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GUNNAR
NERDRUM
• Born 1941
• Master of Law at the University of Oslo 1968
• Registered Advocate 1970
• Advocate before the Supreme Court of Norway 1972
• Registered as a Foreign Advocate in Moscow 2007
• Avocat à la Cour de Paris 1995-2008
Mr Gunnar Nerdrum has worked as a general practitioner in Norway for almost 40 years. He has experience from most fields of law, - private law, business law, public law.
From 1991 to 2008 he ran a law office in Paris, especially devoted to French-Norwegian relations. He has still a close cooperation with the lawfirm SCM Cabinet Taylor in Paris.
From 1990 he has been in charge of a number of tasks in Norwegian-Russian relations. He cooperates closely with the law office of Mr Vitali Uzdenski in Saint Petersburg and Sanctalex in Moscow. He also enjoys a network of advocates' relations in a number of provincial towns in Russia.
The last 20 years he has devoted himself to international commercial arbitration, both as arbitrator as well as counsel.
He is a member of the network of advocates United Legal Network and has good personal relations to advocates in most European countries and many other countries in the world.
Languages
English, French, German, Russian, - besides mother tongue Norwegian.
Publications
• The BITs and their impact article in ”Commercial Law Review” Vol. 2/2008
• A paper on "The End of Life" delivered at the UIA Congress in Seville 2009
VIBEKE EK
• Associate
• Born 1966
Living in Tromsø since 1985 Vibeke is born in the neighbour town Harstad, - what is an element of importance on these latitudes…
She passed her University law exam in 1997 with a dissertation within criminal law. In 2001 she passed a supplementary University exam within the field of expropriation and public building law, (“ekspropriasjons- og bygningsrett”).
She has had her professional practice within the administration and the management of the municipality of Tromsø. She started her career in “Byutvikling”, the administrative body for the town planning committee and the building inspection. Since 2001 she has had her employment with “Eiendomsavdelingen”, the body that runs the properties being under the administration of the municipality. From her practice she has a profound knowledge of real estate law, as well from the public side as from the private side.
Being the mother of two children she has been active in the sports club of her part of the town (Kroken idrettslag) as a coach and a member of the administrative board.
She has also been active in the political life. She is member of the Executive Board for Det Norske Arbeiderparti, (The Norwegian Labour Party) on the local as well on the regional level. The election period 2007-2011 she is member of the Tromsø city council and its executive committee (formannskapet). She is also the chairwoman of the permanent “Committee for culture, sport and adolescence”.
She has decided to end her luminous political career for an even more illustrious one, that of a practicing advocate…
We wish her welcome!
Languages
Norwegian, English
TOVE CATHRINE MACK
Education
Den Norske Balletthøyskole, Oslo Næringsakademiet, Tromsø
Professional experience
Worked for years within the world of theater and show business as a dancer, artist, choreograph and teacher. Turned to the even more exciting lawyers’ world and works now as a secretary and accountant of the office since December 2009.
Languages
Norwegian, English