Advokatfirmaet Haavind AS

Renewable Energy

Partner Jøran Sandvik is one of Norway’s foremost experts in renewable energy and energy transactions, with more than 20 years of experience in these fields, including from the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy. His public and private practice has given him leading regulatory expertise, both within hydropower and wind power, and grid-issues, rendering him a key adviser in both project development and transactions.

His practice covers all areas of the electricity sector, including power generation, network operations and power sales, and he has gained an exceptional amount of experience from some of the largest hydropower and wind farm projects carried out in Norway.

Among Norway’s most respected legal practitioners, Sandvik is a trusted adviser to many notable domestic and international clients, and he has worked for several of the largest power companies, energy-intensive industrial companies, and investment firms, both Norwegian and international. Clients have particularly praised his expertise in regulatory issues of the renewable energy sector and the thoroughness of his understanding of the issues facing projects in the sector.

2015- Advokatfirmaet Haavind

2004-2015 Advokatfirmaet Wiersholm

2001-2004 Ministry of Petroleum and Energy

Norwegian, English

2000 University of Bergen (Cand. jur.)