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Matias Apelseth

Associate Partner

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

Matias works with commercial property, building projects, and contract matters – primarily for private developers. For developers, Matias particularly deals with the phases from implementation of zoning plans, including development agreements, to setting up and executing building projects/constructions and the sales process, which includes, among other things, final account and defect cases, as well as assistance in building matters.

Matias regularly appears in court, and he has considerable experience with dispute resolution for actors in the property industry.

Matias has also written the book "Byggeteknisk viten" (2021) at Universitetsforlaget together with lawyer Espen Nyland. The book deals with the level of innovation/the use of new solutions and materials in the construction and civil engineering industry, and the contractor's responsibility under contract and technical building regulations.

Beyond traditional consulting, Matias has worked with the reuse of building materials and other environmental measures in building projects, and he led the legal work with this for Entra ASA in the pilot project KA13 in Oslo.

In addition to his position as an associate partner at CMS Kluge, Matias is also affiliated with the University of Oslo and the University of Tromsø as an examiner, in addition to being a board member of Ungt Entrepriseforum and an author at Universitetsforlaget.

Matias has previously been a research assistant at the Institute of Private Law at the University of Oslo.

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Relevant experience

  • 2024 - Associate Partner, CMS Kluge Advokatfirma AS
  • 2022 - 2023 Senior Lawyer, CMS Kluge Advokatfirma AS
  • 2019 - 2022 Senior Associate, CMS Kluge Advokatfirma AS (prev. Kluge Advokatfirma)
  • 2017 - 2019 Associate, Kluge Advokatfirma AS
  • 2016 - 2017 Research Assistant at the Institute of Private Law, The Faculty of Law, University of Oslo with the masters thesis on the risk of developmental fault in construction law.
  • 2015 - 2016 Group leader, University of Oslo
  • 2014 - 2016 Legal department, Huseiernes Landsforbund (the largest homeowner federation in Norway)
  • 2010 - 2015 Self-employed, sole proprietorship in smaller construction projects.
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Publications

  • 2021: The book «Byggeteknisk viten», Universitetsforlaget 2021, on innovation and the contractors liability in construction projects. Co-author is lawyer and partner in Kluge, Espen Nyland. 
  • 2018: The second edition of "Dynamisk tingrett til eksamen".
  • 2016: The book «Dynamisk tingsrett til eksamen», Universitetsforlaget 2016, on collision of rights in real estate and other assets.
  • Various articles on topics such as illegal use of construction products, obscurity in tender documents and bankruptcy in construction projects.
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Education

  • 2012 - 2017 Master of Law, University of Oslo
  • 2010 - 2011 Philosophy, University of Agder
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