Lawyers

Lars Erik Steinkjer

Lars Erik Steinkjer

Wikborg Rein, Norway

Work Department

Technology and Digitalization

Position

Lars Erik is head of the firm's Technology and Digitalisation group. He has a degree in law from the University of Bergen in 2004 and obtained his PhD at the same place in 2010. Lars Erik has extensive experience assisting clients in intellectual property rights (IPR) matters, including advice on securing, licensing and enforcing intellectual property rights. Lars Erik assists our clients with strategic advice, drafting and negotiation of agreements. He has been involved in a number of major disputes related to the enforcement of intellectual property rights and assists both international and domestic companies before the Norwegian courts. Lars Erik is a board member and vice-chair of NIR (the Norwegian Association for the Protection of Industrial Property) and the Norwegian AIPPI board.

Career

2022 - Partner, Wikborg Rein, Oslo 2019 - 2022 Legal Counsel, PGS 2017 - 2019 Specialist Counsel, Wikborg Rein, Oslo 2015 - 2017 Senior Lawyer, Wikborg Rein, Oslo 2011 - 2014 Senior Associate, Wikborg Rein, Oslo 2010 - 2011 Associate, Wikborg Rein, Oslo 2010 Associate, Wikborg Rein, Bergen 2009 Lecturer, The Faculty of Law, University of Bergen 2005 - 2009 Scholarship holder, The Faculty of Law, University of Bergen 1998 - 1999 Kvartermester og instruktør, Lett Missil Bateri, Trondenes Øvingsavdeling

Education

2011 Practising certificate 2010 Doctoral dissertation in Law (PhD), University of Bergen 2004 Cand.jur., University of Bergen 1997 - 1998 Officers' training school, coast artillery

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