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The legal team at Nortura – a Norwegian cooperative that is the country’s leading supplier of meat and eggs – is recognised for its contribution to a highly lucrative Norwegian business which accrued a revenue figure of NOK 23.5bn in 2017. General counsel Kjell Clement Ludvigsen was highlighted in 2017’s GC Powerlist: Norway due to his assistance on important transactions undertaken by the group in recent years, and his leadership of a compact legal department that has impressed nominators during this year’s research is noteworthy also. Central to the company’s legal concerns which have a strong ethical dimension; the team has been present whilst the company has seen fit to recently produce a range of its pork products with higher animal welfare standards than the minimum requirement in Norway. As a business that continuously assesses its internal structure, the legal team will be central to any reshaping of the company’s business in-line with its corporate strategy, which includes an improvement program set out for the years 2018-2020 that sets requirements for improved results so that Nortura can strengthen its competitive power and bottom line.