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Norman Hansen Meyer
Partner
Norman is a partner in our shipping, offshore and oil services team and has extensive experience with a variety of charter parties, service contracts, management agreements, ship building contracts and EPC(I) contracts for the shipping, offshore and maritime industries. He has been involved in a large number of ship building and offshore construction projects world-wide and is also experienced with sale & purchase of ships, sale- and leaseback and various other forms of shipping transactions. He also advises on marine insurance, transport law and logistics.
Norman has worked with shipping and offshore in Singapore and Australia and has significant international experience. In his role as a trusted advisor to several ship owners, charterers and yards, and by having been seconded to a large owner of FPSOs and a major operator of dry bulk vessels earlier in his career, Norman has gained a thorough and wide-ranging understanding of the industry. He is an external examiner at the University of Oslo covering maritime law and offshore construction contracts, and he also lectures at the Scandinavian Institute of Maritime Law.
Norman has been a lawyer since 2007 and has previous work experience from other corporate law firms and from Nordisk Defence Club (a mutual insurance club). He is a graduate from the University of Oslo (Master of Laws) and University of Oxford (Magister Juris).
Rankings
2019 - 2023
Recommended for Maritime Law and Shipbuilding and Offshore Construction - Legal5002021 - 2023
Recommended Lawyer, Transport – Shipping - Who's Who Legal
Education
2007
Magister Juris (LL.M.), University of Oxford2006
Master of Laws, University of Oslo2000
Officers' training school, Royal Norwegian Army
Publications
2021
Chambers Global Practice Guides - Shipping (Norway)2020
Getting the Deal Through - Shipbuilding (Norway)2019
Construction Projects from beginning to end (co-author)2006
Cargo Insurance on Norwegian terms - Cover against War Risks (Marius 342/2006)
Quotes from others
"Relevant expertise, availability, customer orientation - all qualities of Norman Hansen Meyer."
Legal 500 "Norman Hansen Meyer is dedicated, solution oriented and available, and especially experienced in charter contracts."
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