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Frithjof Herlofsen

Work Department

Maritime law. Shipping and transport law. Marine and offshore insurance

Position

Frithjof Herlofsen is a leading specialist in arbitration and litigation, focusing on shipping, offshore and marine insurance disputes.

Frithjof has more than 25 years of experience specialising in all aspects of shipping and transport law, including salvage, GA settlements, cargo claims, charter party disputes, bills of lading, MOAs, shipbuilding and repair contracts, marine insurance (cover disputes, P&I, FDD, H&M, cargo insurance etc), marine incidents, arrest, forced use and sales as well as tort and contract disputes.

Frithjof is admitted to the Norwegian Supreme Court and heads the Norwegian Bar Association’s Committee on Insurance Law.

Herlofsen has argued more than 100 cases in arbitrations and before the Norwegian courts, including seven cases before the Norwegian Supreme Court. Herlofsen is also frequently appointed as arbitrator, both in ad hoc arbitrations as well as under the NOMA Procedural Rules.

Career

Career

2022 – Present:

Partner at Gjelsten Herlofsen Advokatfirma AS

2013 – 2022 :

Partner at Advokatfirmaet Simonsen Vogt Wiig AS

2002 – 2013:

Partner at Advokatfirmaet Vogt & Wiig AS

1999 – 2002:

Senior Associate at Vogt & Co. DA/Vogt & Wiig AS

1994 – 1999:

Associate at Vogt & Co. DA

Languages

English

Memberships

Norwegian Bar Association

Heads the Norwegian Bar Association’s Committee on Insurance Law.

 

Education

2008 Admitted to the Norwegian Supreme Court

1999 Qualified as Solicitor to the Supreme Court of England and Wales

1997 Practicing Certificate

1994 Cand. Jur. at University of Oslo