Wiersholm

Litigation and Dispute Resolution, Capital Markets, Company Law, Restructuring and Insolvency, Contract Law

Partner Olav Fr. Perland works mainly with dispute resolution and providing advisory services in company, securities and contract law. He has particular experience with liability cases, including directors’ liability, professional liability and liability for misrepresentation. Perland is the head of and a lecturer in the subjects "Company Law 2 – Transactions, Stock Exchange and Securities Law" in the master study of business and economics and "Securities Law" in the bachelor study of finance, both at BI Norwegian Business School. He is also the author of several articles on his areas of practice. Olav Fr. Perland has a Ph.D from the University of Bergen with the thesis ”Manager/underwriter liability – Investment firms’ liability in connection with placement of shares”.

Partner at Wiersholm since 2008 Doctoral Scholar, BI Norwegian Business School, 2003-2007 Joined Wiersholm in 1999 Deputy Judge, Oslo City Court, 1997 Lawyer, Thommessen Krefting Greve Lund AS, 1996-1999

Ph.D, University of Bergen, 2009 Cand. jur., University of Oslo, 1995