Jon Petter primarily works within the fields of financial crime, regulatory administrative law, investigations, compliance (anti-money laundering, corruption, sanctions, etc.), human rights, and procedural law.
Awards, Work experience, Memberships and Education
- Academic Counsel, Wiersholm, 2024
- Professor, The Faculty of Law in Bergen, 2014
- Constituted Court Judge, Gulating lagmannsrett, 2013
- Postdoctoral Researcher, The Faculty of Law in Tromsø, 2010
- Constituted Court Judge, Hålogaland lagmannsrett, 2009
- Assistant professor, The Faculty of Law in Tromsø, 2007
- Assistant professor, The Faculty of Law in Tromsø, 2003
- Associate, Advokatfirmaet Østgård, 2001
- Editor in Chief, Tidsskrift for Strafferett (Norwegian Journal of Criminal Law) Redaktør, Tidsskriftet for strafferett, 2024
- Leader of an investigation committee ( 7 members and 4 person full time employed) to investigate a miscarriage of justice in one of the most known murder cases in Norway, Baneheia (appointed by the Norwegian Cabinet), 2023
- Member of a law commission (appointed by the Norwegian Cabinet) to propose strengthened legal protection for persons who are victims of negative social control and honour related crime, 2022, 2024
- Appointed to draft a legislative proposal on new legislation on sanction physical persons for violations of the Norwegian competition act (appointed by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries) , 2022, 2023
- Leader of an investigation committee to investigate the Norwegian DPP authority’s handling of the largest economic crime case in Norwegian legal history (appointed by the prosecutor General of Norway), 2016, 2017
- Leader of the Money Laundering Law Commission (commission appointed by the Norwegian Cabinet to draft a new anti-money laundering and terrorist financing act for Norway), 2015, 2016
- Member of the Criminal Procedural Law Commission (appointed by the Norwegian Cabinet to draft new criminal procedural law for Norway)., 2014, 2016
- Appointed to draft legislative proposal on new legislation on confiscation (civil forfeiture) (appointed by the Norwegian Department of Justice)., 2014, 2015
- Appointed Judge in Arbitration Court, 2013
- Member of the Editorial Board, Lov og Rett (Norwegian Law Journal), 2011, 2020
- Appointed Judge in Arbitration Court, 2011
- Volunteer, Gatejuristen, Tromsø (clinic for free legal aid), 2009, 2010
- Appointed Judge in Arbitration Court, 2007
- Major, Norwegian Armed Forces (Legal Adviser)., 2006
- Member of the Editorial Board, Tidsskrift for Strafferett (Norwegian Journal of Criminal Law) Medlem av redaksjonen, 2005
- Head of Legal Matters, Jusshjelpa i Nord-Norge, Tromsø (student clinic for free legal aid), 2003, 2008
- Ph.D., University of Tromsø – The Arctic University of Norway, 2008
- French basic university education, University of Tromsø – The Arctic University of Norway, 2004
- Cand. jur., University of Tromsø – The Arctic University of Norway, 2001