Fredrik Ellingsen heads up the ‘strong’ disputes practice at Selmer, which has a full-service disputes offering across the full spectrum of contentious mandates. Carl Roberts attracts praise for his ‘high quality and to-the-point legal advice’ in contractual and procedural disputes; Christian Steen Eriksen takes point on disputes in the oil and gas industry, and Ole Christian Borge handles regulatory mandates. Anders Flaatin Wilhelmsen joined the team from the Attorney General’s Office in August 2022, arriving alongside Henning Wahlen; Wilhelmsen has a noted specialty in tax and IP disputes, while Wahlen has experience handling board member liability cases.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘The lawyers familiarise themselves with the case. Both legally and technically. We are very satisfied!’

  • ‘The Selmer team have handled complex disputes brilliantly.'

  • 'The team has been creative, solution oriented, very engaged and always available to assist.’
  • ‘The entire Selmer team is very service minded, professional and nice to work with. They do their utmost to solve the matters assigned to them.’

  • ‘I have valued that the Selmer team members are easy and pleasant to cooperate with, and that they are good at internal cooperation by utilising their subject matter experts in cases when needed. ’

  • ‘Carl Roberts provides high quality and to-the-point legal advice in a responsive manner, always with a commercial and practical mindset.’

  • ‘Has some of the best trial lawyers in the country .’

  • ‘Fredrik Ellingsen is one of the best trial lawyers in the country. He has an outstanding presence in court and a deep understanding of the law.’

Key clients

  • Norwegian Marine Insurance
  • Fjord1
  • Borregaard
  • Daimler
  • Scandic Hotels
  • Snøbyen
  • Con-Form
  • Brødrene Dahl
  • Varian Medical Systems
  • Tinde Energi
  • Nor Tekstil
  • M-Å Holding
  • Samato
  • Advania

Lawyers

Next Generation Partners
Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Fredrik Ellingsen

Other key lawyers

Carl Roberts, Christian Steen Eriksen, Ole Christian Borge, Anders Flaatin Wilhelmsen, Henning Wahlen