Trends in Dispute Resolution Forum 2025
On 12 June 2025, we kick off the second Trends in Dispute Resolution Forum, with the topic:
“Climate Litigation: How To Protect your Business Interests“
Climate Litigation against companies is on the rise, and about 40 % of Climate Litigation cases outside of the US now involve companies. Cases against companies have traditionally been focused on the fossil fuel sector, but we now see cases launched across other sectors, including airlines, the food and beverage industry and financial services. In this year’s Trends in Dispute Resolution Forum, we will explore ways to protect your business interests when defending against such cases. We will have a look at which trends we see developing in Corporate Climate Litigation, i.e. what types of cases we can expect going forward, and we will also take a closer look at Climate Litigation in Norway.
We have an outstanding line-up of speakers, including Stefanie Spancken-Monz from Freshfields, Ane Sydnes Egeland from the University of Oslo and our own Odin Breidvik from Wiersholm. Our esteemed speakers will examine the following topics:
- Wiersholm’s Odin Breidvik will take us through European trends in Corporate Climate Litigation, and will share key insights and possible future directions
- Freshfield’s Stefanie Spancken-Monz will give a talk on Climate Litigation against Private Companies, with a special focus on the case Luciano Lliuya v RWE
- Doctoral Research Fellow Ane Sydnes Egeland will offer her insights on Climate Litigation against Norway – focusing on the recent court cases and what she calls the Norwegian Dilemma
More information will be shared closer to the event date.
Date
Wiersholm, Dokkveien 1, 6th floor, 0250 Oslo
Type
In-person
Price
Free
Speakers
Ane Sydnes Egeland
Ane Sydnes Egeland is currently a PhD candidate at the Faculty of Law of the University of Oslo. Her research centres on the role of climate change targets within the context of global and national climate change frameworks, as well as the principles developed by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) under the European Convention on Human Rights. Ane has significant litigation experience from her time as a lawyer working for the Norwegian Attorney for Civil Affairs (Regjeringsadvokaten), including from the first climate change cases before Norwegian courts and the ECtHR.”
Stefanie Spancken-Monz
Stefanie Spancken-Monz is a Senior Associate in the dispute resolution practice group at Freshfields and specialises in litigation relating to all areas of business and commercial law, with a particular focus on cartel damages claims and ESG litigation.
Stefanie studied law at the University of Heidelberg and the Universidad Complutense de Madrid and has completed her legal traineeship at the District Court of Münster, Germany. Prior to joining Freshfields in 2016 she worked as a Research Fellow at the Institute for Private International Law at the University of Heidelberg.
Odin Breidvik
Odin Breidvik is a Managing Associate in Wiersholm’s Litigation and Dispute Resolution practice. Odin’s practice encompasses dispute resolution and mediation, inter alia in IT-project cases, professional liability cases as well as general contract law and tort law cases. He has inter alia successfully represented a number of vendors in IT-contract disputes before Norwegian courts. Odin has extensively pleaded cases before Norwegian courts at all levels, as well as ad hoc arbitration under the Norwegian Arbitration Act. Odin also has experience with international arbitration, including cases under the SCC Rules.
