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Tobias-Skurdal-Tofte
Managing Associate

Tobias Tofte

Languages
  • Norwegian
  • English
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Tobias Tofte is a Managing Associate at CMS Kluge, where he has been employed since 2017.

Tofte has specialist expertise in construction and contract law. He possesses extensive knowledge of standard contracts for construction and consultancy engagements and has broad experience across a range of construction contracting models.

Tofte advises and represents contractors, builders, and consultants in both the public and private sectors. His work spans all phases of a project, from contract drafting and interpretation, to ongoing advisory support and contract management during project execution, as well as the handling of final accounts, disputes over final settlements, and defect claims. He has significant experience handling complex matters and provides dispute resolution services, including negotiations, alternative dispute resolution, and litigation before the courts. 

Tofte holds a Master of Laws from the University of Oslo. He has served as a research assistant at the Department of Private Law. His master’s thesis addressed the interpretation of construction contracts entered under public procurement regulations. Tofte has also served as a supervisor and examiner for master’s theses in law at the University of Oslo.

Relevant experience

  • 2023 - Managing Associate, CMS Kluge Advokatfirma AS
  • 2019 - 2023 Senior Associate, CMS Kluge Advokatfirma AS (prev. Kluge Advokatfirma AS)
  • 2019 - 2023 Supervisor and examiner at the University of Oslo, Faculty of Law
  • 2017 - 2019 Associate, Kluge Advokatfirma AS
  • 2016 - 2017 Research Assistant, Department of Private Law, University of Oslo
  • 2014 - 2016 Trainee at several law firms

Publications

  • Master’s thesis: «Uklarheter i konkurransegrunnlag – Tolkning av entreprisekontrakter som er inngått etter regelverket for offentlige anskaffelser» [Unclear tender spesifications – Interpretation of construction contracts regulated by Norwegian Public Procurement law], published in PrivIus – Journal of Private Law no. 209 - 2018

Memberships & Roles

  • Member of the Norwegian Bar Association

Education

  • 2011 - 2017 Master of Laws, University of Oslo
  • 2015 Legal subjects, University of Western Australia

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