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Alf Amund Gulsvik

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Alf Amund Gulsvik

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

Gulsvik is one of the country's leading procurement lawyers and has worked extensively with procurement law and contract law for several years. He is currently a board member of KOFA (the Norwegian complaints board for public procurement). Gulsvik is used to handling large and complex procurement projects both at the buyer and supplier side, and during the procurement and at the complaints/dispute stage.

Gulsvik has been responsible for external procurement assistance to two of Norway's largest procurement clients, the Ministry of Defence and Hospital Procurement Trust (Sykehusinnkjøp - which purchases for all Norwegian hospitals). Together, these two account for more than 10% of all public procurement in Norway in terms of value. Gulsvik was also responsible for assistance to, among others, Norges Bank, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Directorate for Digitalisation (formerly Difi, the Government's advisory body for public procurement).

Gulsvik has also previously assisted the Norwegian parliament. Gulsvik has worked within numerous sectors including health, defence, ICT, transport, staffing, construction and waste.

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Relevant experience

  • 2023 - Partner, CMS Kluge Advokatfirma AS
  • 2021 - 2023 Associate Partner, CMS Kluge Advokatfirma AS
  • 2017 - 2021 Specialist Counsel, Wikborg Rein
  • 2014 - 2017 Senior Lawyer, Wikborg Rein
  • 2014 Teaching Supervisor, University of Bergen
  • 2011 - 2013 Senior Associate, Wikborg Rein
  • 2008 - 2010 Associate, Wikborg Rein
  • 2007 Structural Stagiere, European Commission, External relations team
  • 2005 - 2011 Lecturer and examiner, Faculty of Law, University of Oslo
  • 2005 - 2008 Adviser, Ministry of Government Administration and Reform
  • 2004 Trainee, BAHR
  • 2002 - 2004 Trainee, Wikborg Rein
  • 2002 - 2003 Research assistant and editor of the publication ‘Eurorett’, Centre of European Law
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Memberships & Roles

  • 2019 - Member of the Public Procurement Complaints Board (KOFA)
  • 2009 - Deputy board member, the Alcohol monopoly procurement complaints board
  • 1999 - 2001 Member of central board European Youth (YEF)
  • 1997 - 1998 Organizational Deputy Chairman of the Central Board of the Norwegian Upper Secondary School Association (NGS)
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Awards & Rankings

Alf Amund Gulsvik is ranked 'Leading Individual' within Public procurement by Legal 500.

Alf Amund Gulsvik combines outstanding knowledge of the procurement regulations with quick thinking and a solution orientated approach to provide high value advice on all stages of the procurement process.

Alf Amund Gulsvik is very competent in public procurement and is very pleasant and thorough.
Legal 500, testimonials 2022

 Alf Amund Gulsvik is ranked Band 2 by Chambers Europe within Competition/Antitrust: Public Procurement.

Alf Amund Gulsvik’s client service and general level of service and level of sophistication are very strong. His commercial awareness and vision is strong. He is the one you go to with very complex and intricate issues.
Chambers, testimonial 2023

CE 2023 sitat Gulsvik Alf Amund

 
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Publications

  • Anskaffelsesrett i et nøtteskall, 2nd edition, co-author, Gyldendal legal
  • Public procurement – Norway Chapter, International Comparative Legal Guides 2017 (published December 2016) with Line Camilla Werner
  • Anskaffelsesrett i et nøtteskall, co-author, Gyldendal legal
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Lectures list

Alf Amund is a lecturer and examiner at the law faculties at the University of Oslo and the University of Bergen. He holds annually courses for JUS, including an update on KOFA practice at the annual procurement seminar. In addition, he regularly holds various courses for clients.

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Education

  • 2004 Cand.jur., University of Oslo
  • 2004 Magister des Europarechts (LL.M.), Europa-Institut, Saarbrücken, Germany
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Expertise

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16/11/2023
On the Pulse Webinar Series 2023 - Autumn
On the Pulse webinar series brings you updates on the latest legal and commercial developments in the life sciences & healthcare sector. The Autumn edition will see our CMS sector specialists cover: Commercial - Deal landscape and transaction trends in the Life Sciences SectorDispute Resolution - The midnight clause: why choice of law and jurisdiction clauses matterPublic Procurement - Typical pitfalls to be avoided in a procurement process for pharma and medical devices suppliesequIP - Pitfalls for life sciences start-ups to avoidEach webinar will be one hour in length with a 15-minute Q&A session. To register for the full series or just the topics of interest to you, click on the registration links below. To watch the Spring webinars in the On the Pulse series, visit here.
Event Start-ups
03/01/2023
Three new partners in CMS Kluge
We are happy to welcome Anne Buan, Alf Amund Gulsvik and Henrik Nordling as new partners in CMS Kluge. Anne comes from a position as associated partner in Simonsen Vogt Wiig and has extensive experience...
News
22/09/2022
8th CMS Public Procurement Forum
We are delighted to announce that the 8th CMS Public Procurement Forum will take place in Oslo on Thursday, 22 September 2022 from 12:45 - 17:30 p.m. CET providing an update on European public procurement law. The programme will cover policy developments in the EU and recent and important decisions from the ECJ with high relevance in practice. In the second part of the event, we invite you to a comparative view sharing experiences from several jurisdictions on two topics with practical rel­ev­ance:decim­al­possible damages claims andtime limits and cut off for claims. The conference will be held in English and free of charge. There will be the possibility to participate remotely for anyone interested in these topics, but unable to attend in person. 
Event Legal
26/08/2022
Public procurement regulation in Norway
1. Where can one find public procurement notifications? In Norway, public procurement is regulated by the Public Procurement Act. The Public Procurement Act regulates the general principles for public...
Expert Guide Public Procurement