About

Working in the legal team for one of Norway’s biggest companies, Norsk Hydro, since 1998, Anne-Lene Midseim is a highly respected figure in Norway’s in-house legal community. The global aluminium company is active throughout the value chain from bauxite, alumina and energy generation to the production of primary aluminium and rolled products as well as recycling. It employs over 13,000 people in over 40 countries and earns close to $10bn in annual revenues. In 2017, Midseim worked on Hydro’s acquisition of Orkla’s 50% stake in Sapa to give them full ownership in a deal worth NOK 27bn. Midseim was already a member of the board of directors at Sapa a position she still maintains for the company that earns around NOK 55bn annually. Because of her wealth of knowledge and expertise, between 2006 and 2007 Midseim was legal adviser to Norway’s Minister of Petroleum for the Norwegian Oil for Development project. Before joining Hydro, she enjoyed a successful two year spell at the law firm Vogt & Co from 1996 to 1998. Immediately prior that Midseim was an executive officer Norwegian Ministry of Oil and Energy for two years.