Advokatfirmaet Grette AS

Partner

Axel M. Thorsdal works with development projects within renewable energy, batteries, industry and technology. With extensive industry experience from, among others, Aker Solutions, Kværner, Freyr Battery and larger international companies, he provides practical and commercial advice in all phases of projects – from start-ups to mature industrial companies. Axel has broad international experience and often advises in connection with partnerships, joint ventures and international transactions.

Dag Henden Torsteinsen has special expertise within commercial property development and transactions. He is on the editorial board of the property law journal Tidsskrift for eiendomsrett, and is in high demand as a lecturer for the property industry and commercial property agents.

Associate Partner

Hege Grønsberg Abrahamsen practises in the area of commercial law, with a focus on employment law and civil procedure. She has extensive experience in assisting employers, including with recruitment, transfers of undertakings, restructurings and redundancies.

Jacob S. Bjønness-Jacobsen provides expertise in the form of strategic advice on the structuring of organisations and transactions, crisis management and dispute resolution, compliance and investigation. He has extensive experience from directorships, management roles, as well as teaching and tutoring students. He assists Grette’s clients on the organisation of contract negotiations, strategy and analysis, restructuring and refocusing processes, operational audits and investigations in various contexts. He is admitted to the Supreme Court and serves as counsel in company and contract law disputes before the courts and in arbitrations. Jacob is the author of the only textbook on investigations under corporate law in Norway, Gransking etter aksjelovene, published by Universitetsforlaget/Juridika in 2022. Together with Henning Brath, Jacob will in 2023 publish a commentary textbook on the the Act relating to Foundations. Furthermore, he has written the Norwegian contribution to WorldECR: Managing Investigations – Best practice in Government and Internal Investigations.

Johan Christian Kongsli advises commercial banks, savings banks and other financial institutions in relation to the issuance of covered bonds, formation of derivatives agreements, drafting of loan documentation, due diligence investigations in connection with mergers and acquisitions, as well as capital adequacy requirements and other regulatory issues. He holds a Bachelor of Economics and Astrophysics, and was formerly a financial analyst in London for a US Private Equity firm specialising in the acquisition and restructuring of property companies in the European market.

Jørgen Aardalsbakke offers expertise within construction law and public procurement, and has particularly extensive experience from assistance on large construction projects within transport and infrastructure, including the development of partnering contracts and PPP contracts, as well as dispute handling and litigation.

Kaj Marsh Duesund offers expertise within public procurement and contract law, including on choice of procurement strategy, chairing of negotiation meetings, as well as follow-up and quality assurance of agreements in lager infrastructure projects.

Kari-Ann Mosti is a VAT specialist. She also advises on other types of indirect taxes. Kari-Ann holds extensive experience from advising large and SME companies in Norway and abroad. She assists clients with VAT issues in a range of industries. She has particularly worked with real estate transactions, property development, financial services, mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and cross-border transactions. She assists in audits, due diligence, correspondence with tax authorities, dispute resolution and more. Kari-Ann regularly holds training courses and has published several articles on topics involving indirect taxes.

Line Wefald offers expertise within construction law and general contract law, and also has extensive litigation experience. She has highly detailed knowledge of legal developments and industry norms in the building and construction sector, and has a particular focus on transport, infrastructure and PPP.

Lise Sofie Stene specializes in real estate transactions, leases, corporate law and commercial property law. She also has extensive expertise in property development, including structuring development projects and investments, and preparation of shareholder agreements for joint ventures. Additionally, she works with ESG and energy issues related to the real estate sector. Lise has significant experience with various types of lease agreements, and has negotiated several lease agreements for large rehabilitation projects and projects under construction. Lise is well-known in the real estate industry and has been handling several large and high-profile transactions the last years. She is recognized for her commercial approach combined with professional expertise. She is frequently invited to speak at events within the real estate industry, including for the Norwegian Association of Real Estate Agents, Juristenes Utdanningssenter and Senter for Eiendomsfag. She is also one of the network leaders for JUC’s professional network for commercial leasing.

Marie Braadland offers expertise within public procurement and contract law, and has extensive experience in dispute resolution and advice. She assists clients within building and construction, ICT, the energy sector, as well as trade and the supply industry.

Marius Svendsvoll Langnes focuses on construction, supply and production contracts, as well as energy law.

Odd Stemsrud assists companies globally, as well as at the European and Norwegian level. He has about 20 years of experience and has been in charge of some of the largest EEA/competition matters involving Norwegian companies. These include merger control at the European Commission, including global coordination, global cartel matters, as well as advice in EEA matters (internal market, competition and state aid) at the EFTA Surveillance Authority (ESA). Other advice includes business development (market access), compliance and quality assurance of large projects. He has litigation experience from both the European Court of Justice and the EFTA Court.

Ole-Jacob Farstad specialises in property law matters, with a special focus on contract and property law. He primarily advises on property development and property transactions, and assists clients with anything from property development and the lease or sale of properties under development, to classic property transactions, whether involving the transfer of the actual properties or the transfer of property companies.

Partner

Peter Lenda has worked dedicatedly with ICT law issues for over 20 years. Previously, Peter has been head of Group Procurement IT at DNB, where he was commercially and contractually responsible for IT acquisitions of NOK 3-4 billion annually. In recent years, the focus has been on modernization in the public and private sectors to ensure digitization and innovation through the use of cloud services and cloud platforms. He has in-depth experience from both the supplier side and the customer side and experience from public activities. Peter's unique expertise relates in particular to various digitization processes, where IT law goes hand in hand with procurement law and privacy law.

Dr. Roland Mörsdorf practises in the fields of M&A and company law. He has broad experience in assisting foreign enterprises on managing their Norwegian subsidiaries. In addition, Dr Mörsdorf, who is also a qualified German lawyer (Rechtsanwalt), is head of Grette’s German Desk. He has published a number of articles on company law and private international law in Norwegian and German legal journals, including NTS, RR, RIW and IWRZ.

Rolf W. Markussen has 15 years of experience as a construction and property lawyer, and has accumulated very extensive experience in property and construction law, especially on development projects. He also has extensive litigation experience.

Silje Grimseth Ullebust is a specialist within public procurement and has extensive experience with both consultancy and dispute resolution in this field. Her background also includes contract law and construction law, and she has wide knowledge with a number of forms of contract. Silje assists both public and private clients in the practical handling of the procurement regulations in all phases of the process – from the planning stage to the implementation of competition and entering into contract. This applies to the entering into all forms of contract, such as procurement of goods, services as well as various building and construction contracts including licensing contracts. She also has wide experience in handling appeal processes (including appeals to the Public Procurement Appeals Board), as well as dispute resolution and legal proceedings concerning public procurement.

Skule Bakka is a spesialist in contract and construction law. He assists clients in all phases of contract execution, including contract drafting and negotiations, project implementation and final settlements. Skule has extensive industrial experience and industry understandings from his previous positions as legal director at Caverion Norway AS and lawyer at Siemens Oil & Gas. He has very good knowledge of the mechanisms and value chain in larger companies and has extensive experience as a commercial and strategic advisor and sparring partner. Skule also has extensive experience with fabrication, industrial and delivery contracts, both within offshore and land-based operations. Furthermore, he has broad experience in several other legal fields, such as M&A, compliance and privacy.

Solfrid Aga specialises in construction law, public procurement and general contract law. She holds extensive experience in assisting on large construction projects within transport and infrastructure, including the development of PPP contracts and other construction contracts, as well as ongoing advice and dispute handling. Solfrid holds extensive experience assisting public clients in infrastructure, having worked for Sporveien Oslo AS and Statnett SF. With her industry insight and project experience, Solfrid sees the client’s needs and focuses on offering legal advice that is commercially viable.

Thomas Andreassen leads our advisory team for the fisheries and aquaculture industry. He works with regulatory issues, contracts, disputes and transactions for players in several parts of the value chain in these industries. Thomas is known for providing cutting-edge commercial and strategic advice for increased value creation for his clients. He is professionally recognized in fisheries and aquaculture law and is ranked in both Kapital Jus/Finansavisen’s rankings and in Legal 500.

Thomas J. Fjell provides legal and strategic advice in relation to acquisitions, mergers, de-mergers and capital market transactions. He also has extensive experience with Norwegian and international financing and financial restructuring, which require both legal and financial expertise. In addition to his many years of practicing as a commercial lawyer, he has held a number of managerial positions in business, which included him being in charge of major restructuring processes.

Thorkil H. Aschehoug focuses on individual and collective employment law, discrimination law, freedom of expression, criminal law, as well as litigation and arbitration. He has experience from the lawmaker and supervision perspective from serving in the Legal Department of the Norwegian Labour Inspection Authority and from the employee side as a lawyer to various trade unions belonging to the Confederation of Vocational Unions (YS).