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Knud Jacob Knudsen is a partner in Simonsen Vogt Wiig's dispute resolution team in Oslo, and head of the firm's international arbitration practice. He is dual-qualified lawyer (Norway and England).Knud specializes in commercial dispute resolution. He has acted as counsel in several national and international arbitration cases, including cases under ICC, SCC, UNCITRAL and NOMA rules. He also serves as an arbitrator, and has been appointed both by parties and institutions such as the SCC and DIA.
Knud's experience includes the following types of disputes:
• Commercial contract disputes, including cases concerning termination, damages and liability for breach of contract and requests for specific performance
• Construction projects, both onshore and offshore, including final settlement disputes and claims involving defects
• Post-M&A disputes, including claims for breach of warranties and claims concerning additional payment
• Company law disputes, including claims concerning rights of first refusal and validity of decisions by company bodies
• Disputes concerning agency and distribution agreements
• Energy disputes, including construction of wind farms and distribution of fossil fuels
• Maritime disputes, including disputes concerning shipbuilding contracts
Knud has detailed knowledge of Norwegian and international standard contracts for construction and engineering work, fabrication contracts and shipbuilding contracts. He also has extensive experience with target price contracts, joint ventures and various forms of partnering contracts.
Prior to focusing on dispute resolution, Knud worked with mergers and acquisitions and company law for several years. In addition to working as counsel and arbitrator, Knud has clerked at the Norwegian Supreme Court.
He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and a member of the board of the SCC Arbitration Institute.