TMT
Advokatfirmaet Thommessen AS
The ‘practical, hands-on and experienced’ team at Advokatfirmaet Thommessen AS provides a market-leading offering with demonstrable strength and depth across several TMT areas, including the tech industry and data protection work. IT sourcing contracts and digital transformation projects feature prominently in the team’s workload, acting primarily for customer-side clients in the private sector. Christopher Sparre-Enger Clausen oversees the team and acts on a broad range of tech and data-related matters, including outsourcing, cloud services, and regulatory compliance work. Espen Werring focuses on digitisation matters, while Eirik W Raanes and Camilla Vislie are the key names for contentious IP mandates. At associate level, Nikolai Rekman and Kjetil Rikardsen handle IT sourcing and tech contracts, while Stian Karlsen is recommended for advisory services.
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Testimonials
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‘The team is practical, hands-on and experienced.’
‘I think Christopher Clausen is really impressive.’
‘The team knows the business and industry, and they are easy to work with.’
‘Ane Lerheim Mossige has an incisive and pragmatic edge.'
‘Very good knowledge about market practice and excellent legal skills.’
‘Highly qualified, very good business understanding and excellent profile within the industry/sector.’
‘The best firm in Norway based on their many years of experience. They have broad experience with technology contracts and have specific advice to avoid pitfalls in the types of contracts.’
‘Very responsible and competent resource. Stian Karlsen is easy to work with, very professional with regard to advising us and extremely fast, providing what he promises to do.’
Key clients
- Microsoft Corporation (including its Norwegian subsidiary, Microsoft Norge AS)
- Samsung Electronics AB
- AutoStore AS
- Kahoot! AS
- Nordea
- Otovo AS
- Eika Gruppen
- Elvia AS
- Zalaris ASA
- Casi AS
- Storebrand
- Varner AS
- PatientSky Group AS
- Dr. Dropin
- Sparebank1 Gruppen
- NHST Media Group AS (Dagens Næringsliv)
- NomVec AS
- Circle K Norge
- Å Insite AS (formerly Glitre Energiløsninger)
- Lyse Energi AS including its subsidiaries Altibox and Smartly
- Diakonhjemmet Sykehus
- The Norwegian Shipowners' Mutual War Risk Insurance Association
- Telenor Maritime AS
- Vestland Fylkeskommune
- Wilh. Wilhelmsen Holding ASA
- Bolt Technology/Bolt Norway
- Aksio InsureTech AS
Work highlights
- Advised Nordea on the procurement of services and software to replace its existing core system with a new core system, and adjacent services.
- Advised AutoStore on a wide range of legal and strategic matters, including contracts, IP matters and data protection.
- Advised Circle K in connection with its joint venture with Schibsted relating to Elton car charging app.
Lawyers
Rising stars
Leading individuals
Christopher Sparre-Enger Clausen
Advokatfirmaet Thommessen ASPartner. Christopher heads Thommessen’s Technology and Data Protection practice group and specialises within M&A, technology and data protection law. He has extensive experience from both domestic and international M&A and IT-projects, and regularly provide clients with legal and strategic advise within a broad range of areas relating to digitalisation and technology, such as data protection, cybersecurity, outsourcing, licensing, cloud computing, software development, as well as IP and regulatory matters pertaining to IT and telecommunications.
Espen is a trusted adviser to organizations developing and implementing their mission-critical digitization strategies. He typically advice the largest organizations in the private sector with their sourcing of services within development, transformation, maintenance and operation of business-critical IT and business processes. He is ranked as one of Norway's leading lawyers within this field in national and international directories.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Christopher Sparre-Enger Clausen