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Giuditta Cordero-Moss

 

Giuditta Cordero-Moss is a Professor at the Department for Private Law, University of Oslo, Norway, in charge of International Commercial Law, International Commercial Arbitration and Private International Law.

Originally an Italian lawyer, she practiced the law of international contracts for nearly 20 years, primarily within commercial and industrial cooperation, financing, project financing, international litigation and transactions in Russia and the former Soviet Union.

Professor Cordero-Moss joined the Oslo University in 2003 full time. She has been acting as a legal adviser within her fields of specialization and as an arbitrator, and is available to accept arbitral appointments.

 

Academic Activity

1999 to date     UNIVERSITY OF OSLO, Law Faculty – Professor (from 1999 to 2004 part time Associate Professor) Lectures and seminars on International Commercial Law, Private Comparative Law, Private International Law, Contract Law; supervision of undergraduate and postgraduate students
2000-2008         CENTRE FOR ENERGY, PETROLEUM & MINERAL LAW & POLICY, University of Dundee, Scotland - Principal Research Fellow, Honorary Lecturer (2000 to 2002 Senior Research Fellow) Lectures on Regulation of International Business, supervision of postgraduate students
1996-1998         UNIVERSITY OF OSLO, Law Faculty – Research Fellow (during maternity leave from Norsk Hydro) Work on Dr. juris thesis
1992-1995         INSTITUTE OF STATE AND LAW, RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, Moscow, Russian Federation - Postgraduate student (part time) Work on PhD thesis
1986-1988         MAX-PLANCK-INSTITUT FÜR INTERNATIONALES STRAFRECHT, FREIBURG, Germany - Guest researcher in summer months
1984-1985         UNIVERSITY OF ROME, Italy, Law Faculty – Assistant Researcher

Private Practice

1999-2002     Partner, ADVOKATFIRMAET HJORT DA (1999-2001) and ADVOKATFIRMA DLA NORDIC (former LINDH STABELL HORTEN) DA (2002; 2003-09 - Of counsel) Legal counselling on international commercial transactions with particular emphasis on transactions in Russia, Eastern Europe and Italy, financing, private international law, international commercial arbitration.
2002                Global Counsel 3000 Highly Recommended Lawyer, M&A and Dispute Resolution Legal 500 Highly Recommended Lawyer, Banking and Finance
2001                Global Counsel 3000 Highly Recommended Lawyer, M&A Legal 500 Highly Recommended Lawyer, Banking and Finance

In-house Legal Practice

1986-1999         FIAT S.p.A., Turin, Italy (1986-1989) and NORSK HYDRO a.s, Oslo, Norway (1989-1999)

Appointments as an Arbitrator and Judge

2007-2011         Judge, Administrative Tribunal, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
2002 to date     Frequently appointed as a sole arbitrator, co-arbitrator or chairman of the arbitral tribunal (Stockholm Chamber of Commerce, Central Chamber of Commerce of Finland, International Chamber of Commerce, ad hoc) in disputes relating to:

 

•     Engineering agreements

•     Supply agreements

•     Agency agreements

•     Settlement agreements

•     Consultancy agreements

•     Licence agreements

•     Tie-in contracts in off-shore hydrocarbon production

•     Investment protection (governed by the Bilateral Investment Treaty between the Russian Federation and the Republic and Moldova and Moldovan law)

Committees

2010 to date      Country Delegate (Norway), Working Group II (Arbitration), United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), transparency in treaty based arbitration
2007-2010          Country Delegate (Norway), Working Group II (Arbitration), United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), revision of the 1976 UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules
2007 to date      Country Delegate (Norway), International Chamber of Commerce Commission on Arbitration Task Force “National rules of procedure for recognition and enforcement of foreign awards pursuant to the New York Convention of 1958”
2003 to date      Member of the Commission on Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce, Paris
2001 to date      Member of the Norwegian National Committee, International Chamber of Commerce
2001 to 2003      Vice-Chairman, Italian Norwegian Chamber of Commerce (Member of the Board of Directors from 2001 to 2002)
2001 to 2003      Member of the Corporate Law Legal Committee, Norwegian Bar Association
1995     Member of the Legal Committee and of the Tax/Accounting Committee of the Petroleum Advisory Forum, Moscow (Association of Western Oil Industry with the purpose of contributing to reform of oil legislation inRussia)
1989                     Participant to the EUROPEAN ROUNDTABLE OF INDUSTRIALISTS’ Exchange Programme EUROJOB: visiting attorney in Norsk Hydro a.s, Norway
1988                     Member of the Education Working Group's YOUTH PROGRAMME, EUROPEAN ROUNDTABLE OF INDUSTRIALISTS

Boards and Corporate Bodies

2011 to date      Member of the Board of Directors of Det Norske Universitetssenter i Sankt Petersburg (The Norwegian University centre in Saint Petersburg)
2010 to date      Member of the Board of Directors of the Arbitration Institute, Oslo Chamber of Commerce
2006-2010          Member of the Board of Directors of OAO DnB Nor Monchebank, Murmansk, Russia (Bank, subsidiary of DnBNor ASA)
2004 to date      Member of the Board of Directors of Protector Forsikring ASA (insurance company)

Research

2009-2012          Founder, member of the Steering Committee and manager of the research project “Arbitration and Party Autonomy”: http://www.jus.uio.no/ifp/english/research/projects/choice-of-law/
2008-2011          Deputy Director, Department of Private Law, Law Faculty, University of Oslo, Norway
2004-2009          Founder, member of the Board and manager of the inter-departmental research project and international network “Anglo-American Contract Models and Norwegian or Other Civil Law Governing Law” financed by the Research Council of Norway: http://www.jus.uio.no/ifp/forskning/prosjekter/anglo-project/
July 2002            Director of Studies, The Hague Academy of International Law, Course on Private International Law

Evaluation Boards

2011                Member of the Evaluation Board for the appointment as lecturer in private international law, University of Stockholm, Sweden
2011                Member of the Evaluation Board for a doctoral thesis on the development of Russian international law, University of Turin, Italy
2010                Member of the Evaluation Board for the appointment as lecturer, Law Faculty, University of Örebro, Sweden
2010                Chairman of the Evaluation Board for a doctoral thesis on contract law and company law aspects of dynamic networks, University of Oslo
2009                Internal Examiner for a PhD thesis on the concurrent jurisdiction between treaties and domestic tribunals, Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy, Dundee, Scotland
2009                Member of the Evaluation Board for the appointment as “Adjunct Professor”, Law Department, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
2007                Chairman of the Evaluation Board for a doctoral thesis on state contracts and investment arbitration, University of Oslo
2007                External Referee for a “Habilitationskommission” for professor qualification (venia docendi) in International Law, University of Vienna, Austria
2007                External Referee for Academy Research fellow Posts and Senior Scientist’s Grant applications, Research Council for Culture and Society at the Academy of Finland
2006                Chairman of the Evaluation Board for a Professorship in International Commercial and Investment Law, University of Oslo
2006                Member of the Evaluation Board for a PhD thesis on the private international law principle of domicile, University of Uppsala, Sweden
2006                Internal Examiner for a PhD thesis on the principle of force majeure in investment disputes, Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy, Dundee, Scotland
2002-2006     Referee for project applications for the Environment and Development Division – Cooperation programme with Russia, Research Council of Norway
2005                Internal Examiner for a PhD thesis on renegotiation clauses in international petroleum contracts, Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy, Dundee, Scotland
2001                Chairman of the Evaluation Board for a thesis for the “lisensiat” degree at the Oslo University on international jurisdiction in electronic contracts

Editorial Boards

2011-2015        General Editor, Lov og Rett
2007-                 Member of the Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of World Energy Law and Business
2006-2008        Member of the Editorial Board, Review of Central and East European Law

Research Groups and Associations

2010 to date      Associate member, International Academy of Comparative Law
2009-2011         Member of the International Law Association Study Group on Role of Soft Law Instruments in International Investment Law
2008                    Member of the Steering Committee for the establishment of an International Law Association Study Group on Role of Soft Law Instruments in International Investment Law
2007 to date     Co-founder and chairman of the Norwegian Association for Comparative Law
2006-2008         Member of the International Law Association Committee on International Law of Foreign Investment
2004 to date     Member of the European Research Group on Existing EC Private Law
2002 to date     Member of the Nordic Group for Private International Law
1985 to date     Member of the Italian Association for Comparative Law

 

Monographs

 

• INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL LAW, Publications Series of the Institute of Private Law, University of Oslo, 2010 nr 185, 2nd ed., pp. 1-501

• ANGLO-AMERICAN CONTRACT MODELS AND NORWEGIAN OR OTHER CIVILIAN GOVERNING LAW: AN INTRODUCTION, Publications Series of the Institute of Private Law, University of Oslo, 169/2007, pp. 1-112

• LECTURES ON COMPARATIVE LAW OF CONTRACTS, Publications Series of the Institute of Private Law, University of Oslo, nr 166, 2004, pp. 1-194 and CEPMLP (Centre for Energy, Petroleum, Mineral Law & Policy) Internet Journal, volume 15, article 3, http://www.dundee.ac.uk/cepmlp/journal/

• LECTURES ON INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL LAW, Publications Series of the Institute of Private Law, University of Oslo, 2003 nr 162, pp. 1-161, and CEPMLP (Centre for Energy, Petroleum, Mineral Law & Policy) Internet Journal, volume 14, article 3, http://www.dundee.ac.uk/cepmlp/journal/

• INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION. PARTY AUTONOMY AND MANDATORY RULES, Tano Aschehoug (Universitetsforlaget), Oslo, 1999, pp. 1-450

• AVTONOMIA VOLI V PRAKTIKE MEZHDUNARODNOGO KOMMERCHESKOGO ARBITRAZHA [Autonomy of the Parties in the Practice of International Commercial Arbitration], Institute of State and Law, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow,1996, pp.1-83

 

Edited Books and Series

 

• BOILERPLATE CLAUSES, INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL CONTRACTS AND THE APPLICABLE LAW, forthcoming, Cambridge University Press 2011

• ANGLO-AMERICAN CONTRACT MODELS, Publications Series of the Institute of Private Law, University of Oslo, 2007-2010, vol. 1-9

• RETT OG TOLERANSE – FESTSKRIFT HELGE JOHAN THUE (together with Johan Giertsen and Torstein Frantzen), Gyldendal 2007, pp. 1-802

 

Book Chapters

 

• DOES THE USE OF COMMON LAW CONTRACT MODELS GIVE RISE TO A TACIT CHOICE OF LAW OR TO A HARMONISED, TRANSNATIONAL INTERPRETATION?, in G. Cordero-Moss (ed.), Boilerplate clauses, international commercial contracts and the applicable law, forthcoming, Cambridge University Press 2011

• RECENT PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW CODIFICATIONS, NATIONAL REPORT FOR NORWAY, in S. Symeonides, (ed.), International Academy of Comparative Law, 18th International Congress of Comparative Law, forthcoming 2011

• LEGAL CAPACITY, ARBITRATION AND PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW, in k. Boele-Woelki, D. Girsberger, T. Einhorn, S. Symeonides (eds.), Convergence and Divergence in Private International Law – Liber Amicorum Kurt Siehr, Eleven International Publishing, 2010, pp.

• NORSK INTERNASJONAL SELSKAPSRETT: NOEN BEMERKNINGER I LYS AV EUROPEISK RETT, in G. Knudsen, K. Normann, G. Woxholth (eds.), Festskrfit Mads Andenæs, 2010, pp. 221-231

• THE TRANSNATIONAL LAW OF CONTRACTS: WHAT IT CAN AND WHAT IT CANNOT ACHIEVE, in M. Desta, I. Laird, T. Weiler (eds.), Memorial Essays for Thomas Wälde, forthcoming 2011

• EL DERECHO CONTRACTUAL GENERAL Y SU (LIMITADA) APTITUD PARA SER ARMONIZADO [General contract law and its (limited) aptitude to being harmonised], in J. Basedow, D.P.Fernández Arroyo, J.A. Moreno Rodríguez, Cómo se codifica hoy el derecho commercial internacional?, Thomson Reuters, 2010, pp. 29-50

• L’USO DI CLAUSOLE CONTRATTUALI SVILUPPATE IN TRADIZIONI GIURIDICHE DIVERSE, in S. Ferreri (ed.), Falsi amici e trappole linguistiche – Termini contrattuali anglofoni e difficoltà di traduzione, G. Giappichelli Editore, Torino 2010, pp. 123-139

• COMMERCIAL CONTRACTS, in Twigg-Flesner, Chr. (ed.), Cambridge Companion to European Union Private Law, Cambridge University press, 2009, pp. 147-159

• CONSUMER PROTECTION EXCEPT FOR GOOD COMMERCIAL PRACTICE: A SATISFATORY REGIME FOR COMMERCIAL CONTRACTS?, in Schulze, R. (ed.), Common Frame of Reference and Existing EC Contract Law, 2ndedition, Sellier. European Law Publishers, 2009, pp. 61-90

• COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION AND INVESTMENT ARBITRATION: FERTILE SOIL FOR FALSE FRIENDS?, in Binder, C., Kriebaum, U., Reinisch, A., Wittich, S. (eds), International Investment Law for the 21st Century – Essays in Honour of Christoph Schreuer, Oxford University Press, 2009, pp. 782-797

• FREMMEDE RETSBEGREBER I NORDISK KONTRAKTSRET – KORREFERAT, Det 38. Nordiske Juristmøte, Den danske Styrelse, Copenhagen, 2008, vol II, pp. 619-631

• COMMERCIAL CONTRACTS BETWEEN CONSUMER PROTECTION AND TRADE USAGES: SOME OBSERVATIONS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF STATE CONTRACT LAW, in Schulze, R. (ed.), Common Frame of Reference and Existing EC Contract Law, Sellier. European Law Publishers, 2008, pp. 65-93

• TRIBUNAL’S POWERS VERSUS PARTY AUTONOMY, in Muchlinski, P., Ortino, F. and Schreuer, C. (eds.), Handbook of International Law on Foreign Investment, Oxford University Press, 2008, pp. 1207-1244

• FULL PROTECTION AND SECURITY, in Reinisch, A. (ed.), Standards of Investment Protection, Oxford University Press, 2008, pp.131-150

• TACIT CHOICE OF LAW, PARTIAL CHOICE AND CLOSEST CONNECTION: THE CASE OF COMMON LAW CONTRACT MODELS GOVERNED BY A CIVILIAN LAW, in Giertsen, J., Frantzen, T. and Cordero-Moss, G. (eds.), Rett og toleranse - Festskrift Helge Johan Thue, Gyldendal 2007, pp. 367-378

• THE “TROIKA” AND ITS EFFECTS ON THE HARMONISATION OF CONTRACT LAW –ILLUSTRATED BY THE DUTY OF GOOD FAITH BETWEEN THE PARTIES, Colloquium of the International Academy of Legal Sciences, forthcoming, 2007

• THE FUNCTION OF LETTERS OF INTENT AND THEIR RECOGNITION IN MODERN LEGAL SYSTEMS, in Schulze, R. (ed.), New Features in Contract Law, Sellier. European Law Publishers, 2007, pp. 139-159

• LOV OM VOLDGIFT - § 22, VOLDGIFTSSTED, KAP. 9, UGYLDIGHET, KAP. 10, ANERKJENNELSE OG FULLBYRDING [Commentary on the Norwegian arbitration law – Sec. 22, Seat of Arbitration, Chapter 9, Invalidity of the award, Chapter 10, Recognition and Enforcement], Universitetsforlaget, 2007

• HARMONISED CONTRACT CLAUSES IN DIFFERENT BUSINESS CULTURES, in Wilhelmsson, T. (ed.), Private Law and the many Cultures of Europe, Kluwer Law International, 2007, pp. 221-239

• THE IMPACT OF THE LEGAL TRADITIONS ON THE HARMONIZATION OF CONTRACT LAW. THE EXAMPLE OF GOOD FAITH IN CONTRACTS, in Tzchelavek i evo vremia [Essays in the honour of August A. Rubanov] , Wolters Kluwer, 2006, pp. 298-329

• INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL CONTRACTS: IS THERE ANY ROOM FOR CONCEPTS SUCH AS REASONABLENESS, GOOD FAITH OR FAIR DEALING? in Industribygging og rettsutvikling, Juridisk Festskrift I anledning Hydros 100-årsjubileum [Legal Essays for the 100th anniversary of the establishment of Norsk Hydro], 2005, pp. 301-317

• DIRECT ACTION AGAINST THE INSURER: A RECENT DECISION BY THE NORWEGIAN SUPREME COURT ILLUSTRATES THE NORWEGIAN APPROACH TO PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW, in Einhorn, T., Siehr, K. (eds.),Intercontinental Cooperation through Private International Law - Essays in Memory of Peter Nygh, TMC Asser Press, 2002, pp. 55-67

• ERSTATNINGSRETT, KONTRAKTSRETT OG INTERNASJONALT PRESEPTORISKE REGLER - ILLUSTRERT VED SKADELIDTES DIREKTE KRAV MOT FORSIKRINGSSELSKAPET [Tort, Contract and Overriding Mandatory Rules – Direct Action against the Insurer], in Bonus Pater Familias. Festskrift til Peter Lødrup, Gyldendal, 2002, pp.[1-15]

• DISPUTE RESOLUTION: NORWAY, Global Counsel Dispute Resolution Handbook, 2002

 

Articles Case Notes and Editorials

 

• REVISION OF THE UNCITRAL ARBITRATION RULES: FURTHER STEPS, International Arbitration Law Review, 2010, Issue 3, pp. 96-99

• LOVVALG OG JURISDIKSJON FOR KONTRAKTER OM SALG AV FAST EIENDOM – OG NOEN BEMERKNINGER OM ANDRE KONTRAKTER MED TINGSRETTSLIGE VIRKNINGER, Jussens Venner, 2010, Vol. 45, Issue 4, pp. 295-322

• EN MER MODERN OG SYSTEMATISK NORSK INTERNASJONAL PRIVATRETT ETTER BOKHANDLEREN I KABUL-DOMMEN, Tidsskrift for Rettsvitenskap, 2010, pp. 819-842

• INNFØRING I LOVVALG FOR KJØPSKONTRAKTER, Jussens Venner, 2010, Vol. 45, Issue 2, pp. 85-97

• LOVVALG I INTERNASJONAL KOMMERSIELL VOLDGIFT, Lov og Rett, 2009, Vol. 48 Issue 6, pp. 361-373

• DEN NYE EUROPEISKE INTERNASJONALE FORMUERETTEN OG NORSK INTERNASJONAL FORMUERETT, Lov og Rett, 2009, Vol. 48 Isse 2, pp. 67-83

• THE “TROIKA” AND ITS EFFECTS ON THE HARMONISATION OF CONTRACT LAW –ILLUSTRATED BY THE DUTY OF GOOD FAITH BETWEEN THE PARTIES, (2009) Transnational Dispute Management, Vol. 6 Issue 1, pp. 2-21

• INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION AND THE QUEST FOR THE APPLICABLE LAW, (2008) Global Jurist: Vol. 8: Iss. 3 (Advances), Article 2 pp.1-42

• ARBITRATION AND PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW, (2008) International Arbitration Law Review, vol. 11 Isse 4, pp.153-164

• LOVVALGSREGLER FOR INTERNASJONALE KONTRAKTER: TILSYNELATENDE LIKHETER OG REELLE FORSKJELLER MELLOM EUROPEISKE OG NORSKE REGLER, Tidsskrift for Rettsvitenskap, 2007, pp. 679-717

• FORM OF ARBITRATION AGREEMENTS: CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS WITHIN UNCITRAL AND THE WRITING REQUIREMENT OF THE NEW YORK CONVENTION, ICC International Court of Arbitration Bulletin, 18/2, 2007, pp. 51-63

• EXORBITANT JURISDICTION BETWEEN PRIVATE AND PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW, Review of Central and East European Law 32 (2007) 1-17

• IS THE ARBITRAL TRIBUNAL BOUND BY THE PARTIES’ FACTUAL AND LEGAL PLEADINGS?, Stockholm International Arbitration Review, 2006:3, pp. 1-25

• INTERNATIONAL CONTRACTS BETWEEN COMMON LAW AND CIVIL LAW: IS NON-STATE LAW TO BE PREFERRED? THE DIFFICULTY OF INTERPRETING LEGAL STANDARDS SUCH AS GOOD FAITH, (2007) Global Jurist: Vol. 7: Iss. 1 (Advances), Article 3 pp.1-38

• CAN AN ARBITRAL TRIBUNAL DISREGARD THE CHOICE OF LAW MADE BY THE PARTIES? Stockholm International Arbitration Review, 2005:1, pp. 1-21

• Contribution to the Nordic Group for Private International Law’s answer to the European Commission’s Green Paper on the conversion of the Rome Convention of 1980 on the law applicable to contractual obligations into a Community Instrument and its modernisation, September 2003 (contributions on the law governing choice of forum clauses, arbitration agreements and contracts in the absence of a choice of law made by the parties), pp. 10

• RISK OF CONFLICT BETWEEN THE NEW YORK CONVENTION AND NEWER ARBITRATION-FRIENDLY NATIONAL LEGISLATION?, Stockholm Arbitration Report, 2003/2, pp.1-17

• NATIONAL RULES ON ARBITRABILITY AND THE VALIDITY OF AN INTERNATIONAL ARBITRAL AWARD: THE EXAMPLE OF DISPUTES REGARDING RUSSIAN PETROLEUM INVESTMENTS, Stockholm Arbitration Report, 2001, pp.7-24

• PETROLEUM INVESTMENTS IN RUSSIA: ARE THERE GROUNDS FOR REVISING THE PREFERENCE FOR PRODUCTION SHARING?, Yearbook of the Scandinavian Institute of Maritime Law, 2000, pp. 217-231 and in to be published in Atti del Primo Convegno sul Diritto Minerario, Universita’ di Roma, 2000, [pp.12]

• PERFORMANCE OF THE OBLIGATION AS BASIS FOR JURISDICTION AND CHOICE OF LAW IN EUROPEAN CONTRACTS, Scandinavian Journal of International Law, 2000, pp. 379-396

• LOVVALG I KONTRAKSFORHOLD: NORSK RETTS ASKEPOTT SLÅR TILBAKE? [Choice of the law applicable to contractual obligations: is the Cindrella of Norwegian law gaining importance?], Jussens venner, 2000, pp. 132-152

• JURISDIKSJON OG LOVVALG FOR EUROPEISKE KONTRAKTER [Jurisdiction and Choice of Law for European Contracts], Lov og Rett, 2000, 131-147

• A COMPARISON OF ITALIAN, ENGLISH AND NORWEGIAN INHERITANCE RULES AS AN ILLUSTRATION OF DIFFERENT LEGAL METHODS, Tidsskrift for Rettsvitenskap, 1999, 884-903

• CONSULENZA LEGALE OCCIDENTALE AI PAESI IN TRANSIZIONE: L’ESEMPIO DELLA NORMATIVA RUSSA SUGLI INVESTIMENTI PETROLIFERI [Western Legal Advice to Countries in Transition: the Example of the Russian Legislation on Petroleum Investments], Diritto del Commercio Internazionale, 1999, 2, 373-397

• CONTRACT OR LICENCE? REGULATION OF PETROLEUM INVESTMENT IN RUSSIA AND FOREIGN LEGAL ADVICE, Journal of Energy and Natural Resources Law, 1998, pp. 186-199; winner of the Willoughby Prize 1998

• RUSSIAN LEGISLATION AND FOREIGN MODELS. SOME OBSERVATIONS ON COMPARATIVE LAW, Tidsskrift for Rettsvitenskap, 1997, 4, pp. 1-26, and Europa e Diritto Privato, 1998, pp. 523-550

• NASJONAL SUVERENITET, LEX MERCATORIA OG INTERNASJONAL VOLDGIFT [National sovereignity, law merchant and international arbitration], Internasjonal Politikk, 1995, 3, pp. 381-398

• PETROLEUM LEGISLATION IN RUSSIA - DRAFT PSA LAW APPROVED IN THE FIRST READING, Survey of Eastern European Law, 1995, 4, pp. 11-13

• DRAFT RUSSIAN LAW ON PRODUCTION SHARING AGREEMENTS TO GIVE NEEDED LEGAL FRAMEWORK TO PETROLEUM INVESTMENTS?, Survey of Eastern European Law, 1995, 1, pp. 5-11

• LA POSIZIONE DELL'OFFESO DAL REATO NEL PROCESSO PENALE: UNA RECENTE RIFORMA DELLA REPUBBLICA FEDERALE TEDESCA ED IL NOSTRO NUOVO CODICE [The victim of a crime: recent reforms in the German system and the Italian draft code of criminal procedure], Cassazione Penale, 1989, 6, pp. 1115-1130

• OLTRE AL PATTEGGIAMENTO PER I REATI BAGATELLARI? LA LIMITATA DISCREZIONALITA' DELL'AZIONE PENALE OPERANTE NELL'ORDINAMENTO TEDESCO-FEDERALE E IL NOSTRO ART. 112 COST. [Plea bargaining in German law and the Italian constitution], La legislazione penale, 1986, 3, pp. 658-669

• RITO DIRETTISSIMO E NECESSITA' DI CONVALIDA DELL'ARRESTO IN FLAGRANZA [Immediate trial and confirmation of flagrancy arrest], Cassazione Penale, 1986, 2-3, pp. 311-316

• ISTRUZIONE E IMMEDIATEZZA NELLA STRAFPROZESSORDNUNG DELLA REPUBBLICA FEDERALE TEDESCA [Preliminary investigations and oral evidence in the German code of criminal procedure], Rivista italiana di diritto e procedura penale, 1986, 1, pp. 118-143

• LA TESTIMONIANZA NEL DIRITTO INGLESE [Witness evidence in English law], Rivista italiana di diritto e procedura penale, 1985, 1, pp. 193-237

• LOV OG RETT – 50 ÅR, Lov og Rett, 2011, Issue 50, vol. 1-2, pp. 1-3

• LOVVALG I ERSTATNINGSRETT – PERSONLIGHETSKRENKELSE – YTRINGSFRIHET – HØYESTERETT DOM 2. DESEMBER 2009 (hr-2009-02266-A), Nytt i Privatretten, I/2010

• LOVVALG I ERSTATNINGSRETT – PERSONLIGHETSKRENKELSE – YTRINGSFRIHET - BORGATING LAGMANNSRETT DOM 20. APRIL 2009 (LB-2009-28508) [Choice of law in non contractual obligations – defamation – freedom of speech – Court of Appeal Decision], Nytt i Privatretten, III/2009

• FORKNINGSPROSJEKT OM LOVVALGSKLAUSULER OG DERES BEGRENSINGER [Research project on choice of law clauses and their limitations], Nytt i Privatretten, II/2009

• LUGANOKONVENSJONEN – VERNETING – KONTRAKTSBRUDD – HØYESTERETTS KJÆREMÅLSUTVALGS KJENNELSE 25. SEPTEMBER 2008 (HR-2008-1651-U) [Lugano Convention – choice of forum for breach of contract – Supreme Court decision] , Nytt i Privatretten, I/2009

• NYE EF-FORORDNINGER OM LOVVALG [New European Regulations on choice of law], Nytt i Privatretten, IV/2008

• FORSKNINGSPROSJEKT OM ENGELSKE KONTRAKTSMODELLER OG NORSK BAKGRUNNSRETT [Research Project on English Contract Models and Norwegian Governing Law], Nytt i Privatretten, III/2008

• NORSK FORENING FOR KOMPARATIV RETT [Norwegian Association of Comparative Law], Nytt i Privatretten, IV/2007

• UNCITRAL – ARBEIDSGRUPPE OM VOLDGIFT [UNCITRAL – Working Group on Arbitration], Nytt i Privatretten, IV/2007

• LOVVALG I AGENTAVTALE – NÆRMESTE TILKNYTNING –REALDEBITORS BOPEL-HØYESTERETTSKJENNELSE [Choice of law in agency agreement – closest connection – residence of the party making the characteristic performance], Nytt i Privatretten, IV/2006, pp. 16-17

• VERNETING OG LOVVALG VED SKADELIDTES DIREKTE SØKSMÅL MOT FORSIKRINGSSELSKAP – HØYESTERETTSKJENNELSE [Choice of Forum and Choice of Law for Direct Action against the Insurer], Nytt i Privatretten, II/2002, pp. 13-15

• NOU 2001:33 – Lov om Voldgift [Comments on the Bill on Arbitration], Nytt i Privatretten, II/2002, pp. 15-16

• CESSIONE DEL CONTRATTO E AUTONOMIA DELLA CLAUSOLA ARBITRALE: UNA DISCUTIBILE DECISIONE DEL TRIBUNALE DI MOSCA [Assignment of a contract and separability of the arbitration clause: a decision by the Moscow Courts which raises some doubts], Rivista dell’Arbitrato, 2000, pp.499-508

• TVANGSFULLBYRDELSE AV UTENLANDSKE VOLDGIFTSAVGJØRELSER [Enforcement of foreign arbitral awards], Nytt i Privatretten, 2000, 1, pp. 15-16

 

Book Reviews

 

• Mikael Berglund, Cross-Border Enforcement of Claims in the EU, Norstedts Juridik, 2009, Tidsskrift for Rettsvitenskap, 2009, pp. 139-141

• Per M. Ristvedt, Ola Ø. Nisja, Alternativ tvisteløsning, Cappelen Akademisk Forlag 2008, Nytt i Privatretten, 2008

• Andreas Meidell, An anational approach to international contracts, Cappelen Akademisk Forlag 2007, and International Contracts and Currency Fluctuations, Cappelen Akademisk Forlag 2007, Nytt i Privatretten, 2008

• Peter Arnt Nielsen, International Handelsret, Forlaget Thomson 2006, Tidsskrift for Rettsvitenskap, 2008

• Ole Lando, Elisabeth Thuesen, Christina Tvarnø og Kim Østergaard,Udenrigshandelens kontrakter. 5. utgave, Tidsskrift for Rettsvitenskap, 2007

• Ole Lando, Elisabeth Thuesen, Christina Tvarnø og Kim Østergaard,Udenrigshandelens kontrakter. 5. utgave, Lov og Rett, 2007, pp. 313-317

• Marcel Fontaine and Filip De Ly: Drafting International Contracts. An Analysis of Contract Clauses, Transnational Disputes Management, 2006, vol.3, issue 5, pp. 1-3

• Joseph Lookofsky and Ketilbjørn Hertz: Transnational Litigation and Commercial Arbitration. An Analysis of American, European, and International law, Tidsskrift for Rettsvitenskap, 2006, pp. 453-456

• VOLDGIFT OG DOMSTOLSKONTROLL: SVENSK RETT VISER VEI. Noen randbemerkninger til Lars Heumans Skiljemannarätt [Arbitration and Judicial Control: Swedish Law Leads the Way. Some Comments on Lars Heumans Skiljemannarätt], Tidsskrift for Rettsvitenskap, 2001, pp. 533-562

 

Conferences and Lectures

 

• TRANSPARENCY IN INVESTMENT ARBITRATION, Research Group on International Relations, University of Oslo, June 20th, 2011

• CHOICE OF LAW IN EUROPEAN COMPANY LAW, Fundamentals of company Law, University of Oslo, June 8th, 2011

• FORUM AND CHOICE OF LAW FOR A DIRECT ACTION AGAINST THE INSURER. THE NORWEGIAN AND THE EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE, The Resolution of International Maritime Disputes within the European and International Legal Framework, University of Rijeka Faculty of Law, Bijuni, June 3rd, 2011

• GRENSER FOR PARTSAUTONOMI OG VOLDGIFT: SELSKAPSRETT OG KONKURRANSERETT, Arbitration and Party Autonomy, University of Oslo, May 13th, 2011

• DEN NORDISKA GENERALKLAUSULENS ÖVERLEVNAD I EN HARMONISERAD KONSUMENTRÄTT OCH KOMMERSIELL AVTALSRÄTT – KOMMENTAR, Nordiske formuerettsdager, University of Oslo, May 5th, 2011

• IMPACT OF LEGAL THEORIES ON THE WORK CURRENTLY UNDERTAKEN BY UNCITRAL REGARDING EFFORTS TOWARDS A HARMONIZED INTERPRETATION AND APPLICATION OF UNCITRAL TEXTS IN THE FIELD OF ARBITRATION, UNCITRAL-VIAC Conference, Vienna, April 15th, 2011

• HOW TO APPLY A LEGAL STANDARD ON TRANSPARENCY, UNCITRAL-VIAC Conference, Vienna, April 14th, 2011

• ARBITRATION AND THE NOT UNLIMITED PARTY AUTONOMY: PROPERTY LAW AND REGULATORY MEASURES, Arbitration and Party Autonomy, Oslo, December 3rd, 2010

• INTERNASJONALE TRENDER I TVISTELØSNING, Byggebransjens faglig juridisk råd, Bergen, November 30th, 2010

• INTERNASJONAL FULLBYRDELSE, Kurs om off-shoring, Juristenes Utdanningssenter, Oslo, October 20th, 2010

• ARBITRATION AND THE NOT UNLIMITED PARTY AUTONOMY: COMPETITION LAW AND COMPANY LAW, Arbitration and Party Autonomy, Oslo, May 7th, 2010

• TRENDS AND FEATURES IN INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION, Conference organised by the research project Arbitration and Party Autonomy, University of Oslo, and the Norwegian Committee of the International Chamber of Commerce, Oslo, May 6th, 2010

• REVISION OF THE UNCITRAL ARBITRATION RULES: FURTHER STEPS, UNCITRAL-VIAC Conference, Vienna, March 25-26th, 2010

• HØYESTERETTSDOM OM BOKHANDLEREN I KABUL-SAKEN, Research Group on International Relations, University of Oslo, January 13th, 2010

• MANDATORY RULES AND INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION: ESTABLISHING THE FRAMEWORK, Choice of Law Clauses and their Limitations, Oslo, November 13th, 2009

• VEIVISER I INTERNASJONAL VOLDGIFT, Advokatfirma Selmer, Oslo, September 21st, 2009

• COMMON LAW CONCEPTS AND TERMS UNDER CIVIL LAW, International Bar Association Northern European Conference, Helsinki, September 4th, 2009

• ENGLISH CONTRACTS FOR CONTINENTAL TRANSACTIONS, GE Infrastructure – Oil & Gas, Florence, July 14th, 2009

• ENFORCING FOREIGN ARBITRAL AWARDS IN RUSSIA: RESTRICTIONS DUE TO COMPANY LAW, LEGAL CAPACITY AND OTHER ISSUES OF PUBLIC POLICY, Choice of Law Clauses and their Limitations, Oslo, May 26th, 2009

• ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION ON REVISING THE UNCITRAL ARBITRATION RULES, Panelist, Arbitration Committee, New York City Bar, International Courts Committee, American Bar Association, New York, February 11th, 2009

• ROMA I OG ROMA II – KOMMENTARER, Nordic Group for Private International Law, Helsinki, 21st -22nd November 2008

• FORHOLDET MELLOM UNCITRAL MODELLOVEN OG DEN NORSKE VOLDGIFTSLOVEN [Relationship between the UNCITRAL Modell Law and the Norwegian Arbitration Act], Juristenes Utdanningssenter, Oslo, October 22nd, 2008

• THE IMPACT OF UNIFORM LAW ON NATIONAL LAW. LIMITS AND POSSIBILITIES: ARBITRATION, National Reporter, 1st Intermediate Congress Academy of Comparative Law, Mexico City, November 13th-15th 2008

• FREMMEDE RETTSBEGREPER I NORDISK KONTRAKTSRETT, Korreferent, Det 38. Nordiske Juristmøte, Copenhagen, August 21st-23rd 2008

• REVISION OF THE UNCITRAL ARBITRATION RULES: THE APPLICABLE LAW, VIAC and UNCITRAL 2008 Conference, Vienna, March 13th-14th 2008

• THE “TROIKA” AND ITS EFFECTS ON THE HARMONISATION OF CONTRACT LAW –ILLUSTRATED BY THE DUTY OF GOOD FAITH BETWEEN THE PARTIES, Colloquium of the International Academy of Legal Sciences, Kopaonik, December 14th-15th2007

• COMMERCIAL CONTRACTS BETWEEN CONSUMER PROTECTION AND TRADE USAGES: SOME OBSERVATIONS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF STATE CONTRACT LAW, Academic symposium on Common Frame of Reference and Existing EC Contract Law, University of Münster, December 10th-11th 2007

• COMMERCIAL CONTRACTS AND ACQUIS COMMUNITAIRE, Anglo-American Contract Models and Norwegian Governing Law, Oslo, November 19th, 2007

• FULL PROTECTION AND SECURITY, Conference on Standards of Investment Protection, University of Vienna, Vienna, September 21st, 2007

• THE ARBITRATOR AND THE PARTIES’ PLEADINGS, Arbitrators: Private Judges, Service Providers or both? Stockholm University and Queen Mary University of London, Stockholm, May 10th, 2007

• THE ARBITRATOR’S RIGHTS, POWERS AND DUTIES WITH REGARD TO MANDATORY RULES: THE CHOICE OF THE APPLICABLE MANDATORY RULES, Arbitrators: Private Judges, Service Providers or both? Stockholm University and Queen Mary University of London, Stockholm, May 11th, 2007

• JURISDIKSJON OG LOVVALG [Choice of Law and Choice of Forum], Industrijuristseminaret [The annual seminar of Norwegian in-house lawyers], March 2nd, 2007

• OM KOMPARATIVRETT [On Comparative Law], Anglo-American Contract Models and Norwegian Governing Law, Oslo, January 29th, 2007

• THE FUNCTION OF LETTERS OF INTENT AND THEIR RECOGNITION IN MODERN LEGAL SYSTEMS, Colloquium “New Features in Contract Law”, University of Münster, December 1st, 2006

• HARMONISED CONTRACT CLAUSES IN DIFFERENT BUSINESS CULTURES, Conference on Private Law and the Many Cultures of Europe, University of Helsinki, 27.8-29.8.2006

• INTERNATIONAL CONTRACTS: IS NON-STATE LAW TO BE PREFERRED?, National Report for Norway, XVII Congress of the International Academy of Comparative Law, Section II-B1, Private International Law, Utrecht, July 16th-26th, 2006

• THE ROLE OF LEGAL TRANSPLANTS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF COMPARATIVE LAW, Round Table, University of Bergen, June 2nd 2006

• KOMPARATIV KONTRAKTSRETT OG RETTSENHETLIGE BESTREBELSER, University of Bergen, June 1st 2006

• INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION AND (UNEXPECTED) NATIONAL INTERFERENCE, Telenor Seminar on Legal Risk Management, Jeløya May 16th, 2006

• INTERNASJONAL VOLDGIFT I RUSSLAND and KONTRAKTSFORHANDLINGER I RUSSLAND, Statkraft, Oslo May 2nd, 2006

• EXORBITANTE GERICHTSZUSTÄNDIGKEIT IN ZIVILSACHEN IM GRENZBEREICH ZWISCHEN INTERNATIONALEM PRIVATRECHT UND VÖLKERRECHT, Abteilung für Völkerrecht und internationale Beziehungen, University of Vienna, April 7th, 2006

• FOREIGN INVESTMENT DISPUTE RESOLUTION BETWEEN PRIVATE AND PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW, ILLUSTRATED BY THE YUKOS CASE, Research project on international relations, University of Oslo, December 14th, 2005

• INTERNASJONAL PRIVATRETTENS BETYDNING FOR SKRIVING AV INTERNASJONALE KONTRAKTER [Relevance of private international law to drafting of international contracts], DLANordic DA, Oslo, December 1st, 2005

• COMMON LAW v. NORWEGIAN LAW: IS IT REALLY APPROPRIATE TO THINK THAT THE DIFFERENCE IS NOT AS SIGNIFICANT AS WE USUALLY THINK? Anglo-American Contract Models and Norwegian Governing Law, Losby Gods, October 20th, 2005

• FORSKJELLER I RETTSTENKNINGEN I EUROPA [Differences in legal mentalities in Europe], Det nasjonale doktorgradsseminaret i rettsvitenskap [national PhD seminar], Flåm, September 19th, 2005

• VALG AV VOLDGIFTSFORUM [Choice of arbitration venue], Forum for konsernadvokater [Corporate lawyers’ forum], DLA Nordic, January 27th, 2005

• FORESLÅTTE ENDRINGER I ART. 3 ROMAKONVENSJONEN. ER SOFT LAW EN ERSTATNING ELLER EN INTEGRASJON AV NASJONAL RETT? [Proposed changes to art. 3 of the Rome Convention. Does soft law replace or integrate national law?] Nordic Group for Private International Law, University of Bergen, October 8th, 2004

• INTERNASJONALE KONTRAKTER OG NASJONAL RETT [International contracts and national law], Industrijuristseminaret [The annual seminar of Norwegian in-house lawyers], March 12th, 2004

• INTERNASJONALE KONTRAKTER OG INTERNASJONAL VOLDGIFT [International contracts and international arbitration] , Industrijuristseminaret [The annual seminar of Norwegian in-house lawyers], March 13th, 2004

• INTERNATIONAL CONTRACTS AND INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION, Statoil Legal Seminar, Oslo, August 29th, 2003

• INTERNASJONALE TVISTELØSNING- OG MEKLINGSORDNINGER KNYTTET TIL ELEKSTRONISK HANDEL [International dispute resolution and alternative dispute resolution connected with electronic commerce], Forum Rettsinformatikk 2003, Juristenes Utdanningsenter, Sandefjord, 10.5.2003

• DEN EUROPEISKE DOMSFORORDNING OG LUGANOKONVENSJON [The European Regulation on Jurisdiction and Civil Decisions and the Lugano Convention], Institute of Private Law, University of Oslo, visit to the European Court of Justice and the EFTA Court, Luxembourg, October 11th, 2002

• SENTRALE VALG VED UTFORMING AV VOLDGIFTSKLAUSUL [Main issues in connection with the drafting of the arbitration clause], ICC (Det internasjonale handelskammer) seminar om internasjonal voldgift, Oslo, September 10th, 2002

• INTERNASJONALE KONTRAKTER OG INTERNASJONAL VOLDGIFT [International Contracts and International Arbitration], Humanitær Aksjon, University of Oslo, September 2nd, 2002

• INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION AND NATIONAL MANDATORY RULES, Seminar on International Arbitration organised by the International Association of Lawyers, Moscow, June 14th, 2002

• INTERNASJONAL VOLDGIFT – GRUNNLEGGENDE PROBLEMSTILLINGER [International Arbitration – Fundamental Aspects], Juristenes Utdanningssenter, Oslo, April 30th, 2002

• EUs KONVENSJON OM LOVVALG I KONTRAKTSFORHOLD [The EU Convention on the Law Applicable to Contractual Obligations], Juristenes Utdanningssenter, Oslo, April 29th, 2002

• UGYLDIGHETSSØKSMÅL MOT VOLDGIFTSDOMMER [Challenge of Arbitral Awards], Scandinavian Institute of Maritime Law, Seminar on the Bill on Arbitration, April 17th, 2002

• RISIKO VED TRANSPORT AV VARER I ITALIA – DET ITALIENSKE PERSPEKTIVE [The Risk under Transportation of Goods in Italy – the Italian Perspective], Advokatfirmaet Lindh Stabell Horten, Seminar for Norwegian Insuring Companies, Oslo, March 21st, 2002

• FORM OF THE ARBITRATION CLAUSE AND ENFORCEMENT OF FOREIGN ARBITRAL AWARDS, Centre for International Legal Studies, Salzburg, November 4th, 2001

• LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR CONTRACTS IN THE PETROLEUM SECTOR BETWEEN ITALIAN AND NORWEGIAN COMPANIES, In the framework of the Norwegian State Visit to Italy, Istituto del Commercio Estero, Milan, October 25th, 2001

• JURISDIKSJON OG LOVVALG – “TVINGENDE REGLER”, Doktorandseminar, University of Oslo, October 23rd, 2001

• ARBITRABILITY OF PETROLEUM DISPUTES AND THE VALIDITY OF AN ARBITRAL AWARD, Second Congress of Mineral Law, University of Rome, October 12th, 2001

• COMMERCIAL CONTRACTS AND NEW TECHNOLOGIES: THE ARBITRATION CLAUSE, LUISS University Guido Carli, Rome, September 20th, 2001

• PRODUCTION SHARING AGREEMENTS NELL’ORDINAMENTO RUSSO, First Congress of Mineral Law, University of Rome, October 5th, 2000

• PETROLEUM INVESTMENTS IN RUSSIA: ARBITRABILITY OF DISPUTES UNDER THE PSA LEGISLATION, Centre for Energy, Petroleum & Mineral Law & Policy, University of Dundee, November 10th, 2000

• JURISDIKSJON OG LOVVALG FOR EUROPEISKE KONTRAKTER, ROMAKONVENSJONEN, Juristenes Utdanningssenter, March 22nd, 2000

• NEGOTIATING IN INTERNATIONAL SETTINGS, Association of International Professional and Business Women, Oslo, May 3rd, 2000

• LEGAL TRANSPLANTS AND THE RECENT EXPERIENCE IN RUSSIA, 15th Congress of the International Academy of Comparative Law, Bristol, July 26th-August 1st, 1998

 

Series of Lectures and Courses

 

• INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL LAW (20 hours), University of Oslo, annually, 2000-

• COMPARATIVE PRIVATE LAW (20 hours), University of Oslo, annually, 2003-2009

• INTERNASJONAL PRIVATRETT [Private International Law] (20 hours), University of Oslo, annually, 2003-

• REGULATION OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS (20 hours), Centre for Energy, Petroleum & Mineral Law & Policy, University of Dundee, annually, 2000-2008

• STATE AND PETROLEUM CONTRACTS (12 hours), The International Trade Law Post Graduate Course, University Institute of European Studies and International Training Centre of the ILO, Turin, annually, 2005-

• COMPARATIVE LAW, INTERNATIONAL CONTRACTS AND TRANSNATIONAL LITIGATION (6 hours), The North Dakota and Oslo Universities Summer School, Oslo, annually, 2005-2008

• PETROLEUM CONTRACTS (8 hours), The International Trade Law Post Graduate Course, University Institute of European Studies and International Training Centre of the ILO, Turin, 2004

• COMPARATIVE LAW OF CONTRACTS (6-8 hours), University of Bergen, Autumn Term, 2005-2006

• PROSJEKTOPPGAVE III AVD. [Problem Based Teaching on contract law, company law, security law] (18 hours), University of Oslo, semi-annually, 2004-2005

• KONTRAKTSRETT II [Norwegian law of contracts] (10 hours), University of Olso, semiannually, 2003-2004

• AVTALERETT [Norwegian law of obligations] (10 hours) University of Oslo, semiannually, 2003-2005

• EN FELLES KONTRAKTSRETT FOR EUROPA? HVA BETYR DETTE FOR NORGE? [A European contract law for Europe? What does it mean for Norway?] (3 hours), German-Norwegian Chamber of Commerce, Oslo, September 2nd, 2003

• INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION (8 hours), Seminar on International Contracts, ELSA Tromsø, University of Tromsø, March 6th and 7th, 2003

• INTERNATIONAL CONTRACTS (8 hours), Scancem International Heidelberg Cement Group, Oslo, February 5th, 2003

• GLOBALISATION, CONTRACT LAW AND ARBITRATION (8 hours), Institute of Foreign Trade, Rome, Spring term, 2002- 2003

• INTERNASJONALE KONTRAKTER (7 hours), Eksportskolen, Oslo, November, 2001

• KRITISKE AVTALEMESSIGE FORHOLD VED INTERNASJONALE KJØPS/JV AVTALER (8 hours), Telenor ASA, February 18th, 2000