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Knut Sverre Skurdal Andresen
Partner
Knut Sverre is Head of Schjødt's Dispute Resolution Department and works with litigation in the ordinary courts and with dispute resolution in international and national arbitration. He specialises in IP dispute resolution and works particularly with patent and other IP disputes concerning pharmaceutical, fishing, transportation, and offshore technology, in addition to having broad experience with disputes concerning various commercial law matters. He has been involved in some of the most significant patent and technology disputes before Norwegian courts in recent time. Knut Sverre also advises clients in cutting edge technology development projects and technology/IP M&A and is considered a preferred strategic advisor in commercial IP and licensing matters.
Knut Sverre is chairperson of the Norwegian Bar Association's law committee on IP and marketing law, board member of the Arbitration Institute of the Oslo Chamber of Commerce, and member of JUS' expert committee on patent, trademark and design law. Knut Sverre appears regularly as a seminar speaker and lecturer on various IP and civil procedural issues.
Rankings
2024
Next Generation Partner, Intellectual Property - Legal 5002024
Up and Coming, Intellectual Property - Chambers and Partners2021
Next Generation Partners, Recommended and Other key lawyer - Legal 5002020
Recommended - Legal 500: 'Knut Sverre Skurdal Andersen is analytical and provides well thought through advice. As a client, you can trust that he always has taken the full perspective and next step into account.‘2020
Knut Sverre Skurdal Andresen "thrives when untangling knotty disputes in the pharmaceutical sector", WTR 10002019
“Rising Star” - Managing Intellectual Property IP Stars2018
“Rising Star” - Managing Intellectual Property IP Stars
Education
2008
Master of Law, University of Oslo2001
Cambridge Syndicate Examination in Business Leadership, University of Cambridge
Publications
2020
Chambers Global Practice Guide: Patent Litigation Norway2020
The Legal 500 Intellectual Property Comparative Legal Guide Norway2019
Gyldendal Rettsdata, Commentary to the Norwegian Civil Procedure Act chapters 10, 20, 29, 30 and 312009
Obiter dicta as a source of law - a question of the role of the Courts of Justice. Changes in the Norwegian Supreme Court's argumentation in the time of internationalisation? Centre for European Law2009
EuroRett nr. 1 2008 – nr. 1. 2009, Centre for European Law/Lovdata
Quotes from others
"He is absolutely superb: easy to work with, strong, clear and always prepared."
Chambers & Partners