Erlend W. Holstrøm

Erlend Holstrøm is a partner at Wikborg Rein's Oslo office and heads our business area Real Estate and Construction. He has broad international experience from various assignments in Asia after having headed our offices in Shanghai and Singapore. Holstrøm heads our construction law group. His main areas of practice are contract advising in relation to project negotiations and disputes associated with construction projects onshore and offshore and shipbuilding. He also assists in connection with sale, purchase, establishment and restructuring of businesses.

Holstrøm was in 2009 recommended by Chambers and Partners as "Leaders in their field" in the categories Real Estate and Construction.

Curriculum Vitae

Relevant experience:

• Litigation and dispute resolution within real estate, contract law and construction law
• Advising, documentation and negotiations in relation to bids, engineering and consultancy services, construction contracts, repair, conversion and building contracts for ships, rigs and FPSOs
• Various corporate assignments, including financing/restructuring of businesses (shipping, oil & gas services), sale and purchase of businesses and establishments
• Various assignments in Asia, including negotiations in China, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam and Singapore

Work experience:

• 2008 Partner, Wikborg Rein, Oslo
• 2005-2007 Partner, Wikborg Rein, Singapore
• 2004-2005 Partner, Wikborg Rein, Shanghai
• 2002-2004 Senior associate, Wikborg Rein, Shanghai
• 2000-2002 Senior associate, Wikborg Rein, Oslo
• 2000 Visiting lawyer, Healy & Baillie, New York, USA
• 1998-1999 Associate, Law Firm Lund, Gundersen & Co., Oslo, later Gundersen & Co.
• 1996-1998 Deputy judge
• 1995 Associate, Lund, Gundersen & Co., Oslo

Education:

• 1995 Cand. jur., University of Oslo