SANDS‘ ’ highly skilled team’ provides advice to private suppliers on the full range of public procurement matters, with a particular focus on the healthcare sector. The team is led by Åshild Fløisand, who has ‘great understanding of both public procurement and the waste industry’, and Kjersti Holum Karlstrøm, who has extensive experience in procedural and dispute resolution matters. At associate level, Eirik Vikan Rise has litigated several procurement cases before the courts, while Lars Sørensen regularly advises on public procurement mandates for both suppliers and contracting authorities.
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Testimonials
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- ‘SANDS’ procurement team displays an unmatched commercial understanding of our business, and the challenges that we face when tendering for public contracts or the complaint about public procurements taking into account our role as a central adviser in our sector.'
- ‘Above all, this team embodies a wealth of expertise and experience. Their diverse perspectives enhance our problem-solving capabilities and guarantee that we tackle our legal matters and challenges with a unique and innovative outlook.’
- ‘A highly skilled team, always quick responses, great standard of work, expert knowledge in our line of business.'
- ‘Åshild Fløisand (Partner): Highly skillful, respected in her field, quick, great understanding of both public procurement and the waste industry which is useful for us.'
- ‘We have worked with SANDS for many years and know their practice very well. It is our opinion that they have unique expertise in the procurement field. They always take a business approach to legal issues. Our experience is that the team is solution-oriented and to-the-point.'
- ‘The procurement team is led by partner Åshild Fløisand who is a very experienced lawyer with a key understanding of our commercial position in the market. She is extremely knowledgeable in public procurement law and practices and not afraid of fighting tricky cases. She provides high-quality advice, and it is our impression that she is genuinely engaged in her clients and cases.'
- ‘Our firm has been assisted by other large Norwegian law firms in the past, but in SANDS we have truly found THE trusted adviser for our business, especially within public procurement.'
Key clients
- Helse Stavanger HF
- Innovasjon Norge
- HS Bygg AS
- PEAB Group
- Haugesund kommune
- Midtkraft Nett AS
- Perpetuum Group
- Bedriftssystemer AS
- Helse Bergen HF
- Rambøll Norway
- Tromsø Taxi AS
- Stein Sørensen Persontransport Din Taxi AS
- Foxway Group
- Bardu kommune
Work highlights
- Represented Perpetuum Miljø AS in the Supreme Court in a high-profile procurement dispute.
- Advised Innovasjon Norge and its Nordic partners on the joint procurement of a turnkey contract to be delivered to the World EXPO in Osaka, Japan, in 2025.
- Acted for Bedriftssystemer AS in complex litigation concerning a procurement carried out by a group of several municipalities.
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Åshild Fløisand, Kjersti Holum Karlstrøm