Kjersti is a specialist on securities law and framework conditions for insurance and banking. For several years, she worked for the Financial Supervisory Authority of Norway and she has been responsible for the development and interpretation of rules of conduct and framework conditions for investment firms and management companies.
Chambers and Partners have ranked Kjersti as one of Norway’s foremost experts on financial regulatory law. In addition, she is also ranked as one of Norway’s leading lawyers within banking and finance by Legal 500.
Awards, Work experience, Memberships and Education
- Band 2, Chambers FinTech Guide, 2025, FinTech Legal, 2025
- Top 10, Advokatundersøkelsen, Finansavisen, Investigation and compliance, 2024
- Band 1, Chambers Europe, Banking & Finance: Regulatory, 2024
- Chambers FinTech Guide, 2024, FinTech Legal, 2024
- Banking & Finance: Regulatory, 2024
- Band 1, Chambers Europe, Banking & Finance: Regulatory, 2023
- Band 1, Chambers Europe, Banking & Finance: Regulatory, 2023
- 2022
- Band 1, Chambers Europe, Banking & Finance: Regulatory – Norway, 2021
- Band 1, Chambers Europe, Banking & Finance: Regulatory – Norway, 2020
- Partner, Wiersholm, 2007
- Lawyer, Wiersholm, 2002
- Senior Legal Adviser, The Financial Supervisory Authority of Norway, 1997
- Associate, Wikborg, Rein & Co, 1996
- Senior Executive Officer/Legal Adviser, The Financial Supervisory Authority of Norway, 1991
- Cand. Jur., University of Oslo, 1991