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Tore Fjørtoft
Partner, PhD
Tore works in Schjødt's Industry department and is head of our Fisheries & Aquaculture group. He has specialised in typical business law disciplines, such as company law, contract law, tort law, property law, restructuring and insolvency law and EU/EEA law. In addition, Tore has in-depth expertise in administrative law and is particularly experienced with regulations regarding fisheries and aquaculture.
Tore holds a PhD in cooperative law and is regarded the leading national expert in this area. He has for several years lectured in company law at the Law Faculty in Oslo. His scientific publications are primarily within company law and cooperative law, but he has also published articles in other legal disciplines.
Tore has a long experience with drafting laws, both as a legal advisor at The Ministry of Justice, and as a leader and member of governmental law commissions. He also writes legal commentaries to four Norwegian acts for Rettsdata and Karnov, and delivers lectures on his legal specialities to both private and public bodies.
Tore holds a PhD in cooperative law and is regarded the leading national expert in this area. He has for several years lectured in company law at the Law Faculty in Oslo. His scientific publications are primarily within company law and cooperative law, but he has also published articles in other legal disciplines.
Tore has a long experience with drafting laws, both as a legal advisor at The Ministry of Justice, and as a leader and member of governmental law commissions. He also writes legal commentaries to four Norwegian acts for Rettsdata and Karnov, and delivers lectures on his legal specialities to both private and public bodies.
Rankings
2021
Recommended - Legal 5002020
Recommended - Legal 5002020
Leading Individual - Chambers and Partners Europe2019
His article "Licenses to Commercial Fisheries" was nominated for the prize "Best Journal Article", irrespective of scientific diciplines.2018
Chambers Europe, Tore Fjørtoft is a well-regarded practitioner in the "aquaculture and fisheries market". He frequently assists clients with transactional mandates as well as licensing topics.
Education
2013
PhD, University of Oslo1998
Cand. jur., University of Bergen
Publications
2021
The Norwegian Constitution § 101, in The Norwegian Constitution – with historical remarks 1814–2016, Fjørtoft, T.2019
Organisational law, in Knoph's overview on Norwegian Law, Fjørtoft, T.2018
Licenses to Commercial Fisheries, in Norwegian Business Journal, Wold Sund, E. and Fjørtoft, T.2014
Financial Rights of Members of Cooperatives, PhD-dissertation, Fjørtoft, T.2009
Cooperatives - the rules on economic issues, taxes and dues, Fjørtoft, T. and Gjems-Onstad, O.