Per M. Ristvedt

Per M. Ristvedt is the firm's Managing Partner. He is based in the Oslo office. His main field of practice is litigation and dispute resolution, corporate finance, including stock exchange and securities legislation, contracts, real estate and matters relating to maritime law. Mr Ristvedt is considered as a "Highly recommended lawyer" by PLC Which Lawyer? Yearbook. Furthermore, recommended by both Chambers and Partners and Legal 500. In addition to achieving a Cand.jur. degree in 1991, Ristvedt has taken a specialisation exam at School of Law at the University of North Dakota, USA, completed the "Program of Instruction for Lawyers" (Negotiation and Mediation) at Harvard Law School, USA. In 2002 he was admitted to the Norwegian Supreme Court. He has served as Assistant Researcher and Lecturer at the Scandinavian Institute of Maritime Law at the University of Oslo 1990 – 1991, and as Deputy Judge in 1993.

Ristvedt joined Wikborg Rein in 1991, practising in Norway, and for three years in Japan, where he was head of Wikborg Rein's office in Kobe, as well as being the Norwegian Consul General for Kobe/Osaka. Ristvedt has been a partner since 2000, and has published several legal articles on various subjects. He has also written the book "The Lawyer as a Negotiator in civil disputes and commercial transactions" which was published in 2003 and "Alternative Dispute Resolution", which was published in 2008.

Curriculum Vitae

Relevant experience:

• Extensive experience from litigation, within the areas real estate, company law, stock exchange and securities legislation, as well as real estate and maritime law
• Participation in several major acquisitions both in Norway and abroad
• Negotiation experience from several countries in Europe and Asia, as well as USA

Work experience:

• 2000- Partner, Wikborg Rein, Oslo (Managing Partner 2003-)
• 1997-2000 Japan Representative, Wikborg Rein, Kobe, Japan and Consul-General, Kobe/Osaka, Japan
• 1994-1997 Senior Associate, Wikborg Rein, Oslo
• 1994 Trainee, Ince & Co., London
• 1993 Deputy judge, Sandefjord
• 1991-1993 Associate, Wikborg Rein, Oslo
  

Publications:

• "The Information liability judgement - a new legal situation for insurance companies claims", Norwegian Law Review 2008
• "The Civil Dispute Act from the Lawyers Perspective", Tidsskrift for forretningsjus (Norwegian Business Law Review) 2008
• "Alternative Dispute Resolution", Cappelen Akademisk Forlag 2008
• "The ambition level and its importance in negotiation", Tidsskrift for Forretningsjus (Norwegian Business Law Review) 2006
• "The Arbitration Act and Business disputes", Tidsskrift for Forretningsjus (Norwegian Business Law Review) 2005
• "Voldgiftsloven og tvister i Forretningsforhold", Tidsskrift for Forretningsjus 2005
• "The Lawyer as a Negotiator in Civil Disputes and Commercial Transactions", Cappelen Akademisk Forlag 2003
• "The consequences of the Norwegian Supreme Court's first decision regarding the Sale of Property Act, section 3-9", Norwegian Law Review 2003
• "Sikkerhetsstillelse etter tvistemålslovens § 182", (Norwegian) ("Security of costs in civil cases"), Norwegian Law Review, 1997
• "Forliksavtalers gyldighet" (Norwegian) ("The validity of settlement agreements"), Tidsskrift for Forretningsjus (Norwegian Business Law Review) 1996
• "Overføring av skip til Norsk Internationalt Skipsregister" ("Transferal of vessels to the Norwegian International Ship Register"), Marius 1991
  

Directorships:

• Chairman, Pareto Securities AS
• Member of the Board of the Norwegian Bar Association
• Managing Partner in Wikborg Rein
• Leader of the Litigation and Dispute Resolution Group in Wikborg Rein

Education:

• 2002 Admitted to the Norwegian Supreme Court
• Program of Instruction for Lawyers (Negotiation) and research stay, Harvard Law School, USA (June and December 2002 and June 2004)
• 1991 Cand. jur., University of Oslo
• 1990-1991 Assistant Researcher and Lecturer, Scandinavian Institute of Maritime Law, University of Oslo
• 1989 Specialisation exam, School of Law, University of North Dakota, USA