
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