Other Professional Activity
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Legal and Commercial Practice
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Appointments as Arbitrator, Judge
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2025-2031 ICSID Panel of Arbitrators (designated by the Kingdom of Norway)
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2024-2029 Member of the ICANN IRP Standing Panel
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2022- to date EU pool of individuals eligible as chairman for arbitrations under trade agreements between the EU and third countries
2017-2020 President, Administrative Tribunal, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
2007-2020 Judge, Administrative Tribunal, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
2002 to date Frequently appointed as sole arbitrator, co-arbitrator or chairman of the arbitral tribunal under the rules of:
Ad hoc arbitration
Central Chamber of Commerce of Finland
Danish Institute of Arbitration
International Arbitration Court at the Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
International Chamber of Commerce
Milan Arbitration Chamber
Oslo Chamber of Commerce
Stockholm Chamber of Commerce
Vienna International Arbitral Centre
In disputes relating to:
Agency agreements
Aviation agreements
Construction agreements
Consultancy agreements
Engineering agreements
Investment protection (governed by the Bilateral Investment Treaty between the Russian Federation and the Republic and Moldova and Moldovan law)
IT Consultancy
Licence agreements
Sales agreements
Service agreements
Settlement agreements
Shares Purchase Agreements
Software Licence Agreement
Supply agreements
Tie-in contracts in off-shore hydrocarbon production
Committees
2024-2027 Delegate to the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Commission on Arbitration and ADR
2023 to date Joint project of the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT) and the International Chamber of Commerce’s Institute of World Business Law (ICC Institute) on International Investment Contracts, individual expert observer; co-chair of the subgroup on Pre-contractual phase
2017-2018 Sole member of the Commission preparing a Norwegian bill on choice of law for contractual and for non-contractual obligations, appointed by the Ministry of Justice:
2017-2019 Country Delegate (Norway), Special Commission and Diplomatic Session, the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments, Hague Conference on Private International Law
2015 Expert observer, Working Group on Long-Term Contracts, UNIDROIT
2007 to date Country Delegate (Norway), Working Group II (Arbitration), United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL). Work on: revision of the 1976 UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules; transparency in treaty based arbitration (including the Mauritius Convention); revision of the Notes on Organizing Arbitral Proceedings; the Singapore Convention on the enforcement of settlement agreements resulting out of mediation; an instrument for expedited arbitration; Early determination of disputes
2007 to 2015 Country Delegate (Norway), International Chamber of Commerce Commission on Arbitration Task Force “National rules of procedure for recognition and enforcement of foreign awards pursuant to the New York Convention of 1958”
2003 to date Member of the Commission on Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce, Paris
2001 to date Member of the Norwegian National Committee, International Chamber of Commerce
2001 to 2003 Vice-Chairman, Italian Norwegian Chamber of Commerce (Member of the Board of Directors from 2001 to 2002)
2001 to 2003 Member of the Corporate Law Legal Committee, Norwegian Bar Association
1995 Member of the Legal Committee and of the Tax/Accounting Committee of the Petroleum Advisory Forum, Moscow (Association of Western Oil Industry with the purpose of contributing to reform of oil legislation in Russia)
1989 Participant to the EUROPEAN ROUNDTABLE OF INDUSTRIALISTS’
Exchange Programme EUROJOB: visiting attorney in Norsk Hydro a.s, Norway
1988 Member of the Education Working Group's YOUTH PROGRAMME, EUROPEAN ROUNDTABLE OF INDUSTRIALISTS.
Boards, Corporate Bodies
2024 to date Appointed member of the ICC Institute of World Business Law
2014-2027 Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Financial Supervisory Authority of Norway
2015-2026 Member of the Norwegian Tariff Board on general application of wage agreements
2024-to date Member of the Board of Directors of Bottero S.p.A. (manufacturing company, Italy)
2021-2024 Member of the International Court of Arbitration, International Chamber of Commerce
2019-2027 Member of the Curatorium, The Hague Academy of International Law
2022-2026 President, International Academy of Comparative Law
2019-2022 Alternate Member of the Board of Directors of Anders Jahres fond til vitenskapens fremme
2018-2021 Alternate Member of the International Court of Arbitration, International Chamber of Commerce
2017-2023 Member of the Council, Arbitration Chamber of Milan
2017-2023 Member, Academic Council, Institute for Transnational Arbitration
2011-2013 Member of the Board of Directors of Det Norske Universitetssenter i Sankt Petersburg (The Norwegian University centre in Saint Petersburg)
2010 to date Member of the Board of Directors of the Arbitration Institute, Oslo Chamber of Commerce
2006-2010 Member of the Board of Directors of OAO DnB Nor Monchebank, Murmansk, Russia (bank, subsidiary of DnBNor ASA)
2004-2014 Member of the Board of Directors of Protector Forsikring ASA (insurance company)
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Academic Activities
Direction of Research
2022 General Reporter, Independence and Impartiality of International Adjudicators, International Academy of Comparative Law XXI General Congress, Asunción
2021 Co-Director, Applicable Law Issues in International Arbitration, Centre for Studies and Research of the Hague Academy of International Law
2019- Chair of the arena for international contracts, Oslo Centre for Commercial Law (OSKR)
2018-2020 Chair of the Law Group, Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters
2009-2016 Founder, member of the Steering Committee and manager of the research project “Arbitration and Party Autonomy”: http://www.jus.uio.no/ifp/english/research/projects/choice-of-law/
2008-2011 Deputy Director, Department of Private Law, Law Faculty, University of Oslo
2004-2009 Founder, member of the Board and manager of the inter-departmental research project and international network “Anglo-American Contract Models and Norwegian or Other Civil Law Governing Law”, financed by the Research Council of Norway: http://www.jus.uio.no/ifp/forskning/prosjekter/anglo-project/
July 2002 Director of Studies, Hague Academy of International Law, Course on Private International Law
Evaluation Boards
2025 Member of the commission evaluating a PhD thesis on arbitration, Nova University of Maastricht
2024 Member of the commission evaluating a PhD thesis on arbitration, Nova University of Lisbon
2024 Member of the Evaluation Board for the appointment of a Professor of Labour Law, Norwegian Business School, Oslo
2024 Member of the Evaluation Board for the appointment of an Assistant Professor of Private Law, Nova University of Lisbon
2024 Expert in the appointment of a Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Vienna
2024 Member of the Evaluation Board for the appointment as lecturer in private international law, University of Uppsala, Sweden
2023 Chairman of the Evaluation Board for a phd thesis on investment arbitration, University of Oslo
2023 Member of the Evaluation Board for the appointment of a Post Doc in law and IT, University of Oslo
2022 Chairman of the Evaluation Board for a phd thesis on computational analysis of influence in investment arbitration, PluriCourts Centre of Excellence, University of Oslo
2022 Opponent in the public defence of a PhD thesis on arbitral jurisdiction on disputes connected with multi-contracts, University of Stockholm
2021 Member of the Evaluation Board for the appointment as lecturer in Private international law, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
2021 Member of the Evaluation Board for the appointment as lecturer in arbitration law, University of Stockholm, Sweden
2019 Member of the selection committee for a lecturer position in private international law, Universitat autònoma de Barcelona
2019 Chairman of the advisory board evaluating an application for a research centre at the Faculty of law, University of Copenhagen
2018-2022 Member of the Advisory Board of the Excellence Project, Department of Law of the University of Verona
2017 Member of the Evaluation Board for a phd thesis on arbitration, Faculty of Law, Copenhagen University
2017 Evaluator in the midterm evaluation of a phd thesis on arbitration, Faculty of Law, Copenhagen University
2017 Member of the Evaluation Board for the appointment as professor in comparative law, University of Verona, Italy
2016 Member of the Evaluation Board for the appointment as professor in comparative law, University of Trento, Italy
2016 Chairman of the Evaluation Board for a phd thesis on Boykott in labour law, Faculty of Law, University of Oslo
2016 Member of the Evaluation Board for the appointment as lecturer in contract law and financial law, Law Department, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
2016 Member of the Evaluation Board for a phd thesis on international commercial arbitration, Law Department, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
2015 Member of the Evaluation Board for the appointment as full professor in law of obligations, University of Aarhus, Denmark
2014 Member of the Evaluation Board for the appointment as full professor in international and EU law, Italy
2014 Member of the Board carrying out the Research Evaluation of the Law Department of the Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
2014 Member of the Commission awarding the Diploma of the Hague Academy of International Law
2014 Member of the Jury for the 1st edition of the Nappert prize in International Arbitration, McGill Faculty of Law
2014 Member of the Evaluation Board for the appointment of associate professors in law, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
2013 Member of the Evaluation Board for a phd thesis on sustainability clauses in international business contracts, University of Aarhus, Denmark
2013 Member of the Evaluation Board for the appointment as associate professor in law, University of Aarhus, Denmark
2013 Member of the Evaluation Board for the appointment as lecturer in arbitration law, University of Stockholm, Sweden
2011 Member of the Evaluation Board for the appointment as lecturer in private international law, University of Stockholm, Sweden
2011 Member of the Evaluation Board for a doctoral thesis on the development of Russian international law, University of Turin, Italy
2010 Member of the Evaluation Board for the appointment as lecturer in comparative law, Law Faculty, University of Örebro, Sweden
2010 Chairman of the Evaluation Board for a doctoral thesis on contract law and company law aspects of dynamic networks, University of Oslo
2009 Internal Examiner for a PhD thesis on the concurrent jurisdiction between treaties and domestic tribunals, Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy, Dundee, Scotland
2009 Member of the Evaluation Board for the appointment as “Adjunct Professor”, Law Department, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
2007 Chairman of the Evaluation Board for a doctoral thesis on state contracts and investment arbitration, University of Oslo
2007 External Referee for a “Habilitationskommission” for professor qualification (venia docendi) in International Law, University of Vienna, Austria
2007 External Referee for Academy Research fellow Posts and Senior Scientist’s Grant applications, Research Council for Culture and Society at the Academy of Finland
2006 Chairman of the Evaluation Board for a Professorship in International Commercial and Investment Law, University of Oslo
2006 Member of the Evaluation Board for a PhD thesis on the private international law principle of domicile, University of Uppsala, Sweden
2006 Internal Examiner for a PhD thesis on the principle of force majeure in investment disputes, Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy, Dundee, Scotland
2002-2006 Referee for project applications for the Environment and Development Division – Cooperation programme with Russia, Research Council of Norway
2005 Internal Examiner for a PhD thesis on renegotiation clauses in international petroleum contracts, Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy, Dundee, Scotland
2001 Chairman of the Evaluation Board for a thesis for the “lisensiat” degree at the Oslo University on international jurisdiction in electronic contracts
Editorial Boards
2024 Member of the scientific committee, Perspectives contentieuses internationales
2024- Member of the editorial board, Diritto del Commercio Internazionale
2011-2020 General Editor, Lov og Rett (Norway’s largest law review)
2017-2020 Article Editor, European International Arbitration Review
2007-2011 Member of the Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of World Energy Law and Business
2006-2008 Member of the Editorial Board, Review of Central and East European Law
Research Groups, Associations
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2017 to date Elected member of the European Group for Private International Law
2017 to date Elected titular member of the International Academy of Comparative Law
2016 to date Elected member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters
2016-2020 Appointed member of the International Law Association Committee on The Rule of Law and International Investment Law
2014 to date Elected member of the International Academy of Consumer and Commercial Law
2010-2017 Elected associate member, International Academy of Comparative Law
2009-2013 Appointed member of the International Law Association Study Group on Role of Soft Law Instruments in International Investment Law
2008 Appointed member of the Steering Committee for the establishment of an International Law Association Study Group on Role of Soft Law Instruments in International Investment Law
2007-2023 Co-founder and member of the board (chairman from 2007 to 2020) of the Norwegian Association for Comparative Law
2006-2008 Appointed member of the International Law Association Committee on International Law of Foreign Investment
2004 to date Member of the European Research Group on Existing EC Private Law
2002 to date Member of the Nordic Group for Private International Law
1985 to date Member of the Italian Association for Comparative Law