Advokatfirmaet Schjødt provides a one-stop service to clients, with a particular focus on insurers, handling domestic and cross-border complex insurance matters. Klaus Henrik Wiese-Hansen oversees the team and is a key adviser on a variety of mandates including regulatory and transactional matters. For insurance disputes, Per Ristvedt is a key name. The team also includes Caroline Karlsson, who specialises in transactional risk management work, and Norman Hansen Meyer, who takes point on marine and energy insurance.
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‘Clever, nice and trustworthy team.’
‘Klaus Henrik Wiese-Hansen has been my preferred lawyer for many years.’
Key clients
- AXA XL
- Beazley Group Ltd.
- Chubb European Group SE
- Codan Forsikring NUF
- Dual Group
- Frende Livsforsikring AS
- Gjensidige Forsikring ASA
- HDI Global SE
- Hyperion Insurance Group Limited
- Kommunal Landspensjonskasse Gjensidig Forsikringsselskap
- Lombard International Assurance S.A.
- Protector ASA
- SEB Life International Assurance Company DAC
- Skandia Leben (FL) AG
- Swiss Life (Liechtenstein) AG
- Telenor Pensjonskasse
- Tryg Forsikring A/S
- Willis Towers Watson plc
- Zurich Insurance plc (Ireland)
- American International Group (AIG)
Work highlights
- Defending Adam Opel GmbHGmBH/General Motors Holdings LLC in a NOK550m lawsuit arising a fire in an Opel Zafira at Sola airport.
- Advised Alm. Brand Forsikring A/S on the DKK12.7bn acquisition of Codan Forsikring A/S and the establishment of a new branch in Norway.
- Advised AmTrust Nordic AB and AmTrust Insurance Services Norway AS on their re-domiciliation from Norway to Sweden via a reverse cross-border merger.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Klaus Henrik Wiese-Hansen