Insurance and dispute resolution boutique firm Advokatfirma Kogstad Lunde & Co ‘offers consistently sound and precise legal advice’ to domestic and international insurers and reinsurers across the whole gamut of insurance matters. Firm founder and practice head Trond Werner Lunde combines expertise in insurance and tort with a background in litigation, while fellow practice head Terje Marthinsen oversees the personal injury and employers’ liability team and the aviation and energy team. Seasoned litigator Per Kristian Lundkvist is singled out as a ’diligent and experienced lawyer’ and advises across a broad practice within insurance and tort law, while Karoline Stenberg specialises in professional liability issues, recourse claims and insurance fraud matters.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘Kogstad Lunde offers consistently sound and precise legal advice. The teams generally consist of very down-to-earth professionals.’

  • ‘You can always count on Terje Marthinsen and Per Kristian Lundkvist to address your problems with the utmost attention to detail, ensuring that you are quickly presented with possible solutions.’

  • ‘Kogstad Lunde & Co is one of the few law firms in Norway that offers comprehensive legal services to the insurance industry, specialising in insurance and compensation law, and one of the very best.’

  • ‘With his extensive legal expertise, analytical prowess, and pedagogical skills, Terje Marthinsen swiftly comprehends complex legal matters. On numerous occasions, he has represented us before the Supreme Court, significantly contributing to legal clarifications and the advancement of the law.’

  • ‘Experienced and very competent lawyers with good commercial understanding. Cost-effective and pleasant to work with. Knows the industry and its practice. Very good availability and hard working team who delivers at agreed time.’

  • ‘Trond Werner Lunde is a solid leader of the company and with his routine, great experience and vast knowledge of the industry he is a very good sparring partner on legal strategy in handling a case.’

  • ‘Per Kristian Lundkvist is a diligent and experienced lawyer within his field of expertise. He helps me navigate through hard and challenging legal matters. Terje Marthinsen is an excellent legal expert within tort law/insurance law.’

Key clients

  • Tryg Forsikring
  • Protector Forsikring
  • Gjensidige Forsikring
  • If
  • KLP
  • Sandefjord kommune
  • Alta kommune
  • Frende Skadeforsikring
  • Frende Livsforsikring
  • Stavanger kommune
  • Haugesund kommune
  • Fremtind Forsikring
  • The Norwegian Auditors’ Association
  • The Norwegian Government/Attorney General/The Norwegian Labour and Welfare Organisation
  • The Norwegian Government / The National Complaint|Board for Health Services
  • Eika
  • Pareto Forsikringsmegling AS
  • Jernbanepersonalets Bank og Forsikring
  • Knif Trygghet Forsikring
  • Byggmesterforsikring
  • Talgø MøreTre
  • Landkreditt Forsikring
  • Ly Forsikring
  • Faver AS
  • Drangedal kommune
  • HDI Speciality SE
  • Lillehammer kommune
  • Kennedys Law
  • Norsk Hussopp Forsikring
  • Ulstein kommune
  • Skien kommune
  • Senja kommune
  • Norsk Forsikring
  • Statens Pensjonskasse
  • Trafikkforsikringsforeningen (TFF)
  • Yrkesskadeforsikringsforeningen (YFF)
  • Talgø Invest AS
  • Lloyds, Brussels
  • Sedgwick
  • Azure law

Work highlights

  • Represented The Motor Insurers’ Bureau (TFF) and The Occupational injury Insurance Association (YFF) in a Supreme Court cross-border case.
  • Counsel for Tryg Insurance and an auditor in a NOK100m professional liability claim.
  • Representing Protector Insurance, who has both the building insurance and the liability insurance of the owner, in the Grenfell Tower Fire.

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Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Trond Werner Lunde, Terje Marthinsen

Other key lawyers

Per Kristian Lundkvist, Karoline Stenberg