their craft.’

‘A team of experienced lawyers with excellent knowledge of insurance law and the relevant legal issues. Good availability and a commercial mindset.’

‘They have an exceptionally strong knowledge of their fields of practice. They have clear communication, they are outstanding in the courtroom and they give sound, strategic advice.’