About

Frode Berg is the chief legal officer for Norwegian Air Shuttle, Europe’s third largest low-cost airline and the sixth largest lowcost airline in the world. Berg and the rest of the legal department has been key to the airline’s growth and global status. Listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange and with almost 6,000 employees based in Europe, Asia and the US, Berg has had to encapsulate a wide range of technical legal knowledge. Faced with challenges from competing airlines, Norwegian Air Shuttle embarked on a strategy to buy more than 200 new fuel-efficient jets, making it more financially flexible and a resilient player in the market. Berg has given legal guidance and led major negotiations and decision making across the board. Coming from a 16 year tenure in private practice at law firm Simonsen Vogt Wiig, Berg boasts extensive experience on advising a number of cases within the shipping, off shore, oil and gas sectors with a business-savvy mind-set.