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Christian F. Galtung

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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

Christian Galtung works especially with dispute resolution, administrative law, law of tort and company law.

Galtung has represented the government of Norway in the Supreme Court seven times, and private companies three times. He has been Norway’s appointed legal counsel in the EFTA Court. Galtung is recommended by the most prominent rating agencies: Chambers and Legal 500.

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Relevant experience

  • 2007 - Partner, CMS Kluge Advokatfirma AS (prev. Kluge Advokatfirma AS)
  • 2006 - 2007 Senior Associate, Kluge Advokatfirma AS
  • 1994 - 2006 Attorney, The Office of the Attorney General
  • 1992 - 1994 Deputy judge, Ringerike District Court
  • 1991 - 1991 Inspector, the Banking, Insurance and Securities Commission
  • 1990 - 1992 Senior Executive Officer, the Banking, Insurance and Securities Commission
  • 1989 - 1990 Associate, BAHR law firm
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Memberships & Roles

  • Chairman of the Board at Pareto Securities AB since 2019
  • Head of the Norwegian Bar Association’s Law Committee for Administrative Law 2006 - 2015
  • Head of the University of Oslo’s appeals committee for decisions on external work 2007 - 2017
  • Deputy chairman of the Appeals Board for SkatteFUNN (R&D tax incentive scheme) since 2019
  • Member of the University of Oslo’s Suitability Assessment Committee since 2007
  • Board member of Anth. B. Nilsens Børns Fond 1996 - 2019
  • Member of the Norwegian Bar Association
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Awards & Rankings

Christian Galtung is recommended by the rating agencies Chambers and Legal 500.

Christian Galtung ‘is extremely professional, and stays calm and gets thoroughly acquainted with all issues‘.
Legal 500, 2022

Christian Galtung is well regarded for representing both public and private sector clients on a range of litigation matters.
Chambers Europe, 2022

 

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Education

  • 1999 Master of Laws (LL.M.) in EU law, Cambridge University, UK
  • 1999 Admitted to the Bar of the Supreme Court
  • 1989 Master of Laws, University of Oslo
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04/12/2023
International arbitration law and rules in Norway
1. HISTORY, SCOPE OF APPLICATION AND GENERAL PROVISIONS OF THE RELEVANT ARBITRATION ACT(S) 1.1 History 1.1.1 Arbitration was regulated in a fragmentary fashion in Norwegian law until 1927. When the...