Advokatfirmaet Haavind AS

Dispute resolutionPublic procurementEU/EEA and competitionTaxes and dutiesConstruction and offshore

Partner Goud Fjellheim specialises in litigation, public procurement and contractual law and is well-known for his unique expertise in these areas. He has vast experience from the office of the Attorney General for Civil Affairs and has been admitted to the bar of the Supreme Court since 2007. He counts among his clients many of Norway’s state entities, including the Government, Tax Authority and the Complaints Board.

To date, Partner Fjellheim has litigated more than 220 cases in a wide variety of legal areas, particularly within the fields of public procurement, contracts and tax. He has argued 12 cases before the Norwegian Supreme Court and 2 cases before the EFTA-court.

He has extensive experience from advising on all stages of a procurement process, including the procedure for preliminary injunction and damages for positive and negative contractual interest. He also has significant experience advising on contractual issues and he litigates contract disputes and tax matters before all instances of the courts of law. Among recent highlights, he is representing the Norwegian Government in an IT-contract dispute which is by far the biggest such dispute brought before the Norwegian courts to date, with a total disputed amount of NOK 510 million.

2013 -

Advokatfirmaet Haavind

2001 - 2013

Office of the Attorney General

2000 Cand.jur, UiO