Wikborg Rein

Wegard Kyoo Bergli

Wegard's practice includes IT/technology and data protection. Wegard also works with marketing law and consumer rights and cyber security. Wegard's practice related to data protection includes transfers of personal data to countries outside the EU/EEA, use of customer data for purposes related to marketing and analytics and use of cookies. He also has extensive experience on M&A-related matters within data protection and technology. Wegard also works with matters related to software, including open source and end-user licence agreements. He assists clients with regulatory related to the internet, e-commerence and consumer law. He has also experience assisting clients on the relationship between Chinese data protection law (PIPL) and the GDPR. Wegard is ranked as a "Rising star" in Legal 500 within the category technology, media and telecom (TMT). Wegard also has experience as an external examiner for master theses and courses in privacy and data protection from universities.

Isak Mendoza

Isak specialises in IT contracts and related regulatory fields. He works on larger and medium-sized IT projects and IT procurements, including drafting and negotiation of outsourcing contracts, cloud service agreements, various XaaS contracts, operational services agreements, and development contracts. He also provides advice in related areas such as data rights, security, AI, marketing law, e-commerce, and telecommunications. Isak also has experience with general and specific compliance projects related to GDPR and other regulatory fields, as well as tech M&A. Isak has been ranked as a Rising Star by Legal500 (2021-2024) and is described as having ‘extensive legal knowledge,’ a ‘great understanding of technology,’ and ‘excellent negotiation skills.’ He has also been highlighted as a Promising Talent in the lawyer survey conducted by the Norwegian business newspaper "Finansavisen". Isak graduated from the University of Oslo, where he worked as a research assistant at the Department of Private Law during his final year. He wrote his thesis on automated decisions, which was later published in ‘EU: Internet Law: Regulation and Enforcement’ (Springer 2017). Isak regularly serves as a supervisor and examiner for master theses. In 2019, he participated in a summer school on IT law at Cambridge.

Rolf Riisnæs

Rolf's expertise are within IT-contracts and IT-procurements, data protection/privacy, information security, e-id, electronic signature, e-business and data sharing issues. Rolf has expert knowledge of the application of all Government's Standard Terms and Conditions for IT Procurement (SSA) which are the most frequently used standard IT-contracts in Norway even in the private sector. He assisted in drafting the new model cloud services agreements (SSA-sky) which were published in 2021 and in the overall update of the other SSAs in 2015. Riisnæs was appointed Dr. juris in 2006 for his thesis regarding digital certificates and certification services (PKI and electronic signatures). Rolf is credited by Chambers and Partners (Band 1) and Legal 500 (Leading Individuals) for TMT/Information Technology and is appointed among Thought Leaders – Data by Who's Who Legal.

Gry Hvidsten

Gry is a leading lawyer within data protection and digitalization. She is the Head of the firm's Data Protection practice. Her practice also includes assisting clients within IT-law/information security, e- privacy law and marketing law. Gry also works with large and complex projects in the intersection between data protection and legislation concerning the use of personal data within specific sectors such as finance and health. Gry holds a unique combination of in-depth professional knowledge and a commercial mindset. She has 20 years of experience working as a data protection specialist in the Legislation Department in the Ministry of Justice, in Norway’s largest company Equinor and as a long-standing business lawyer. She advises leading corporations within a variety of sectors, including large group companies, and public authorities on all aspects related to data protection compliance, including the procurement, implementation and development of new technology and new products and services, including necessary agreement to cover the sharing and transfer of personal data. Over the last years her focus has expanded to include larger and more complex projects related to digital business development and the use of new technologies. Gry has assisted several international corporations with the implementation of BCR (Binding Corporate Rules). She also assists clients on a regular basis in relation to handling security incidents and with handling technology transactions. She often works in close cooperation with other Wikborg Rein teams such as Commercial property, Financial regulatory, Risk and crisis management and with our firm’s office in Shanghai. With a passion for the intersection between technology, law and business development, Gry takes a particular interest in understanding the client's business and in working closely with clients to find effective and business-oriented solutions. She is a lecturer at Norwegian universities and a regular speaker at industry events. Gry is a member of the board of The Norwegian Association for Computers and Law (NFJE). She is also responsible for the Norwegian chapter in the International Comparative Legal Guide (ICLG) on Data Protection 2021. Gry received appreciation as Next Generation Partner in the latest Legal 500 ranking.

Hanna Beyer Olaussen

Hanna is head of the firm's specialist group for Intellectual Property law, Marketing law and IT-law practice group. As one of Norway's leading technology lawyers, she has extensive experience in these areas, and works with strategic advice, contracts, M&A, disputes and IT procurements. Hanna assists with the protection and commercialization of technology, including digital solutions. She assists in drafting and negotiating contracts, including technology transfer agreements, license agreements, collaboration agreements, research and development agreements, terms of use, service and consultancy agreements, distribution, and agent and franchise agreements. She assists clients in transactions with a focus on securing, protecting and evaluating technology investments, including assessing risk in IT solutions. Hanna also works with trademarks, domains, company names, trademarks, marketing law, know-how, trade secrets and employee inventions, where the practice also includes assistance in dispute resolution. Hanna is ranked in Legal 500 both within intellectual property law and TMT (technology, media and communication) and in Finansavisen's lawyer evaluation for "intellectual property law" and for "trade law".