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All Conferences and Lectures

CONTRACT DRAFTING AND INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION, Vienna International Arbitration Centre, Vienna, 9 December 2024

 

 

ENFORCEMENT OF ARBITRAL AWARDS: UNIVERSALISM OR EXCEPTIONALISM? Université Paris Cité, Paris, 18 November 2024

 

PARTY AUTONOMY IN ARBITRATION, Union Internationale des Advocats (UIA), Paris, November 2024

 

PANELDEBATT – BØR VI FÅ FLERE KOMMERSIELLE TVISTER FOR DOMSTOLENE?, Firmadagen, Norwegian Bar Association, Oslo 25 September 2024

 

VOLDGIFTSLOVEN OG MODELLOVEN, School of Arbitration, Oslo,18 September 2024

 

INDIPENDENZA E IMPARZIALITÀ DEGLI ARBITRI, University of Bologna, 28 June 2024

 

CORRUPTION IN ARBITRATION, 13th Baltic Arbitration Days, Riga, 2 June 2024

 

COMPARATIVE PRIVATE LAW, PhD Seminar, Oslo University, 3 May 2024

 

L’INTERPRETAZIONE DEI CONTRATTI NELL’ARBITRATO INTERNAZIONALE, L’ARBITRATO INTERNAZIONALE, Corso di Dottorato in Scienze Giuridiche Europee ed Internazionali, Verona University, 26 March 2024

 

I CONTRATTI DEL COMMERCIO INTERNAZIONALE FRA COMMON LAW E CIVIL LAW, Trieste University, 26 March 2024

 

L’INTERPRETAZIONE DEI CONTRATTI NELL’ARBITRATO INTERNAZIONALE, L’ARBITRATO INTERNAZIONALE, Prassi, problemi, opportunità, Trieste University, 25 March 2024

 

CONTRACT DRAFTING AND INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION, Sciences Po, Paris, 22 February 2024

 

CONTRACT DRAFTING AND INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION, New York University, 8 February 2024

 

DOKTRIN- OCH RÄTTSUTVECKLING I DEN INTERNATIONELLA CIVILPROCESSRÄTTEN, MED SÄRSKILT FOKUS PÅ LAGVALS- OCH JURISDIKTIONSFRÅGOR, Lagvals- och jurisdiktionsklausuler i internationella kommersiella avtal, Stockholm University, 30 January 2024

 

DRAFTING CONTRACT CLAUSES WITH THEIR INTERPRETATION IN MIND, Unidroit, Rome 15 December 2023

 

L’INFLUENZA DI RODOLFO SACCO ALL’ESTERO, University of Torino, 16 November 2023

 

KONTRAKTSTOLKING I INTERNATIONAL VOLDGIFT, Oslo University, 13 November 2023

 

TEACHING AND RESEARCHING INTERNATIONAL LAW TODAY La dottrina italiana e l’Accademia di diritto internazionale dell’Aja - Uno sguardo in occasione del Centenario dell’Accademia, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Università degli studi Roma Tre

Milano, 30 novembre 2023

 

DUE PROCESS AS A LIMIT TO ARBITRAL DISCRETION Danish Arbitration Day, Copenhagen 5 October 2023

 

LOVVALG FOR PANT I FORDRINGER Juristenes Utdanningssenter JUS, Oslo, 26 September 2023

 

IRMA-MIGNON 100 ÅR , Universitetet I Oslo, 25 September 2023

 

CONTRACTUAL INTERPRETATION IN COMPARATIVE ARBITRATION: THE CIVIL LAW AND THE COMMON LAW, CBAr/22nd International Arbitration Conference

14 September 2023

 

UGYLDIGHETSSØKSMÅL Advokatfirmaet Bahr, 7 September 2023

 

INTERNASJONAL INSTITUSJONELL VOLDGIFT, Advokatfirma Thommessen, 22 August 2023

 

THE INFLUENCE OF THE COMMON LAW ON CONTRACT PRACTICE, Commercial and the Civil Law Department of the Universidad Externado de Colombia, 17 August 2023

 

INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION NOVA Summer School on International Arbitration, Lisboa, 10 July 2023

 

CORRUPTION IN ARBITRATION, The Commercial Arbitration Center (Portuguese Chamber of Commerce and Industry)  XVI Annual Conference, Lisbon, 6 July 2023

 

IURA NOVIT CURIA IN ARBITRATION, ICC Knowledge Sharing Sessions, 7 July 2023

 

FAIRNESS IN INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION, Italian Arbitration Day, Milan 4 July 2023

 

LANGUAGE, MEANING AND THE PROFESSIONS, Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics, Brighton, 27 June 2023

 

DEALING WITH DIFFERENT LEVELS OF PROTECTION FROM COUNTRY TO COUNTRY. WHAT STRATEGIES FOR A MULTI-COUNTRY ISTRIBUTION/FRANCHISING NETWORK?, IDI Conference, Bologna 10 June 2023

 

L’AUTONOMIA DELL’ARBITRATO INTERNATZIONALE, XXVII Convegno annuale SocietaÌ€ Italiana di Diritto Internazionale e di Diritto dell’unione Europea, Napoli 8 June 2023

 

CHALLENGES OF INTERNATIONAL LAW AT THE TIME OF THE CENTENARY OF THE HAGUE ACADEMY OF INTERNATIONAL LAW,  Scientific Colloquium Hague Academy of International Law, The Hague 26 May 2023

 

EMERGING RELOCALIZATION AND ITS SEEMINGLY INCONSISTENT IMPACT ON ARBITRATION, NYU Conference celebrating Linda Silberman, New York 21 April 2023

 

ARBITRAL INSTITUTIONS AND INNOVATIONS Paris Arbitration Week, Sciences Po and Queen Mary Arbitration Colloquium, Paris 28 March 2023

 

WHAT MAKES A LEGAL FRAMEWORK ARBITRATION-FRIENDLY? Conference on Promoting Cross-Border Investment Through Transnational Legal Standards - UNIDROIT and the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Italy, Rome 6 March 2023

 

LE ROLE DU DROIT INTERNATIONAL PRIVÉ DANS L’ARBITRAGE, Centre de recherche de droit international privé et du commerce international (CRDI), Salle 102, Pairs 31 janvier 2023

 

KONTROLLANSVARET OG ANSKAFFELSESRISIKO, Department of private Law’s lunch seminar, University of Oslo, Oslo, 15 December 2022

 

PUBLIC POLICY AS LIMIT TO PARTY AUTONOMY IN ARBITRATION,  New York Arbitration Week, New York 15 November 2022

 

INDEPENDENCE AND IMPARTIALITY – AN ARBITRATION FRIENDLY REFORM?, Milan Chamber of Commerce, Zoom, 14 November 2022

 

UNIDROIT PRINCIPLES AND JUDGES, UNIDROIT-IACL Roundtable, Asunción, 27 October 2022

 

INDEPENDENCE AND IMPARTIALITY OF INTERNATIONAL ADJUDICATORS, Presentation of General Report of XXII session, General Congress of the International Academy of Comparative Law, Asunción, 17 October 2022

 

LIMITS TO PARTY AUTONOMY IN ARBITRATION, University of São Paulo, São Paulo

20 October 2022

 

INDEPENDENCE AND IMPARTIALITY OF INTERNATIONAL ADJUDICATORS, Keynote speech, IX CAM-CCBC Arbitration Congress São Paulo, Keynote speech

IX CAM-CCBC Arbitration Congress São Paulo, São Paulo, 17 October 2022

 

CHOICE OF LAW RULES IN INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION, CODIFI HCCH Conference, Zoom, 15 September 2022

 

CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY: THE IMPORTANCE OF CHOICE OF LAW, Corporate Social Responsibility and the Transparency Act (åpenhetsloven): The Norwegian and international perspectives, University of Oslo, Law firms Bahr and Selmer, EY and Norwegian Business Law School, Oslo, 9 September 2022

 

ETHICS IN ARBITRATION, Club espagnol del arbitraje, Nordic-Baltic Chapter, Zoom, 13 September 2022

 

MANGFOLD I VOLDGIFT, Nordic Roundtable on Diveristy in Arbitration, Law firms BAHR and Wikborg Rein, Oslo, 30 August 2022

 

THE TREATMENT OF CORRUPTION IN INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION, 20th Brazilian Congress of International Law, Zoom, 24 August 2022

 

IURA NOVIT CURIA, Conference on Evidence in International Arbitration, NYU-DIA-CBS, Zoom, 30 June 2022

 

DEFERENCE IN ANNULMENT AND ENFORCEMENT PROCEEDINGS, SCIENCES PO/NYU  Colloquium on Deference in International Arbitration, Paris, 20 June 2022

 

INVESTMENT CONTRACTS AND CONTRACT LAW, Workshop on Transnational Law and Investment Contracts, UNIDROIT and the ICC Institute of World Business Law (ICCWBO), Rome, 7 June 2022

 

CHOICE OF THE LAW APPLICABLE TO THE MERITS, The Reform of the Italian Civil Justice System: Has Italy Joined the Global Competition for Justice?, New York State Bar Association, Rome Bar Association, Zoom, 11 May 2022

 

MANDATORY RULES IN ARBITRATION: DISREGARD OR EX OFFICIO APPLICATION?, 6th Hamburg International Arbitration Days Conference, Hamburg, 5 April 2022

 

DISPUTE RESOLUTION IN THE DIGITAL ECONOMY: DUE PROCESS AND AND FAIRNESS, UNCITRAL Colloquium on Possible Future Work on Dispute Settlement, Zoom, 28 March 2022

 

PARTY AUTONOMY AND TRIBUNAL’S POWERS, Russian Institute of Modern Arbitration Winter Academy, Zoom, 24 January 2022

 

TWARDS THE END OF ARBITRABILITY? ABOUT ACHMEA, KOMSTROY, PL HOLDINGS ET AL., Brierley lecture on international arbitration, McGill University, Zoom, 19 January 2022

 

IURA NOVIT CURIA: (HOW) DOES THIS PRINCIPLE APPLY IN INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION?, 16th Annual Fordham Conference on International Arbitration and Mediation, 19 November 2021

 

TRIBUNALE ARBITRALE, IMPARZIALITÀ E DISCLOSURE, Camera di Commercio di Verona, Dipartimento di Scienze Giuridiche dell’Università di Verona,

Ordine degli Avvocati di Verona, 5 November 2021

 

REGIMES FOR THE HARMONISATION OR UNIFICATION OF COMMERCIAL LAW, International Academy of Comparative Law Thematic Congress, Pretoria, 8 October 2021

 

HARMONIZATION THROUGH ARBITRATION, Paris Arbitration Week, Sciences Po Law School, 20 September 2021

 

LE ESPERIENZE STRANIERE: LA NORVEGIA, L'equilibrio di genere dieci anni dopo la legge Golfo-Mosca: a long and winding road, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Dipartimento di Scienze giuridiche Ordine degli Avvocati di Milano,

Osservatorio “Giordano Dell’Amore” sui rapporti tra diritto ed economia, 12 July 2021

 

DÉVELOPPEMENTS RÉCENTS DANS LE DROIT INTERNATIONAL PRIVÉ NORVÉGIEN, Comité français de Droit International Privé, 28 May 2021

 

COMPARATIVE PRIVATE LAW, PhD Seminar, University of Oslo, 19 April 2021

 

REMOTE HEARINGS AND ORAL OR WRITTEN PRESENTATION OF EVIDENCE, Dispute resolution in the digital economy, UNCITRAL, Ministry of Justice of Japan (MOJ), and the Japan International Dispute Resolution Centre (JIDRC), 31 March 2021

 

LEGAL REASONING IN INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION, New York International Arbitration Center Virtual Talks: Legal Reasoning Across Commercial Disputes, 29 March 2021

 

FRAGMENTATION AND CROSS-FERTILIZATION OF INTERNATIONAL LAW, Re-imagining International Law, Centre for the Study of United Nations, Jindal Society of International Law, 17 March 2021

 

DUE PROCESS AS A LIMIT TO DISCRETION IN ARBITRATION: THE NORWEGIAN PERSPECTIVE, Due Process as a Limit to Discretion in International Commercial Arbitration – A Scandinavian Perspective, New York University, Danish Institute of Arbitration, Young Arbitrators Copenhagen, 2 February 2021

 

PUBLIC POLICY, Autonomous v nationalistic interpretation of the 1958 New York Convention, New York University Law and University of Oslo, 25 January 2021

 

“SANCTITY OF CONTRACTS”, ALLOCAZIONE DEL RISCHIO E SCELTA DELLA LEGGE APPLICABILE Efficienza e solidarietaÌ€ nei Principi UNIDROIT: dialoghi fra teoria e prassi, UNIDROIT, 9 December 2020

 

PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW OF ARBITRATION: A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE AND THE IMPACT OF BREXIT ON ARBITRATION IN THE UK, Public AHRC workshops on Private International Law after Brexit from global, European, Commonwealth and intra-UK perspectives, 27 November 2020

 

PARTY AUTONOMY AND THE APPLICABLE LAW IN INTERNATIONAL CONTRACTS, Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná, 12 November 2020

 

RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN ARBITRATION IN THE NORDIC COUNTRIES, Young Arbitration Practitioners Norway, Moderator, 22 October 2020

 

THE APPLICABLE LAW TO THE MERITS IN INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION
AND THE ROLE OF THE SEAT: HARDSHIP, FORCE MAJEURE AND FRUSTRATION, NYU’s Center for Transnational Litigation, Arbitration, and Commercial Law, 16 September 2020

 

THE CISG’S RELATIONSHIP WITH THE UNIDROIT PRINCIPLES ON INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL CONTRACTS, NYU’s Center for Transnational Litigation, Arbitration, and Commercial Law and United Nations Commission on International Trade Law, 15 September 2020

 

STATE AND INSTITUTIONAL PERSPECTIVES, Moderator, First Intergenerational Arbitration Symposium, NYU and SciencesPo, 14 October 2020

 

COMMON MISUNDERSTANDINGS ABOUT INTERNATIONAL CONTRACTS AND ARBITRATION, Norsk Hydro Brazil, 23 June 2020

 

THE BALANCE BETWEEN PARTY AUTONOMY AND COURT CONTROL - AND ITS EFFECTS ON ARBITRABILITY, Austrian Arbitration Academy, Vienna, 18 February 2020

 

WHY EXPEDITED ARBITRATION AS THE CURRENT TOPIC FOR WGII?  NYIAC Talks: Assessing the State of Play – UNCITRAL’s Working Group II (WGII) and Institutional, Expedited Arbitrations, 6 February 2020

 

REASONING IN ARBITRATION - WHAT DO USERS WANT OR NEED? 39th ICC Institute Annual Conference, Paris 17 December 2019
 

TRIBUNALI AMMINISTRATIVI INTERNAZIONALI E DIRITTO APPLICABILE, Università degli studi di Milano, 3 December 2019

 

VALG AV VOLDGIFT – AD HOC ELLER INSTITUSJONELL? Young Arbitration Practitioners Norway, Oslo 6 November 2019

 

NORSK RETTSFØLELSE I MØTE MED UTENLANDSK TRADISJON, Barnefaglig dag for utlendingsforvaltningen, Oslo 31 October 2019

 

INTERNASJONALE KOMMERSIELLE KONTRAKTER Oslo senter for kommersiell rett, 30 October 2019

 

DUE PROCESS AND SURPRISING DECISIONS / DIRECTIONS BY THE TRIBUNAL, New York University, 18 October 2019

 

NASJONAL OG INTERNASJONAL VOLDGIFT – EN TRUSSEL ELLER EN AVLASTNING FOR DOMSTOLENE? Ryssdalseminaret, Oslo 7 October 2019

 

UTREDNING OM FORMUERETTSLIGE LOVVALGSREGLER, Advokatenes fagdager, Oslo 24 May 2019

 

HUR KLARAR SIG DEN NORDISKA KOMMERSIELLA RÄTTEN I EN ANGLO-AMERIKANSK BUSINESS-VERKLIGHET?, Förmögenhetsrättsdagarna i Helsingfors, Helsinki, 10 May 2019

 

NORWEGIAN CONTRACT LAW AND BOILERPLATE CLAUSES, Japanese Council on International Trade, Tokyo, 9 March 2019

 

INCENTIVES FOR EFFICIENCY IN THE NEW CAM AND VIAC RULES, Vienna Arbitration Center, 24 September 2019

 

COMPARATIVE PRIVATE LAW, PhD-seminar, University of Oslo, 23 April 2019

 

THE THEORY AND METHOD OF COMPARATIVISM, PhD-seminar, University of Oslo, 23 April 2019

 

HOW YOUR LEGAL IMPRINTING IMPACTS ON YOUR DECISION WITHOUT YOU NOTICING IT, Vienna Arbitration days, 1 March 2019

 

ORDRE PUBLIC OG VOLDGIFT, Institutt for privatretts seminarrekke, Oslo, 26 February 2019

 

 

Comments on working paper on claim trading in investment arbitration, ITA Academic Council, New York, 9 February 2019

 

SOFT LAW IN INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION, Sciences Po – NYU, Paris 23 May 2018

 

TWILIGHT ISSUES IN INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION, School of International Arbitration, Queen Mary University of London and Columbia Law School, London, 24 April 2018

 

COMPARATIVE PRIVATE LAW, PhD-seminar, University of Oslo, 7 May 2018

 

THE THEORY AND METHOD OF COMPARATIVISM, PhD-seminar, University of Oslo, 7 May 2018

 

SOFT LAW IN INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION, Sciences Po – NYU, Soft Law in International

Adjudication, Paris 23 May 2018

 

TWILIGHT ISSUES IN INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION, School of International Arbitration, Queen Mary University of London and Columbia Law School, London 24 April 2018

 

L’INTERPRETAZIONE DEL CONTRATTO ORIENTATA AL MIGLIOR INTERESSE DELLE PARTI, Conference on Il contratto internazionale: vecchi e nuovi problemi per giudice, arbitro, imprese e consulenti, anche alla luce della soft law, University of Bologna, 16 March 2018

 

EN VOLDGIFTSKLAUSUL ER IKKE EN LISENS TIL Å SE BORT FRA LOVEN, Willis, seminar, Oslo 6 March 2018

 

SOFT LAW IN INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL AND INVESTMENT ARBITRATION, AIA-CAM-ILA Conference, Rome, 16 February 2018

 

MENNESKERETTIGHETER OG INTERNASJONALE KOMMERSIELLE KONTRAKTER:
BETYDNINGEN AV ORDRE PUBLIC, Norsk forening for internasjonal rett, Oslo 30 January 2018

 

OVERRIDING MANDATORY RULES IN INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION, University of Turin, 28 November and 6 December 2017

 

COMPETITION LAW AND INHERENT POWERS, Inherent powers of international adjudication, New York University and Sciences Po, Paris, 25 November 2017

 

I PRINCIPI UNIDROIT 2016: UNA NUOVA ERA DEL DIRITTO DEL COMMERCIO INTERNAZIONALE, Moderator of the Roundtable of in-house counsels, Camera Arbitrale di Milano, Milan, 11 July 2017

 

IL CONTRATTO INTERNAZIONALE TRA DIRITTO NAZIONALE E AMBIZIONI DI DELOCALIZZAZIONE, La contrattazione transnazionale nel mercato globale, University of Bergamo, 25 May 2017

 

RECENT TRENDS IN ENERGY ARBITRATION, WITH A SPECIAL INSIGHT INTO DEVELOPMENTS IN NORWAY, White & Case, Paris, 13 April 2017

 

ARBITRATION AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF LAW, Cambridge Compendium of International Commercial and Investment Arbitration: Selected Topics, Vienna, 7 April 2017

 

NEW DEVELOPMENTS REGARDING ENFORCEMENT OF INTERNATIONAL ARBITRAL AWARD, US AND EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVES, comments on Professor Linda J. Silberman’s presentation, Queen Mary Univeristy London, Paris, 15 March 2017

 

UNIDROIT PRINCIPLES AND ARBITRATION, Master 2 Global Business Law and Governance, Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Paris, 7 March 2017

 

COMMERCIAL CONTRACTS IN AN INTERNATIONAL SETTING, Engelsk for jurister, University of Oslo, 14 December 2016

 

ENFORCEMENT OF CONTRACTUALOBLIGATIONS, Convener of the Working Group on Contract Law (with Alejandro Garro), International Academy of Comparative Law Thematic Congress, Montevideo, 17-18 November 2016

 

EU OVERRIDING MANDATORY PROVISIONS AND THE LAW APPLICABLE TO THE MERITS, The impact of EU law on international commercial arbitration, Centre for Transnational Litigation, Arbitration and Commercial Law, New York University, 31 October – 1 November 2016

 

INTERNASJONALE KONTRAKTER, Marsh ansvarsseminar, Oslo, 29 September 2016

PRIVATE LAW IN ITALY AND IN NORWAY: COMMON ROOTS, DIVERGENT APPROACHES, CONVERGENT RESULTS, Italian Embassy in Norway, Italian Road Show in Norway,Oslo,  28 September 2016

 

INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION IN SCANDINAVIA, DLA Oslo, 19 August 2016

 

THE UNIDROIT PRINCIPLES OF INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL CONTRACTS ("UPICC") AND DETAILED CONTRACT REGULATION: CHALLENGES AND POTENTIAL, The 18thBiennial Conference of International Academy of Commercial and Consumer, Fukuoka, 12 July 2016

 

ORDRE PUBLIC SOM UGYLDIGHETSGRUNN, JUC Nettverk i kommersiell voldgift, 7 June 2016

THE SCOPE OF APPLICATION OF THE LUGANO CONVENTION AND OF THE BRUSSELS I REGULATION, The Lugano Convention and the Brussels I Regulation –  today and tomorrow, Research Group on Civil Procedure ,  University of Bergen 21 June 2016

 

ENERGY CONTRACTS AT THE CROSSROAD BETWEEN PUBLIC LAW AND PRIVATE LAW: THE IMPACT OF THE LOCAL LAW, What Energy Union? Univeristy Bocconi, Milano, 29-30 April 2016

 

UTFORDRINGER VED BRUK AV ENGELSKSPRÅKLIGE KONTRAKTER, Advokatforeningen -  Oslo yngre advokater, 26 April 2016

 

YUKOS: UNEQUAL APPROACHES BY DIFFERENT DECISION BODIES, PluriCourts - Pushing boundaries, Potential effects of international adjudication on treaty practice in the Russian and Norwegian context, Norwegian University Centre in Saint Petersburg, 15 April 2016

 

THE THEORY AND METHOD OF COMPARATIVISM, PhD-seminar, Univeristy of Oslo, 13 April 2016

 

APPLICABLE LAW, Moderator, Vienna Arbitration Days, Vienna 23 January 2016

 

INTERNASJONALE KONTRAKTER: TRICKS AND TRAPS, Advokatforeningens bedriftsadvokatutvalg, Oslo 20 October 2015


THE ARBITRAL TRIBUNAL’S POWER IN RESPECT OF THE PARTIES’ PLEADING AS A LIMIT TO PARTY AUTONOMY (JURA NOVIT CURIA), Limits to Party Autonomy

in International Commercial Arbitration, Center for Transnational Litigation, Arbitration and Commercial Law, New York University, 17-18 September 2015


OMGÅELSE AV PRESEPTORISK RETT GJENNOM LOVVALG SOM UGYLDIGHETSGRUNN?, Institutt for privatretts seminar, University of Oslo, 16 April 2015

 

FINNES DET EN INTERNASJONAL KONTRAKTSRETT?, Forskergruppe internasjonale kontrakter, University of Oslo, 9 March 2015

 

THE RELEVANCE OF NATIONAL CONTRACT LAW IN SPITE OF INCREASING HARMONIZATION, European Commercial Law Observatory, 2015

 

VOLDGIFTSINSTITUTTER: NOE FOR NORGE? HumAk-forum 2014, Oslo 2 September 2014

 

INTERPRETATION OF CONTRACTS IN INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE CONTRACT TERMS, THE APPLICABLE RULES OF LAW AND THE GOVERNING LAW, International Academy of Consumer and Commercial Law, Istanbul July 2014

 

HOW TO USE COMPARATIVE LAW IN YOUR THESIS, PhD-seminar University of Oslo, 21 May 2014

 

UNIDROIT PRINCIPLES AND INVESTMENT ARBITRATION, 20 years of UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts, Rome, 9-10 May 2014

 

NATIONAL LAW IN INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION, Young Arbitrators Copenhagen

8 May 2014

 

KOMPARATIV METODE, Forskergruppe for Selskaper, markeder, samfunn og miljø, University of Oslo, 24 April 2014

 

GRENSER FOR PARTSAUTONOMI I VOLDGIFT: KONKURSRETT OG ARBEIDSRETT, Arbitration and Party Autonomy, University of Oslo, 13 March 2014

 

LIMITS TO PARTY AUTONOMY IN INTERNATIONAL COMEMRCIAL ARBITRATION, Arbitration Forum, Center for Transnational Litigation, Arbitration and Commercial Law, New York University, 3 February 2014

 

INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION AND COMMERCIAL CONTRACTS, Developments in European Private International Law, Faculty of Law, Lund University, in co-operation with Copenhagen Business School, CBS, 5 and 6 December 2013

 

EEA INFLUENCE ON NORWEGIAN LAW: A SILENT METHODOLOGICAL REVOLUTION?, International influence on private law and the methodological challenges, Norwegian seminar for phd-researchers, Paris, 17 September 2013

 

PRAKTISKE ERFARINGER FRA INTERNASJONAL VOLDGIFT, First meeting of young litigation lawyers, 12 June 2013, Advokatfirma Selmer, Oslo

 

PARTY AUTONOMY IS NOT UNLIMITED, Private International Law as Global Governance, 31 May 2013, SciencePo., Paris

 

THE FUTURE OF ARBITRATION: STILL EFFICIENT AND PREFERRED CHOICE?, Arbitration and Party Autonomy, University of Oslo, 27 and 28 May 2013

 

ER DET ROM FOR INTERNASJONAL PRIVATRETT I INTERNASJONAL VOLDGIFT?,Annual meeting of the Finnish Arbitration Association, Kone Oy, 20.March 2013

 

ROM FOR SKJØNN INNENFOR DOMSTOLENES INTERNASJONALE KOMPETANSE? FORHOLDET MELLOM LUGANOKONVENSJONEN/BRUSSEL I OG NASJONAL RETT, lecture at the annual meeting of the .Juridiska Föreningen in Finland, Helsinki, 13. December 2012

 

CORPORATE LIABILITY FOR VIOLATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS, Roundtable, Arbitration and Party Autonomy, University of Oslo, 29 October 2012

 

INTERNATIONAL CONTRACTS, ENGLISH CLAUSES AND NORWEGIAN GOVERNING LAW, Flexibility and risk sharing in long term contracts: An international perspective, Research group in International Law of Contract, University of Oslo, 14 June 2012

 

LOVVALG FOR FORBRUKERKONTRAKTER: RETTSKILDER OG HOVEDLINJER, Forbruker Europas seminar om lovvalg ved internasjonale forbrukeravtaler, 8 May 2012

 

GRENSER FOR PARTSAUTONOMI I VOLDGIFT, Arbitration and Party Autonomy, University of Oslo, 27 April 2012

 

THE EXPERIENCE OF JURISDICTIONS WITH THE ENACTMENT OF THE UNCITRAL MODEL LAW ON ARBITRATION, UNCITRAL/VIAC Joint Conference, Vienna, 29 and 30 March 2012

 

FELLES EUROPEISK KJØPSRETT OG INTERNASJONAL PRIVATRETT, Miniseminar om utkastet til forordning om felles europeisk kjøpsrett, University of Oslo, 11 Janury 2012

 

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND ARBITRABILITY: IMPACT ON THE ENFORCEABILITY OF ARBITRAL AWARDS, Arbitration and Party Autonomy, University of Oslo, 22 November 2011

 

INTERNASJONALE KONTRAKTER: TRICKS AND TRAPS, Advokatforeningens bedriftsadvokatutvalg, 11 October 2011

 

TRANSPARENCY IN INVESTMENT ARBITRATION, Research Group on International Relations, University of Oslo, June 20th, 2011

 

CHOICE OF LAW IN EUROPEAN COMPANY LAW, Fundamentals of company Law, University of Oslo, June 8th, 2011

 

FORUM AND CHOICE OF LAW FOR A DIRECT ACTION AGAINST THE INSURER. THE NORWEGIAN AND THE EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE, The Resolution of International Maritime Disputes within the European and International Legal Framework, University of Rijeka Faculty of Law, Bijuni, June 3rd, 2011

 

GRENSER FOR PARTSAUTONOMI OG VOLDGIFT: SELSKAPSRETT OG KONKURRANSERETT, Arbitration and Party Autonomy, University of Oslo, May 13th, 2011

 

DEN NORDISKA GENERALKLAUSULENS ÖVERLEVNAD I EN HARMONISERAD KONSUMENTRÄTT OCH KOMMERSIELL AVTALSRÄTT – KOMMENTAR, Nordiske formuerettsdager, University of Oslo, May 5th, 2011

 

IMPACT OF LEGAL THEORIES ON THE WORK CURRENTLY UNDERTAKEN BY UNCITRAL REGARDING EFFORTS TOWARDS A HARMONIZED INTERPRETATION AND APPLICATION OF UNCITRAL TEXTS IN THE FIELD OF ARBITRATION, UNCITRAL-VIAC Conference, Vienna, April 15th, 2011

 

HOW TO APPLY A LEGAL STANDARD ON TRANSPARENCY, UNCITRAL-VIAC Conference, Vienna, April 14th, 2011

 

ARBITRATION AND THE NOT UNLIMITED PARTY AUTONOMY: PROPERTY LAW AND REGULATORY MEASURES, Arbitration and Party Autonomy, University of Oslo, December 3rd, 2010

 

INTERNASJONALE TRENDER I TVISTELØSNING, Byggebransjens faglig juridisk råd, Bergen, November 30th, 2010

 

INTERNASJONAL FULLBYRDELSE, Kurs om off-shoring, Juristenes Utdanningssenter, Oslo, October 20th, 2010

 

ARBITRATION AND THE NOT UNLIMITED PARTY AUTONOMY: COMPETITION LAW AND COMPANY LAW, Arbitration and Party Autonomy, University of Oslo, May 7th, 2010

 

TRENDS AND FEATURES IN INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION, Conference organised by the research project Arbitration and Party Autonomy, University of Oslo, and the Norwegian Committee of the International Chamber of Commerce, Oslo, May 6th, 2010

 

REVISION OF THE UNCITRAL ARBITRATION RULES: FURTHER STEPS, UNCITRAL-VIAC Conference, Vienna, March 25-26th, 2010

 

HØYESTERETTSDOM OM BOKHANDLEREN I KABUL-SAKEN, Research Group on International Relations, University of Oslo, January 13th, 2010

 

ARBITRATION AND THE NOT UNLIMITED PARTY AUTONOMY: COMPETITION LAW AND COMPANY LAW, Arbitration and Party Autonomy, University of Oslo, November 13th, 2009

 

MANDATORY RULES AND INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION: ESTABLISHING THE FRAMEWORK, Choice of Law Clauses and their Limitations, University of Oslo, November 13th, 2009

 

VEIVISER I INTERNASJONAL VOLDGIFT, Advokatfirma Selmer, Oslo, September 21st, 2009

 

COMMON LAW CONCEPTS AND TERMS UNDER CIVIL LAW, International Bar Association Northern European Conference, Helsinki, September 4th, 2009

 

ENGLISH CONTRACTS FOR CONTINENTAL TRANSACTIONS, GE Infrastructure – Oil & Gas, Florence, July 14th, 2009

 

ENFORCING FOREIGN ARBITRAL AWARDS IN RUSSIA: RESTRICTIONS DUE TO COMPANY LAW, LEGAL CAPACITY AND OTHER ISSUES OF PUBLIC POLICY, Choice of Law Clauses and their Limitations, University of Oslo, May 26th, 2009

 

ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION ON REVISING THE UNCITRAL ARBITRATION RULES, Panelist, Arbitration Committee, New York City Bar, International Courts Committee, American Bar Association, New York, February 11th, 2009

 

ROMA I OG ROMA II – KOMMENTARER, Nordic Group for Private International Law, Helsinki, 21st -22nd November 2008

 

FORHOLDET MELLOM UNCITRAL MODELLOVEN OG DEN NORSKE VOLDGIFTSLOVEN [Relationship between the UNCITRAL Modell Law and the Norwegian Arbitration Act], Juristenes Utdanningssenter, Oslo, October 22nd, 2008

 

THE IMPACT OF UNIFORM LAW ON NATIONAL LAW. LIMITS AND POSSIBILITIES: ARBITRATION, National Reporter, 1st Intermediate Congress Academy of Comparative Law, Mexico City, November 13th-15th 2008

 

ENGELSKE KONTRAKTER FOR NORSKE TRANSAKSJONER, Advokatfirma Selmer, Oslo, September 8th, 2008

 

FREMMEDE RETTSBEGREPER I NORDISK KONTRAKTSRETT, Korreferent, Det 38. Nordiske Juristmøte, Copenhagen, August 21st-23rd 2008

 

REVISION OF THE UNCITRAL ARBITRATION RULES: THE APPLICABLE LAW, VIAC  and UNCITRAL 2008 Conference, Vienna, March 13th-14th 2008

 

THE “TROIKA” AND ITS EFFECTS ON THE HARMONISATION OF CONTRACT LAW –ILLUSTRATED BY THE DUTY OF GOOD FAITH BETWEEN THE PARTIES, Colloquium of the International Academy of Legal Sciences, Kopaonik, December 14th-15th 2007

 

COMMERCIAL CONTRACTS BETWEEN CONSUMER PROTECTION AND TRADE USAGES: SOME OBSERVATIONS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF STATE CONTRACT LAW, Academic symposium on Common Frame of Reference and Existing EC Contract Law, University of Münster, December 10th-11th 2007

 

COMMERCIAL CONTRACTS AND ACQUIS COMMUNAUTAIRE, Anglo-American Contract Models and Norwegian Governing Law, Oslo, November 19th, 2007

 

FULL PROTECTION AND SECURITY, Conference on Standards of Investment Protection, University of Vienna, Vienna, September 21st, 2007                    

 

THE ARBITRATOR AND THE PARTIES’ PLEADINGS, Arbitrators: Private Judges, Service Providers or both? Stockholm University and Queen Mary University of London, Stockholm, May 10th, 2007

 

THE ARBITRATOR’S RIGHTS, POWERS AND DUTIES WITH REGARD TO MANDATORY RULES: THE CHOICE OF THE APPLICABLE MANDATORY RULES, Arbitrators: Private Judges, Service Providers or both? Stockholm University and Queen Mary University of London, Stockholm, May 11th, 2007

 

JURISDIKSJON OG LOVVALG [Choice of Law and Choice of Forum], Industrijuristseminaret [The annual seminar of Norwegian in-house lawyers], March 2nd, 2007

 

OM KOMPARATIVRETT [On Comparative Law], Anglo-American Contract Models and Norwegian Governing Law, Oslo, January 29th, 2007

 

THE FUNCTION OF LETTERS OF INTENT AND THEIR RECOGNITION IN MODERN LEGAL SYSTEMS, Colloquium “New Features in Contract Law”, University of Münster, December 1st, 2006

https://www.dropbox.com/s/1vl4o6t16iih1h8/The%20Function%20of%20Letters%20of%20Intent.pdf?dl=0

 

 

HARMONISED CONTRACT CLAUSES IN DIFFERENT BUSINESS CULTURES, Conference on Private Law and the Many Cultures of Europe, University of Helsinki, 27.8-29.8.2006

https://www.dropbox.com/s/kw3tqx3sg8jkxnt/Harmonised%20contract%20clauses.pdf?dl=0

 

 

INTERNATIONAL CONTRACTS: IS NON-STATE LAW TO BE PREFERRED?, National Report for Norway, XVII Congress of the International Academy of Comparative Law, Section II-B1, Private International Law, Utrecht, July 16th-26th, 2006

 

THE ROLE OF LEGAL TRANSPLANTS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF COMPARATIVE LAW, Round Table, University of Bergen, June 2nd 2006

 

KOMPARATIV KONTRAKTSRETT OG RETTSENHETLIGE BESTREBELSER, University of Bergen, June 1st 2006

 

INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION AND (UNEXPECTED) NATIONAL INTERFERENCE, Telenor Seminar on Legal Risk Management, Jeløya May 16th, 2006

 

INTERNASJONAL VOLDGIFT I RUSSLAND and KONTRAKTSFORHANDLINGER I RUSSLAND, Statkraft, Oslo May 2nd, 2006

 

EXORBITANTE GERICHTSZUSTÄNDIGKEIT IN ZIVILSACHEN IM GRENZBEREICH ZWISCHEN INTERNATIONALEM PRIVATRECHT UND VÖLKERRECHT, Abteilung für Völkerrecht und internationale Beziehungen, University of Vienna, April 7th, 2006

 

FOREIGN INVESTMENT DISPUTE RESOLUTION BETWEEN PRIVATE AND PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW, ILLUSTRATED BY THE YUKOS CASE, Research project on international relations, University of Oslo, December 14th, 2005

 

INTERNASJONAL PRIVATRETTENS BETYDNING FOR SKRIVING AV INTERNASJONALE KONTRAKTER [Relevance of private international law to drafting of international contracts], DLANordic DA, Oslo, December 1st, 2005

 

COMMON LAW v. NORWEGIAN LAW: IS IT REALLY APPROPRIATE TO THINK THAT THE DIFFERENCE IS NOT AS SIGNIFICANT AS WE USUALLY THINK? Anglo-American Contract Models and Norwegian Governing Law, Losby Gods, October 20th, 2005

 

FORSKJELLER I RETTSTENKNINGEN I EUROPA [Differences in legal mentalities in Europe], Det nasjonale doktorgradsseminaret i rettsvitenskap [national PhD seminar], Flåm, September 19th, 2005

 

VALG AV VOLDGIFTSFORUM [Choice of arbitration venue], Forum for konsernadvokater [Corporate lawyers’ forum], DLA Nordic, January 27th, 2005

 

FORESLÅTTE ENDRINGER I ART. 3 ROMAKONVENSJONEN. ER SOFT LAW EN ERSTATNING ELLER EN INTEGRASJON AV NASJONAL RETT? [Proposed changes to art. 3 of the Rome Convention. Does soft law replace or integrate national law?] Nordic Group for Private International Law, University of Bergen, October 8th, 2004

 

INTERNASJONALE KONTRAKTER OG NASJONAL RETT [International contracts and national law], Industrijuristseminaret [The annual seminar of Norwegian in-house lawyers], March 12th, 2004

 

INTERNASJONALE KONTRAKTER OG INTERNASJONAL VOLDGIFT [International contracts and international arbitration], Industrijuristseminaret [The annual seminar of Norwegian in-house lawyers], March 13th, 2004

 

INTERNATIONAL CONTRACTS AND INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION, Statoil Legal Seminar, Oslo, August 29th, 2003

 

INTERNASJONALE TVISTELØSNING- OG MEKLINGSORDNINGER KNYTTET TIL ELEKSTRONISK HANDEL [International dispute resolution and alternative dispute resolution connected with electronic commerce], Forum Rettsinformatikk 2003, Juristenes Utdanningsenter, Sandefjord, 10.5.2003

 

DEN EUROPEISKE DOMSFORORDNING OG LUGANOKONVENSJON [The European Regulation on Jurisdiction and Civil Decisions and the Lugano Convention], Institute of Private Law, University of Oslo, visit to the European Court of Justice and the EFTA Court, Luxembourg, October 11th, 2002

 

SENTRALE VALG VED UTFORMING AV VOLDGIFTSKLAUSUL [Main issues in connection with the drafting of the arbitration clause], ICC (Det internasjonale handelskammer) seminar om internasjonal voldgift, Oslo, September 10th, 2002

 

 

 

INTERNASJONALE KONTRAKTER OG INTERNASJONAL VOLDGIFT [International Contracts and International Arbitration], Humanitær Aksjon, University of Oslo, September 2nd, 2002

 

INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION AND NATIONAL MANDATORY RULES, Seminar on International Arbitration organised by the International Association of Lawyers, Moscow, June 14th, 2002

 

INTERNASJONAL VOLDGIFT – GRUNNLEGGENDE PROBLEMSTILLINGER [International Arbitration – Fundamental Aspects], Juristenes Utdanningssenter, Oslo, April 30th, 2002

 

EUs KONVENSJON OM LOVVALG I KONTRAKTSFORHOLD [The EU Convention on the Law Applicable to Contractual Obligations], Juristenes Utdanningssenter, Oslo, April 29th, 2002

 

UGYLDIGHETSSØKSMÅL MOT VOLDGIFTSDOMMER [Challenge of Arbitral Awards], Scandinavian Institute of Maritime Law, Seminar on the Bill on Arbitration, April 17th, 2002

 

RISIKO VED TRANSPORT AV VARER I ITALIA – DET ITALIENSKE PERSPEKTIVE [The Risk under Transportation of Goods in Italy – the Italian Perspective], Advokatfirmaet Lindh Stabell Horten, Seminar for Norwegian Insuring Companies, Oslo, March 21st, 2002

 

FORM OF THE ARBITRATION CLAUSE AND ENFORCEMENT OF FOREIGN ARBITRAL AWARDS, Centre for International Legal Studies, Salzburg, November 4th,2001

 

LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR CONTRACTS IN THE PETROLEUM SECTOR BETWEEN ITALIAN AND NORWEGIAN COMPANIES, In the framework of the Norwegian State Visit to Italy, Istituto del Commercio Estero, Milan, October 25th, 2001

 

JURISDIKSJON OG LOVVALG – “TVINGENDE REGLER”, Doktorandseminar, University of Oslo, October 23rd, 2001

 

ARBITRABILITY OF PETROLEUM DISPUTES AND THE VALIDITY OF AN ARBITRAL AWARD, Second Congress of Mineral Law, University of Rome, October 12th, 2001

 

COMMERCIAL CONTRACTS AND NEW TECHNOLOGIES: THE ARBITRATION CLAUSE, LUISS University Guido Carli, Rome, September 20th, 2001

 

PRODUCTION SHARING AGREEMENTS NELL’ORDINAMENTO RUSSO, First Congress of Mineral Law, University of Rome, October 5th, 2000

 

PETROLEUM INVESTMENTS IN RUSSIA: ARBITRABILITY OF DISPUTES UNDER THE PSA LEGISLATION, Centre for Energy, Petroleum & Mineral Law & Policy, University of Dundee, November 10th, 2000

 

JURISDIKSJON OG LOVVALG FOR EUROPEISKE KONTRAKTER, ROMAKONVENSJONEN, Juristenes Utdanningssenter, March 22nd, 2000

 

NEGOTIATING IN INTERNATIONAL SETTINGS, Association of International Professional and Business Women, Oslo, May 3rd, 2000

 

LEGAL TRANSPLANTS AND THE RECENT EXPERIENCE IN RUSSIA, 15th Congress of the International Academy of Comparative Law, Bristol, July 26th-August 1st, 1998

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