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Advokatfirmaet Føyen AS

Client Satisfaction

Acting for leading IT companies, suppliers and purchasers, Advokatfirmaet Føyen AS stands out for its ‘best-in-class’ IT contracts team. Under the leadership of Lars Folkvard Giske, the team also advises on large IT transactions as well as contentious mandates. Jostein Ramse handles contract negotiations and privacy regulations, while Knut Glad takes point on disputes. Knut Fiane handles IT contracts, outsourcings, and cloud agreements, and is praised for his ‘great operational understanding’. Vebjørn Søndersrød joined the team in May 2023 from Ræder Bing, strengthening its data protection, marketing, and GDPR offering. The team is supported by a strong group of associates, including Kirill Miazine, Fredrik Hartvoll Jarbo and Beatrice Ignacius.

Legal 500 Editorial commentary

Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

‘Excellent knowledge about the market, gives pragmatic, straightforward advice, good sense of risks, super nice to work with and takes great care.’
‘Best in class IT contracts team, which have very quickly gotten up to speed on industry-specific aspects.’
‘Beatrice Ignacius - excellent lawyer with great communication skills.’
'They give great advice and do their best to take down the risks when they uncover potential threats. They have a great understanding of both private and government-run operations.’
‘Knut Fiane: Resourceful, takes advantage of the strength of their entire team and practice. Great people skills and can set himself in the position of both the client and the opposite side. Fast thinker and profound knowledge when it comes to strategic thinking and contracts.'
'Jostein Ramse stands out by always being very thorough in his work combined with being speedy in his responses. He is very good at complex services/consulting contracts, specifically knowledgeable within agile contracting.’
‘Good area and industry knowledge. Good contacts.’
‘Knut Fiane is our go-to for all contract work and strategy where we need a second opinion, drafting of completely new contract sets or negotiation support. He not only excellently balances legal and commercial considerations, but has great operational understanding. His associate Fredrik Hartvoll Jarbo shows great promise and is great to work with.’

Key clients

Google LLC and Alphabet LLC
Accenture AS
Ekornes AS
Kernel AS
Statens Vegvesen, Vegdirektoratet (the Norwegian Roads Administration)
Nordic Semiconductor ASA
KLP
DIPS AS
Itera Norge AS
Jotun AS
ICT Norway
Chili Mobil AS
Bouvet Norge AS
Avinor Flysikring
OneCo Telecom AS and OneCo Network AS
Indigo IKS (Hedmark IKT) / Hamar kommune
Movar IKS
Bitastad
Dibber AS
Link Mobility AS
Strawberry (Nordic Choice Hotels)
Norwegian Nuclear Decommissioning (NND)
Swedish Match Norge AS
Stokke AS
Power Norge AS
LOfavør AS
Whitelake Software Point OY
NorgesNett AS

Work highlights

Assisting Google Norway and Google LLC with IT, IP, compliance, and telecoms matters, as well as with data protection issues, such as the ‘right to be forgotten’.
Assisting Strawberry Hotels AS (formerly known as Nordic Choice Hotels AS) with issues arising from the high-profile Conti-virus ransomware attack.
Assisting Statens Vegvesen (Norwegian Public Roads Administration) with the implementation of the new systems for toll collection, including liaising with suppliers and other issues arising from the project.