Lawyers

Rolf Riisnæs

Rolf Riisnæs

Wikborg Rein, Norway

Work Department

Information, Communication and Technolgy (ICT) Law, Intellectual Proerty, Data Protection, Procurement

Position

Rolf's expertise are within IT-contracts and IT-procurements, data protection/privacy, information security, e-id, electronic signature, e-business and data sharing issues. Rolf has expert knowledge of the application of all Government's Standard Terms and Conditions for IT Procurement (SSA) which are the most frequently used standard IT-contracts in Norway even in the private sector. He assisted in drafting the new model cloud services agreements (SSA-sky) which were published in 2021 and in the overall update of the other SSAs in 2015. Riisnæs was appointed Dr. juris in 2006 for his thesis regarding digital certificates and certification services (PKI and electronic signatures). Rolf is credited by Chambers and Partners (Band 1) and Legal 500 (Leading Individuals) for TMT/Information Technology and is appointed among Thought Leaders – Data by Who's Who Legal.

Career

2010- Partner, Wikborg Rein, Oslo 2007-2009 Senior Associate, Wikborg Rein, Oslo 2006 Associate, Wikborg Rein, Oslo 2000-2005 Researcher/Scholarship-holder for doctorate (part time) 1994-1999 Researcher, Norwegian Research Centre for Computers and Law (NRCCL), Faculty of Law, University of Oslo (part time) 1994-1999 Associate, Wikborg Rein, Oslo (part time) 1990-1993 Research Assistant, Norwegian Research Centre for Computers and Law (NRCCL), Faculty of Law, University of Oslo (part time) 1985-1987 Financial Secretary, Norsk AS Philips

Memberships

Norwegian Bar Association

Education

2007 Practising Certificate 2006 Dr. juris, University of Oslo 1993 Cand.jur., University of Oslo

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