Forretningsadvokatene DA was established in 1990 by the merger of the two existing law firms to which the partners were connected, with their roots dating to 1974.
The firm has always operated primarily within the business law field. Most of our clients are enterprises involved in finance, trade, IT, manufacturing industries, real estate, service provision, governmental institutions and trade and volunteer organisations.
As of today we are 9 lawyers.
General remarks
Our basic concept is to offer our clients long-term, general legal advice and assistance in Norway as well as in their relations to international connections and possible adversaries.
Special areas of expertise
The firm has special expertise in certain areas. We briefly mention finance, in particular financial and other leasing arrangements, restructuring of businesses, insolvency law and assets retrieval, customs duty and import taxes, intellectual property rights, labour law, telecommunications, corporate law, contract law and contract negotiations and litigation.
Lawyers:
Born 1948. Law degree 1974. Has worked in civil services, police/prosecution, and in the Confederation of Norwegian Business and Industry. Joined the firm 1980. Special expertise and experience in labour law, intellectual property rights, broadcasting, telecommunication and litigation. Several directorships on company and institution boards.
» nordvi@forretningsadvokatene.no
Born 1951. Law degree 1981. Worked as an associate attorney with emphasis on debts negotiations, bankruptcy estates and contract law before becoming partner in 1986. Special expertise and experience in business restructuring and consulting in IT and other enterprises, corporate law, debts negotiations, contract law, damages, labour law and the formation of chains and other co-operation in commodity trades.
» krohn@forretningsadvokatene.no
Born 1952. Law degree 1981. Two year school of economics. Worked with the Auditor-General before becoming an associate attorney in 1983. Partner from 1984/85. Special expertise and experience in financing/financial services, business consulting, debts negotiation, contract law and corporate law. Lived in Germany and the US for many years. Extensive international experience.
» Jacobsen@forretningsadvokatene.no
Born 1961. Law degree 1988. Courses in business administration at The Norwegian School of Business. Experience from Home-owner's confederation and several years at a major bankruptcy and insolvency firm (Rime, Ro & Sommernes). Became partner 1993. Works in particular with contract law, real estate, including real estate brokerage, insolvency and bankruptcy law.
» barth@forretningsadvokatene.no
Born 1976. Master of Law 2003.
Previously experience from several other law-firms in Oslo.
Obtained a masters degree in EU- and German law at the Albert Ludvigs Universität Freiburg in Germany. Bilingual background (German/Norwegian) and speaks German fluently. Work experience from the Norwegian-German Chamber of Commerce.
Joined Forretningsadvokatene DA in the fall of 2003. Partner since february 2006. He assists both small and medium sized, Norwegian and foreign companies within most fields. His main expertise is EU/EEA-law (European Union and European Economic Area), German law, contract law, property, debt collection, commerce and legal procedure.
» rising@forretningsadvokatene.no
Born 1979. Law Degree 2005. Previous experience from several other
law-firms in Oslo. Joined Forretningsadvokatene DA in the fall of
2007. Jespersen assists both small and medium sized companies within
most fields, and regularly litigates cases before the courts. His
main expertise is contract law, damages, labour law, commerce and
legal procedure. He also has experience from real estate matters.
» jespersen@forretningsadvokatene.no
Born 1978. Cand.jur 2006.
Rechtsanwalt Patrick Lundevall-Unger joined the law firm in October 2009.
Due to his German and Norwegian dual citizenship and his bilingual upbringing he speaks and writes both languages fluently.
In autumn 2009 he obtained a master degree in “Information and Communication Technology Law” at the University of Oslo in Norway with an emphasis in European distance communication trade and data protection law.
Before Lundevall-Unger moved to Oslo, Norway in 2008 he worked in a law firm close to Hamburg in Germany.
Furthermore Lundevall-Unger gained work experience in the public law sector as well. During his German legal clerkship he inter alia acted as a representative of the Public Prosecuter’s Office.
Lundevall-Unger especially deals and works with competition law, inter alia with the composition of contractual relationships, EU-law, German law, copyright and data protection law followed by German-Norwegian disputes in the competition and trade sector.
» unger@forretningsadvokatene.no
Born 1955. Law degree 1989.
Kongsvik has experience from the Norwegian Army, The Ministry of Finance, the Norwegian Police, The Directorate of Customs and Excise, and KPMG Law.
Kongsvik works as advisor and counsel within the areas VAT/VAT-representation for foreign companies, customs and excise duties, tradepatterns and commercial advising. He has extensive experience advising Norwegian and foreign clients, and has been in the board of directors of both production and consultant companies.
He also assists private individuals in criminal lawsuits, and regarding heritage/division of heritage.
» kongsvik@forretningsadvokatene.no
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