Ingrid Austjore Valseth

Ingrid Austjore Valseth is an associate in the Financial Regulatory and Asset Management department at Schjødt, where she advises on a broad range of financial regulatory matters affecting domestic and international clients. Her practice focuses on regulatory compliance under Norwegian and EU/EEA frameworks, including licensing processes, passporting, governance requirements, AML/CFT, conduct of business rules, and ongoing supervisory dialogue. She regularly assists with cross-border transactions, customer and distribution agreements, product structuring and development, establishment and wind-down of regulated entities, and comprehensive legal due diligence. Ingrid also provides strategic advice on jurisdictional assessments and regulatory perimeter analyses.

She has extensive experience working with fintech companies, investment firms, fund managers, insurance undertakings, payment institutions, crypto-asset service providers, and financial intermediaries. Her work spans implementation of regulatory change, internal control frameworks, risk assessments, outsourcing arrangements, and interaction with supervisory authorities.

Ingrid joined Schjødt in 2023 after completing her Master of Laws at the University of Bergen and her Bachelor of Laws at the University of Agder. Next to her law firm practice, she has undertaken secondments within the insurance, fintech, and crypto-asset sectors, serving as Head of Compliance for several prominent market participants. In these roles, she has been responsible for regulatory reporting, policy development, compliance monitoring programmes, and ensuring alignment with evolving regulatory standards across multiple areas of the financial market.