Jon assists Norwegian and international clients within the energy sector, and his main areas of expertise are acquisitions, financing, negotiations, dispute resolution and regulatory requirements within this business segment. Jon's practice includes assistance to petroleum producers on the Norwegian continental shelf, producers of hydro electric power and businesses engaged in new renewable power. He is admitted to the Supreme Court.
Chambers and Partners and Legal 500 have ranked Jon as one of Norway's most prominent renewable energy and petroleum lawyers. In addition, he is also ranked among Norway's most prominent energy lawyers in Finansavisen's annual peer review among Norwegian commercial lawyers.
He has a strong commercial awareness, is solution-oriented and has tons of experience.
Selected projects
Work experience
Partner, Wiersholm, 2017
Partner, Wikborg, Rein & Co, 2008
Associate/Senior Associate/Managing Associate, Wikborg, Rein & Co, 2000
Assistant professor, Faculty of law, University of Tromsø, 1999
Lecturer and External Examiner, UiT, UiB and BI, 1997
Education
Cand. Jur., University of Tromsø, 1999
Memberships / Posts
Member, The Norwegian Bar Association’s law committee for energy law, hydro power, oil & gas, 2013 - 2018
Network Leader, JUC Network for Energy Law, 2017
Honours and awards
Band 1, Chambers Europe, Energy: Renewables, 2024
Leading partner, Legal 500, Electricity and renewable energy, 2024
Highly regarded, IFLR1000, Capital markets, Project development, Project finance and M&A, 2024
Topp 10, Advokatundersøkelsen, Finansvisen, Renewable and climate, 2024
1. plass, Advokatundersøkelsen, Finansavisen, Renewables and environmental, 2023
Leading individuals, Legal 500, 2023
Highly regarded, IFLR1000, Energy and infrastructure, 2023
Band 1, Chambers Europe, Energy: Renewables, 2023
Band 1, Chambers Europe, Energy: Electricity, 2022
Leading individuals, Legal 500, Electricity and Renewable Energy, 2022
Band 4, Chambers Global, Energy: Oil & Gas - Norway, 2021
Leading individuals, Legal 500, Electricity and renewable energy, 2021
1. plass, Finansavisen, Energy and climate, 2020
Band 1, Chambers Europe, Energy: Electricity - Norway, 2020
Band 4, Chambers Europe, Energy: Oil & Gas - Norway, 2020
Leading individuals, Legal 500, Electricity and renewable energy, 2020