Stephan works with litigation, dispute resolution, negotiations and public law framework conditions for trade and industry, including procurement and competetion law. He litigates regularly before Norwegian courts, and he has litigated before the EFTA Court and carried out hearings before the EU Commission. Stephan has further pleaded 4 competition law cases for the Supreme Court, which is more than anyone else, and has won 3 out of 4 cases.

For 20 years Stephan has been highly engaged in international arbitration in shipping, oil and gas, M&A disputes and general contract law. He has litigated a number of cases in the ICC and the SCC systems and has also been engaged in ad hoc arbitration. He has furthermore been arbitrator in several national and international arbitrations, and he has been chairman in the reinsurance disputes concerning the fire in Grenfell Tower in London and the terrorist attack at In Amenas in Algeria.

Stephan is top-ranked (Band 1) in Chambers International and Chambers Europe in Dispute Resolution, as well as ranked within procurement law and competition law in Chambers Europe. In the Financial Daily's annual lawyer survey, Stephan is ranked as one of Norway's foremost experts on dispute resolution and is also highly ranked within the class of International lawyer and Most sought after by competitors.

Stephan is the author of several legal textbooks and articles. He is the chief editor of Rettsdata's databases Administrative Law and Civil Procedure. Moreover, Stephan has extensive experience as board member of Norwegian and foreign companies and is inter alia chair of the board of Riksteatret and Opplysningsvesenets Fond and board member of inter alia Smedvig AS, Braganza AB and ABC Startsiden AS.

Stephan L. Jervell is a rock star in court, very positive and proactive, and a convincing advocate before judges.

Legal 500, 2024

Selected projects

Work experience

Managing Partner, Wiersholm, 2024

Partner, Wiersholm, 2000

Visiting Scholar, Centre of European Law, University of Oslo, 1998

Investigator, The Parliamentary Inquiry Commission, 1997

Lawyer, the Office of the Attorney General (Civil Affairs), 1993

Course Leader, Lecturer and External Examiner, University of Oslo, 1990

Education

Master of Laws, Harvard Law School, 1994

Cand. Jur., University of Oslo, 1992

Educated mediator and arbitrator, ,

Memberships / Posts

Chair of the Board, Riksteatret, 2011 - 2024

Chairman of the Board, Romerike International School, 2016 - 2024

Board member, EAM Solar ASA, 2018 - 2024

Member, the Norwegian Bar Association's Ethics Committee, 2019 - 2022

Deputy Chair and Chair of the Board, Wiersholm, 2013 - 2019

Board member, Braganza AB, 2018

Board member, Smedvig AS, 2017

Chair of the Board, Opplysningsvesenets Fond, 2013

Member, the Employment Panel at the Faculty of Law (UiO), 2019

Chief Editor, Rettsdata's database Administrative Law, 2004

Chief Editor, Rettsdata's database Civil Procedure, 2005

, 2023

Board member, ABC Startsiden AS, 2018

Board member, AKO Foundation, 2017

Board member, Oslo Chamber of Commerce' Institute of Arbitration and Dispute Resolution, 2017

Board member, Smedvig Asset Allocation AS, 2005

Honours and awards

Band 1, Chambers Global, Dispute Resolution, 2024

Band 1, Chambers Europe, Dispute Resolution, 2024

Topp 10, Advokatundersøkelsen, Finansavisen, Dispute resolution, 2024

Topp 10, Advokatundersøkelsen, Finansavisen, Dispute resolution, 2023

Topp 10, Advokatundersøkelsen, Finansavisen, International lawyer, 2023

Band 1, Chambers Europe, Dispute Resolution, 2023

Band 1, Chambers Global, Dispute Resolution, 2023

Band 1, Chambers Global, Dispute Resolution - Norway, 2022

Band 1, Chambers Global, Dispute Resolution - Norway, 2021

Band 4, Chambers Europe, Competition/Antitrust - Norway, 2021

Band 1, Chambers Europe, Dispute Resolution, 2020

Band 4, Chambers Europe, Competition/Antitrust - Norway, 2020

Hans Majestets Gullmedalje, Universitetet i Oslo, The thesis on 'Ansvar og den ansvarlige i kjøpsretten', 1993