Study groups

Thomas Nordby, Johanne Førde and Tore Fjørtoft are responsible for our study group in Forvaltningsrett og EØS-rett (Administrative Law and EEA Law). Thomas Nordby is admitted to the Supreme Court and has also litigated several cases before the EU- and EFTA court. He is specialised within competition law, public procurement, energy law and holds wide experience with public regulations. Johanne Førde is also an up-and-coming expert on EEA-law. Tore Fjørtoft has in-depth expertise in administrative law and holds a doctorate from UiO. He has specialised in business law disciplines, such as company law, contract law, tort law, property law, restructuring and insolvency law and EU/EEA law.

Andreas Johansen, Christopher Huitfeldt and Anders Ødegård are responsible for our study group in Formuerett I (Law of Obligations). They are all lawyers in our litigation department, and has extensive knowledge and experience from commercial disputes concerning contracts and obligations.

Erlend Haaskjold is responsible for our new study group in Formuerett II. Erlend Haaskjold is a partner in Schjødt litigation department. He was admitted to the Supreme Court in 2003, and has extensive experience in all forms of dispute resolution. He has for many years been teaching at the Faculty of Law in Oslo and has authored several textbooks.

Thomas Horn and Halvard Helle are responsible for the study group Straff og prosess (Civil Procedure, Criminal Procedure and Criminal law). Both are admitted to the Supreme Court, and work in Schjødt's litigation department. Halvard Helle has been a defense lawyer appointed by the Supreme Court ("fast forsvarer for Høyesterett") and chairs the Norwegian Bar Association's Committee on Criminal Justice and Criminal Procedure. Thomas Horn holds a doctorate in Criminal Procedure and Human Rights from UiO, has been a member of the Bar Association's Committee on Criminal Justice and Criminal Procedure, and has extensive teaching experience in the area.

Egil Horstad, Jan Kristoffer Høiland, Siri Nyhus Kolbjørnsen and Sjur Løbø Solhaug are responsible for the study group in Obligasjonsrett (Law of obligations). Egil Horstad is admitted to the Supreme Court and works with dispute resolution, restructuring and insolvency, contract law and generational shifts. Egil is appointed permanent administrator for bankruptcy estates by and for Hordaland district courts. Egil is also an experienced board chairman. He has for more than two decades been an external examiner, teaching supervisor and lecturer at the University of Bergen and other educational institutions. Jan Kristoffer Høiland specializes in Norwegian and EU competition Law and has several years of experience from the Norwegian Competition Authority. He has also previously worked as an external examiner. Siri Nyhus Kolbjørnsen works with dispute resolution and has many years of experience from the courts. She has worked several years in Norwegian courts, both as a deputy judge in Hordaland District Court, and as a law clerk in Gulating Appeal Court. Sjur Løbø Solhaug specializes in dispute resolution and frequently acts as counsel in both litigation and arbitration cases concerning regulatory matters, corporate law matters and contract law matters. Sjur has worked with many disputes regarding contract law matters.

Egil Horstad and Thomas A. Dale are responsible for the study group in Allmenn Formuerett (Property Law). Egil Horstad is admitted to the Supreme Court and works with dispute resolution, restructuring and insolvency, contract law and generational shifts. Egil is appointed permanent administrator for bankruptcy estates by and for Hordaland district courts and has been the administrator of several major bankruptcy estates. In addition, he has experience with assisting companies, banks and other creditors in major restructuring operations. Egil is also an experienced board chairman. He has for more than two decades been an external examiner, teaching supervisor and lecturer at the University of Bergen and other educational institutions. Thomas A. Dale has extensive experience with international cross- border financing, such as ships/rigs/offshore vessels, offshore activities, oil service, shipyards, real estate and other projects, assets and businesses. His work includes structuring of loan transactions, drafting and negotiating contracts, hereunder loan and security documentation, for bilateral as well as syndicated financing (including export financing), primarily for the banks.