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Lars Albert Jøstensen
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Lars Albert Jøstensen

Languages
  • Norwegian
  • English
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Lars Albert Jøstensen mainly focuses on insurance, reinsurance, action for damages and dispute resolution. He also has extensive domestic, arbitration and international dispute resolution experience with commercial contracts in a number of industry sectors.

Jøstensen has extensive experience with respect to complex claims and disputes under insurance policies and reinsurance contracts. He frequently assists in handling cyber incidents ("breach response") and coverage claims under cyber insurance policies and also has particular experience in relation to director and officers' claims (D&O), financial lines and W&I insurance matters. 

Jøstensen has worked in the London market and assists international insurers and claims handling companies on the development of policy wordings in the Norwegian market. 

Jøstensen is ranked as a Rising Start in Insurance by the Legal 500 and has also been ranked in the “up and coming insurance lawyer” category in a peer’s review arranged by the Norwegian Financial Times (“Finansavisen”) for three consecutive years running.

Relevant experience

  • 2025 - Partner, CMS Kluge
  • 2022 - 2025 Lead Lawyer, DLA Piper Norway
  • 2024 Three-month secondment, DLA Piper UK
  • 2019 - 2021 Lawyer, DLA Piper Norway
  • 2018 - 2019 Associate, DLA Piper Norway
  • 2017 - 2018 Associate, SANDS
  • 2015 - 2017 Various traineeships at different Norwegian law firms

Memberships & Roles

  • 2025 - Member of the Norwegian insurance legislative committee  

Awards & Rankings

  • Leading associate, Legal 500, Insurance
  • Recommended laywer, Legal 500, Insurance og Dispute resolution
  • Up and Coming #1, Insurance, Finansavisen 2023, 2024
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Lars Albert Jøstensen is an outstanding insurance Lawyer. He is also a brilliant litigator and a skillful negotiator.
Legal 500, Insurance, 2025

Education

  • 2024 Econ 1100 Mathematics 1, Econ 1210 Micro Economics 1 and Econ 1310, Macro Economics 1, University of Oslo
  • 2017 Master of Laws, University of Oslo

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