Wikborg Rein

Litigation and Arbitration, Tax

Kaare Andreas is head of the firm's Industry, Dispute Resolution & Public Sector group. His practice encompasses dispute resolution and mediation, inter alia in tax and VAT cases, professional liability cases, company law cases as well as general contract law and tort law cases. Han is also an expert in administrative law issues and has handled various regulatory and environmental law cases, both vis a vis governmental bodies and in court proceedings. He is the former head of the Norwegian Bar Association law committee on administrative law issues, and he is currently sitting on the main board of directors of the Norwegian Bar Association. He has extensively pleaded cases before Norwegian courts at all levels, including a number of cases before the Norwegian Supreme Court, as well as ad hoc arbitration under the Norwegian Arbitration Act. In addition, he has experience as arbitrator under Norwegian law. Kaare Andreas has also extensive experience with international arbitration, including cases under the ICC Rules of Arbitration and the SCC Rules. He has successfully advised and/or represented a number of buyers of natural gas in price review disputes under Long Term Gas Sales Agreements. Kaare Andreas has also international experience in representing parties in post M&A disputes (both under share purchase agreements (SPA) and business combination agreements (BCA)) as well as parties in disputes under Shareholder Agreements. He regularly writes articles in relevant publications. He is also one of three authors of the book "Ærede rett. Kræsjkurs i sakførsel", which is a book about how court proceedings are conducted from start to end. Kaare Andreas is ranked in the category Dispute Resolution in Chambers Global and Chambers Europe as well as in Legal 500, where he also is recognised for his skills as tax litigator. "I think Kaare Andreas Shetelig is the top name in Norway" - Chambers Global 2023

2010- Partner, Wikborg Rein, Oslo 2004- Lecturer (hourly-work) in i.a. administrative law, tax law and civil proceedings, Faculty of law, University of Oslo 2003-2010 Attorney at Law, Office of the Attorney General (Civil Affairs), Oslo

2008 Master of Laws (LLM) in Corporate Governance and Practice, Stanford University, California 2007 Admitted to the Norwegian Supreme Court 2004 Bachelor of Business and Administration, Norwegian School of Management (BI), Oslo 2003 Cand.jur., University of Oslo 1996 Officers Candidate School, The Navy