About

Astrid Skjønborg Brunt has over 25 years’ experience in the electricity industry, 15 years of which have been in leading a law department at Statnett. Since starting at Statnett, she has increased the number of in-house lawyers from three to 14, whereby she has given a specialisation for each lawyer or group of lawyers. She focuses on empowering her team and giving them key account roles and business units along with further education, in particular negotiations, in the electricity industry. She has developed and implemented a sourcing strategy for external lawyers and corporate governance and corporate social responsibility awareness and principles. Skjønborg Brunt focuses on the efficient use of legal advice by 90% prevention and only 10% litigation and conflict work, making a big difference in terms of time investment by the legal team. ‘To notice that the legal advice is trusted, even when it is untraditional and challenging is a personal achievement. Then it is followed by success, thereby avoiding significant loss of money, time and status’.