Wikborg Rein

Compliance and Crisis Management

Elisabeth is head of the firm's ESG, Compliance and Crisis Management team. She was previously partner and head of the Fraud Investigation & Dispute Services team at EY Norway (2011-2016). Elisabeth was also senior public prosecutor with Økokrim, responsible for investigation and prosecution of various large and complex economic crime cases. She has extensive experience in both pleading and prosecuting cases before Norwegian courts, including several Økokrim cases before the Norwegian Supreme Court. Her main areas of practice include:

- Corporate compliance in particular anti-corruption, anti-money-laundering, responsible business conduct and human rights and international sanctions and trade control

- Private investigations and crisis management for both national and international companies

- Criminal law, in particular economic crime and corporate criminal liability

2019- Partner, Wikborg Rein, Oslo 2016-2019 Specialist Counsel, Wikborg Rein, Oslo 2011-2016 Partner/Lawyer, EY (Ernst & Young AS), Oslo 2002-2011 Senior Prosecutor, Økokrim, Oslo 2007-2008 Director Investigation, The Norwegian Competition Authority, Bergen 2000-2002 Head of Legal, The Norwegian Competition Authority, Oslo 1996-2000 Lawyer, Orkla ASA, Oslo 1995-1996 Lawyer, Hafslund Nycomed ASA, Oslo 1990-1995 Lawyer, Wiersholm, Oslo 1989-1990 Deputy Judge, Nedre Romerike County Court, Lillestrøm 1988-1989 Visiting Lawyer, Blake, Cassels & Graydon, Toronto, Canada

Member, The Norwegian Bar Association's Human Rights committee

1988 Cand. Jur, University of Oslo 1987 Diploma in EU law, College of Europe, Bruges, Belgium