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GIUDITTA CORDERO MOSS

CURRICULUM VITAE

CONTACT

EMPLOYMENT

Academic Activity

Private Legal Practice

Inhouse Legal Practice

OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Legal and Commercial Practice

Academic Activities

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Monographs

Book Chapters

Articles

Case Notes

Book Reviews

Lectures

Series of Lectures, Courses

CURRICULUM VITAE

NameGiuditta Cordero Moss (December 7th, 1961, Milan, Italy)

Education1999 - Dr. juris, Faculty of Law, University of Oslo

1995 - Ph.D. (law), Institute of State and Law,RussianAcademy of Sciences,

Moscow

1984 - Law Degree, University of Rome

TitlesProfessor(University of Oslo)

Advokat(Attorney-at-law, Norwegian Bar Association)

Avvocato(Attorney-at-law, Italian Bar Association, Rome)

Family StatusMarried, one child (1996)

NationalityItalian

LanguagesItalian (native language)

English (TOEFL score 1981: 633/660, "excellent")

German (Grosses deutsches Sprachdiplom, Goethe Institut Rom, 1984: "good")

Norwegian (Test i norsk for fremmedspråklige, Universitet i Bergen,1990: 596/700)

Russian (Postgraduate-exam of Russian language for foreigners, University of

St. Petersburg, 1994: "excellent")

CONTACT

Professor dr. juris (Oslo), ph D (Moscow)
Giuditta Cordero Moss
Department of Private Law
Postbox 6706, St. Olavs pl., N 0130 Oslo
Visiting address:
Karl Johansgt. 47, 0162 Oslo
Telephone: +47 22859737
Telefax: +47 22859620
E-mail:
Web-adr.:

EMPLOYMENT

Academic Activity

1999 to dateUNIVERSITY 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.

2000-2008CENTRE 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

1992-1995INSTITUTE OF STATE AND LAW, RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, Moscow, Russian Federation - Postgraduate student (part time)

Work on PhD thesis

1986-1988MAX-PLANCK-INSTITUT FÜR INTERNATIONALES STRAFRECHT,

FREIBURG, Germany - Guest researcher in summer months

1984-1985UNIVERSITY OF ROME, Italy, Law Faculty – Assistant Researcher

Private Legal Practice

1999-2002Partner, ADVOKATFIRMAET HJORT DA (1999-2001) and ADVOKATFIRMA DLA NORDIC (former LINDH STABELL HORTEN) DA (2002, since 2003 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.

2002Global Counsel 3000 Highly Recommended Lawyer, M&A and dispute resolution

Legal 500 Highly Recommended Lawyer, banking and finance

2001Global Counsel 3000 Highly Recommended Lawyer, M&A

Legal 500 Highly Recommended Lawyer, banking and finance

Inhouse Legal Practice

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

OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Legal and Commercial Practice

Corporate Bodies

2006-2008Member of the Board of Directors of OAO DnB Nor Monchebank, Murmansk, Russia (subsidiary of DnBNor ASA)

2004-2008Member of the Board of Directors of Protector Forsikring ASA (insurance company)

Appointments as Arbitrator

2002 to dateAppointed as arbitrator in disputes administered by the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce and in ad hoc arbitration in disputes relating to:

Supply agreements (governed by Russian law, Ukrainian law),

Licence agreement (governed by Swedish law),

Tie-in contracts in off-shore hydrocarbon production (governed by Norwegian law),

Investment protection (governed by the Bilateral Investment Treaty between the Russian

Federation and the Republic and Moldova and Moldovan law,

Committees

2007 to dateCountry 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 dateMember of the Commission on Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce, Paris

2001 to dateMember of the Norwegian National Committee, International Chamber of Commerce

2001 to 2003Vice-Chairman, Italian Norwegian Chamber of Commerce (Member of the Board of Directors from 2001 to 2002)

2001 to 2003Member of the Corporate Law Legal Committee, Norwegian Bar Association

1995Member 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 in Russia)

1989Participant to the EUROPEAN ROUNDTABLE OF INDUSTRIALISTS’

Exchange Programme EUROJOB: visiting attorney in Norsk Hydro a.s, Norway

1988Member of the Education Working Group's YOUTH PROGRAMME, EUROPEAN ROUNDTABLE OF INDUSTRIALISTS.

Academic Activities

Direction of Research

2004-2008 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:

July 2002Director of Studies, HagueAcademy of International Law, Course on Private International Law

Evaluation Boards

2007External Referee for a “Habilitationskommission” for professor qualification (venia docendi) in International Law, University of Vienna, Austria

2007External Referee for Academy Research fellow Posts and Senior Scientist’s Grant applications, Research Council for Culture and Society at the Academy of Finland

2006Chairman 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 Lawand Policy, Dundee, Scotland

2002-2006Referee 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

2001Chairman of the Evaluation Board for a thesis for the “lisensiat” degree at the OsloUniversity on international jurisdiction in electronic contracts

Editorial Boards

2006-2008Member of the Editorial Board, Review of Central and East European Law

Research Groups, Associations

2006 to dateMember of the International Law Association Committee on International Law of Foreign Investment

2004 to dateMember of the European Research Group on Existing EC Private Law

2002 to date Member of the Nordic Group for Private International Law

1985 to dateMember of the Italian Association for Comparative Law

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Monographs

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

Book Chapters

  1. 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 Moss, G.C. (eds.), Essays in honour of Helge J. Thue, forthcoming
  1. THE FUNCTION OF LETTERS OF INTENT AND THEIR RECOGNITION IN MODERN LEGAL SYSTEMS, in Schulze, R. (ed.), New Features in Contract Law, forthcoming
  1. 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, forthcoming
  1. TRIBUNAL’S INITIATIVE OR PARTY AUTONOMY?, in Muchlinski, P., Ortino, F. and Schreuer, C. (eds.), Handbook of International Law on Foreign Investment, Oxford University Press, forthcoming, pp. 1-31
  1. HARMONISED CONTRACT CLAUSES IN DIFFERENT BUSINESS CULTURES, in Wilhelmsson, T. (ed.), Private Law and the many Cultures of Europe, Kluwer Law International, forthcoming, pp. 1-18
  1. THE IMPACT OF THE LEGAL TRADITIONS ON THE HARMONIZATION OF CONTRACT LAW. THE EXAMPLE OF GOOD FAITH IN CONTRACTS, inTzchelavek i evo vremia [Essays in the honour of August A. Rubanov], Wolters Kluwer, 2006, pp. 298-329
  1. 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
  1. 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 Direct action and Norwegian PIL.pdf
  1. 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. Festskrifttil Peter Lødrup, Gyldendal, 2002, pp.[1-15]
  1. DISPUTE RESOLUTION: NORWAY, Global Counsel Dispute Resolution Handbook, 2002

Articles

  1. EXORBITANT JURISDICTION BETWEEN PRIVATE AND PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW, Review of Central and East European Law 32 (2007) 1-17 ExorbitantJurisdiction.pdf
  1. IS THE ARBITRAL TRIBUNAL BOUND BY THE PARTIES’ FACTUAL AND LEGAL PLEADINGS?, Stockholm International Arbitration Review,2006:3, pp. 1-25
  1. 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, Global Jurist: Vol. 7: Iss. 1 (Advances), Article 3 pp.1-38
  1. CAN AN ARBITRAL TRIBUNAL DISREGARD THE CHOICE OF LAW MADE BY THE PARTIES? Stockholm International Arbitration Review, 2005:1, pp. 1-21Disregardof choice of law.pdf
  1. 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.
  1. RISK OF CONFLICT BETWEEN THE NEW YORK CONVENTION AND NEWER ARBITRATION-FRIENDLY NATIONAL LEGISLATION?, Stockholm Arbitration Report, 2003/2, pp.1-17Form of arbitration clause.pdf
  1. NOU 2001:33 – Lov om Voldgift [Comments on the Bill on Arbitration], Nytt i Privatretten, II/2002, pp. 15-16
  1. 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.7-24Arbitrability.pdf
  1. PETROLEUM INVESTMENTS IN RUSSIA: ARE THERE GROUNDS FOR REVISING THE PREFERENCE FOR PRODUCTION SHARING?, Yearbook of the Scandinavian Institute of Maritime Law, 2000, pp. 217-231and in to be published in Atti del Primo Convegno sul Diritto Minerario, Universita’ di Roma, 2000, [pp.12]
  1. PERFORMANCE OF THE OBLIGATION AS BASIS FOR JURISDICTION AND CHOICE OF LAW IN EUROPEAN CONTRACTS, Scandinavian Journal of International Law, 2000, pp. 379-396
  1. 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
  1. JURISDIKSJON OG LOVVALG FOR EUROPEISKE KONTRAKTER [Jurisdiction and Choice of Law for European Contracts], Lov og Rett, 2000, 131-147
  1. A COMPARISON OF ITALIAN, ENGLISH AND NORWEGIAN INHERITANCE RULES AS AN ILLUSTRATION OF DIFFERENT LEGAL METHODS, Tidsskrift for Rettsvitenskap, 1999, 884-903Comparison of Legal Method.pdf
  1. 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
  1. 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 PSA.pdf
  1. 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. 523-550Rusian law and comparative law.pdf
  1. NASJONAL SUVERENITET, LEX MERCATORIA OG INTERNASJONAL VOLDGIFT [National sovereignity, law merchant and international arbitration], Internasjonal Politikk, 1995, 3, pp. 381-398
  1. PETROLEUM LEGISLATION IN RUSSIA - DRAFT PSA LAW APPROVED IN THE FIRST READING, Survey of Eastern European Law, 1995, 4, pp. 11-13
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. LA TESTIMONIANZA NEL DIRITTO INGLESE [Witness evidence in English law], Rivista italiana di diritto e procedura penale, 1985, 1, pp. 193-237

Case Notes

  1. LOVVALG I AGENTAVTALE – NÆRMESTE TILKNYTNING –REALDEBITORSBOPEL-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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. TVANGSFULLBYRDELSE AV UTENLANDSKE VOLDGIFTSAVGJØRELSER [Enforcement of foreign arbitral awards], Nytt i Privatretten, 2000, 1, pp. 15-16

Book Reviews

  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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 Voldgift og domstolkontroll.pdf
  1. Jørg CordesandLaila Stenseng: Hovedlinjer i internasjonal privatrett; Hans Petter Lundgaard: Gaarders innføring i internasjonal privatrett [Conflict of Laws], Lov og Rett, 2001, pp. 119-126IPR-Bokanmeldelse.pdf

Lectures

  1. THE ARBITRATOR AND THE PARTIES’ PLEADINGS, Arbitrators: Private Judges, Service Providers or both? StockholmUniversity and Queen Mary University of London, Stockholm, May 10th, 2007
  1. 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? StockholmUniversity and Queen Mary University of London, Stockholm, May 11th, 2007
  1. JURISDIKSJON OG LOVVALG [Choice of Law and Choice of Forum], Industrijuristseminaret [The annual seminar of Norwegian in-house lawyers], March 2nd, 2007
  1. OM KOMPARATIVRETT [On Comparative Law], Anglo-American Contract Models and Norwegian Governing Law, Oslo, January 29th, 2007
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. THE ROLE OF LEGAL TRANSPLANTS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF COMPARATIVE LAW, Round Table, University of Bergen, June 2nd 2006
  1. KOMPARATIV KONTRAKTSRETT OG RETTSENHETLIGE BESTREBELSER, University of Bergen, June 1st 2006
  1. INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION AND (UNEXPECTED) NATIONAL INTERFERENCE, Telenor Seminar on Legal Risk Management, Jeløya May 16th, 2006
  1. INTERNASJONAL VOLDGIFT I RUSSLAND and KONTRAKTSFORHANDLINGER I RUSSLAND, Statkraft, Oslo May 2nd, 2006
  1. EXORBITANTE GERICHTSZUSTÄNDIGKEIT IN ZIVILSACHEN IM GRENZBEREICH ZWISCHEN INTERNATIONALEM PRIVATRECHT UND VÖLKERRECHT, Abteilung für Völkerrecht und internationale Beziehungen, University of Vienna, April 7th, 2006
  1. 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
  1. INTERNASJONAL PRIVATRETTENS BETYDNING FOR SKRIVING AV INTERNASJONALE KONTRAKTER [Relevance of private international law to drafting of international contracts], DLANordic DA, Oslo, December 1st, 2005
  1. 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
  1. FORSKJELLER I RETTSTENKNINGEN I EUROPA [Differences in legal mentalities in Europe], Det nasjonale doktorgradsseminaret i rettsvitenskap [national PhD seminar], Flåm, September 19th, 2005
  1. VALG AV VOLDGIFTSFORUM [Choice of arbitration venue], Forum for konsernadvokater [Corporate lawyers’ forum], DLA Nordic, January 27th, 2005
  1. 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
  1. INTERNASJONALE KONTRAKTER OG NASJONAL RETT [International contracts and national law], Industrijuristseminaret [The annual seminar of Norwegian in-house lawyers], March 12th, 2004
  1. INTERNASJONALE KONTRAKTER OG INTERNASJONAL VOLDGIFT [International contracts and international arbitration] , Industrijuristseminaret [The annual seminar of Norwegian in-house lawyers], March 13th, 2004
  1. INTERNATIONAL CONTRACTS AND INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION, Statoil Legal Seminar, Oslo, August 29th, 2003
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. INTERNASJONALE KONTRAKTER OG INTERNASJONAL VOLDGIFT [International Contracts and International Arbitration], Humanitær Aksjon, University of Oslo, September 2nd, 2002
  1. INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION AND NATIONAL MANDATORY RULES, Seminar on International Arbitration organised by the International Association of Lawyers, Moscow, June 14th, 2002
  1. INTERNASJONAL VOLDGIFT – GRUNNLEGGENDE PROBLEMSTILLINGER [International Arbitration – Fundamental Aspects], Juristenes Utdanningssenter, Oslo, April 30th, 2002
  1. EUs KONVENSJON OM LOVVALG I KONTRAKTSFORHOLD [The EU Convention on the Law Applicable to Contractual Obligations], Juristenes Utdanningssenter, Oslo, April 29th, 2002
  1. UGYLDIGHETSSØKSMÅL MOT VOLDGIFTSDOMMER [Challenge of Arbitral Awards], Scandinavian Institute of Maritime Law, Seminar on the Bill on Arbitration, April 17th, 2002
  1. RISISKO 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
  1. FORM OF THE ARBITRATION CLAUSE AND ENFORCEMENT OF FOREIGN ARBITRAL AWARDS, Centre for International Legal Studies, Salzburg, November 4th,2001
  1. 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
  1. JURISDIKSJON OG LOVVALG – “TVINGENDE REGLER”, Doktorandseminar, University of Oslo, October 23rd, 2001
  1. ARBITRABILITY OF PETROLEUM DISPUTES AND THE VALIDITY OF AN ARBITRAL AWARD, Second Congress of Mineral Law, University of Rome, October 12th, 2001
  1. COMMERCIAL CONTRACTS AND NEW TECHNOLOGIES: THE ARBITRATION CLAUSE, LUISSUniversity Guido Carli, Rome, September 20th, 2001
  1. PRODUCTION SHARING AGREEMENTS NELL’ORDINAMENTO RUSSO, First Congress of Mineral Law, University of Rome, October 5th, 2000
  1. PETROLEUM INVESTMENTS IN RUSSIA: ARBITRABILITY OF DISPUTES UNDER THE PSA LEGISLATION, Centre for Energy, Petroleum & Mineral Law & Policy, University of Dundee, November 10th, 2000
  1. JURISDIKSJON OG LOVVALG FOR EUROPEISKE KONTRAKTER, ROMAKONVENSJONEN, Juristenes Utdanningssenter, March 22nd, 2000
  1. NEGOTIATING IN INTERNATIONAL SETTINGS, Association of International Professional and Business Women, Oslo, May 3rd, 2000
  1. 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, Courses