{"id":361,"date":"2024-12-13T16:18:24","date_gmt":"2024-12-13T15:18:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wiersholm.no\/en\/people\/tkg\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T11:04:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T09:04:06","slug":"tkg","status":"publish","type":"employee","link":"https:\/\/wiersholm.no\/en\/people\/tkg\/","title":{"rendered":"Gr\u00f8ndalen, Torkjel Kleppo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Torkjel works mainly with contract law and regulatory aspects within the oil- and gas industry and the energy industry. His area of expertise covers the petroleum regulations, CO2-storage regulations and offshore wind regulations.   <\/p>\n<p>Torkjels experience covers all aspects, including contract and regulatory matters, M&#038;A, off-take, transportation, construction projects and disputes. Torkjel has been and is involved in several construction projects, both offshore and onshore within oil and gas, hydrogen, bioenergy etc. Torkjel has also been heavily involved in several carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects in Norway and worked for a time as the Procurement Manager for the full-scale CCS project at Mongstad (CCM).<\/p>\n<p>Gr\u00f8ndalen has experience as an in-house lawyer both within Gassco AS and BP Norge AS.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"editor_notices":[],"employee_title":"Partner","employee_mobile":"+47 91 87 43 31","employee_landline":"+47 21 02 10 92","employee_email":"tkg@wiersholm.no","_employee_initials":"tkg","_employee_user_id":"65ddf199c8735500559d13ae","_employee_cv_id":"65ddf19a77086921f89caeea","_employee_synced":"1774861386","employee_work_experiences":[{"description":"Partner","employer":"Wiersholm","year_from":"2024"},{"description":"Partner","employer":"Schj\u00f8dt","year_from":"2019"},{"description":"Partner","employer":"Michelet & Co","year_from":"2016"},{"description":"Partner","employer":"Arntzen de Besche","year_from":"2013"},{"description":"In-house lawyer","employer":"BP Norge AS","year_from":"2007"},{"description":"In-house lawyer","employer":"Gassco AS","year_from":"2005"},{"description":"Associate\/lawyer","employer":"Arntzen de Besche","year_from":"2004"}],"employee_educations":[{"degree":"North Sea Energy Law Programme","school":" University of Oslo","year_to":"2011"},{"degree":"Cand. Jur.","school":"University of Oslo","year_to":"2004"},{"degree":"Business Administration","school":"University of Vermont","year_to":"2000"}],"employee_positions":[],"employee_honors_awards":[{"for_work":"Project development ","issuer":"IFLR1000","name":"Notable practitioner ","year":"2025","starred":""},{"for_work":"Energy: Oil and Gas","issuer":"Legal 500","name":"Next Generation Partners","year":"2024","starred":""}],"employee_project_experiences":[],"employee_recommendations":[{"long_description":"Torkjel Kleppo Gr\u00f8ndalen, excellent combination of deep legal understanding and commercial mindset.","recommender":"Legal 500, 2026"}]},"authorisation_tax":[7],"award_tax":[],"competence_area_tax":[41,21],"role_tax":[57],"class_list":["post-361","employee","type-employee","status-publish","hentry","authorisation_tax-advokat","competence_area_tax-oil-gas-and-ccs","competence_area_tax-renewable-energy-and-infrastructure","role_tax-partner"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.8 (Yoast SEO v26.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Gr\u00f8ndalen, Torkjel Kleppo - Law firm Wiersholm<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/wiersholm.no\/en\/people\/tkg\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gr\u00f8ndalen, Torkjel Kleppo\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Torkjel works mainly with contract law and regulatory aspects within the oil- and gas industry and the energy industry. His area of expertise covers the petroleum regulations, CO2-storage regulations and offshore wind regulations. Torkjels experience covers all aspects, including contract and regulatory matters, M&#038;A, off-take, transportation, construction projects and disputes. Torkjel has been and is [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/wiersholm.no\/en\/people\/tkg\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Law firm Wiersholm\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-03-30T09:04:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wiersholm.no\/en\/people\/tkg\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/wiersholm.no\/en\/people\/tkg\/\",\"name\":\"Gr\u00f8ndalen, Torkjel Kleppo - Law firm Wiersholm\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wiersholm.no\/en\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2024-12-13T15:18:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-30T09:04:06+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wiersholm.no\/en\/people\/tkg\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/wiersholm.no\/en\/people\/tkg\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wiersholm.no\/en\/people\/tkg\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/wiersholm.no\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Our team\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/wiersholm.no\/en\/people\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Gr\u00f8ndalen, Torkjel Kleppo\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wiersholm.no\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/wiersholm.no\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Law firm Wiersholm\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/wiersholm.no\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Gr\u00f8ndalen, Torkjel Kleppo - Law firm Wiersholm","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/wiersholm.no\/en\/people\/tkg\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Gr\u00f8ndalen, Torkjel Kleppo","og_description":"Torkjel works mainly with contract law and regulatory aspects within the oil- and gas industry and the energy industry. His area of expertise covers the petroleum regulations, CO2-storage regulations and offshore wind regulations. Torkjels experience covers all aspects, including contract and regulatory matters, M&#038;A, off-take, transportation, construction projects and disputes. Torkjel has been and is [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/wiersholm.no\/en\/people\/tkg\/","og_site_name":"Law firm Wiersholm","article_modified_time":"2026-03-30T09:04:06+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/wiersholm.no\/en\/people\/tkg\/","url":"https:\/\/wiersholm.no\/en\/people\/tkg\/","name":"Gr\u00f8ndalen, Torkjel Kleppo - Law firm Wiersholm","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiersholm.no\/en\/#website"},"datePublished":"2024-12-13T15:18:24+00:00","dateModified":"2026-03-30T09:04:06+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiersholm.no\/en\/people\/tkg\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/wiersholm.no\/en\/people\/tkg\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/wiersholm.no\/en\/people\/tkg\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/wiersholm.no\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Our team","item":"https:\/\/wiersholm.no\/en\/people\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Gr\u00f8ndalen, Torkjel Kleppo"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/wiersholm.no\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/wiersholm.no\/en\/","name":"Law firm Wiersholm","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/wiersholm.no\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wiersholm.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/employee\/361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wiersholm.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/employee"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wiersholm.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/employee"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wiersholm.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"authorisation_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wiersholm.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/authorisation_tax?post=361"},{"taxonomy":"award_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wiersholm.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/award_tax?post=361"},{"taxonomy":"competence_area_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wiersholm.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/competence_area_tax?post=361"},{"taxonomy":"role_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wiersholm.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/role_tax?post=361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}