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Per Sigvald Wang

Partner

Contact
CMS Kluge Advokatfirma AS
Bryggegata 6
NO-0250 Oslo
PO Box 1548 Vika
NO-0117 Oslo
Norway
Languages Norwegian, English, French

Per Sigvald Wang assists both public and private clients in complex disputes. He has substantial experience within dispute resolution and litigation, and is admitted to the Supreme Court. He has as an attorney-at-law in the Office of the Attorney General (Civil Affairs), argued a wide range of civil cases before all instances of courts, including the Supreme Court, and contributed in court-facilitated mediations as well as negotiations out of courts. His experience includes various forms of mediation and national as well as international arbitration. 

Wang possesses extensive experience and in-depth knowledge within contract law. He has at the Office of the Attorney General (Civil Affairs), litigated, negotiated and advised in various contract law cases; including sale and purchase of goods, service concession and construction contracts. At CMS Kluge he has acted as lead counsel and head of the firm’s litigation team in several major construction and infrastructure disputes, as well as in a number of commercial contractual disputes within real estate, industry and energy.    

As a deputy judge Wang managed numerous civil law cases. As a legal adviser in the Ministry of Justice, Legislation Department, Wang was responsible for drafting legislation and providing advice on the laws of contract and tort. He has international experience from representing Norway in expert committees of EFTA, EU-Commission, OECD and UNCITRAL.

Wang has been an appointed member of several government-appointed law commissions. He was a member of the Credit Purchase Law Commission and the Audit Requirement Law Commission. 

Wang has for many years regularly been giving lectures on contract law, company law and civil procedural law at the University of Oslo, Faculty of Law. 

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Relevant experience

  • 2020 - Partner, CMS Kluge Advokatfirma AS (prev. Kluge Advokatfirma AS)
  • 2017 - 2019 Associate Partner, Kluge Advokatfirma
  • 2013 - 2016 Attorney-at-law, the Office of the Attorney General (Civil Affairs)
  • 2009 - 2011 Deputy judge, Follo district court
  • 2008 - 2009 Appointed member, Credit Purchase Law Commission
  • 2007 - 2008 Appointed member, Audit Requirement Law Commission
  • 2005 - 2012 Higher Executive Officer, adviser and legal adviser, Ministry of Justice, Legislation Department
  • 2005 - Lecturer, adviser and examiner, University of Oslo, Faculty of Law
  • 2002 - 2003 Research Assistant, University of Oslo, Faculty of Law, Department of Private Law
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Awards & Rankings

Per Sigvald Wang is recommended in the international lawyer and law firm ranking Legal 500 2020 Dispute Resolution.

Per Sigvald Wang is a talented partner. He has built up significant competency on real estate transactions and environmental issues related to cleaning polluted ground for the operation of fuel retail, but his knowledge and framework can apply to any polluted ground. He is hard-working, witty and highly competent, and I can give him my best recommendations based on personal behaviour and results achieved for our company. 
Legal 500, Dispute Resolution 2020

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Education

  • 2015 Admitted to the Supreme Court
  • 2005 Master of Commercial and Corporate Law (LL.M.) King's College London
  • 2004 Cand. jur., Universitetet i Oslo
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