Herman Steen

Herman Steen is a Senior Lawyer at Wikborg Rein’s Oslo office and is part of the firm's Shipping Offshore group.

Steen is mainly working with maritime law, transport law and marine insurance law. He has been a junior researcher with the Scandinavian Institute of Maritime Law, where he wrote a thesis on voyage charter parties. Steen has published maritime law articles in Norwegian and international periodicals.

Curriculum Vitae

Work experience:

• 2011 - Senior Lawyer, Wikborg Rein, Oslo
• 2010 Senior Associate, Wikborg Rein, Oslo
• 2010 Deputy Judge, Oslo District Court
• 2009-2010 Deputy Judge, Drammen District Court
• 2008-2009 Senior Associate, Wikborg Rein, Oslo
• 2008 Visiting Lawyer, Ince & Co., London
• 2008 Senior Associate, Wikborg Rein, London
• 2007 Associate, Wikborg Rein, Kobe, Japan
• 2006-2007 Associate, Wikborg Rein, London
• 2005- Lecturer and Examiner at The Faculty of Law, University of Oslo
• 2004-2006 Associate, Wikborg Rein, Oslo
• 2003-2004 Junior Researcher, Scandinavian Institute of Maritime Law, University of Oslo
• 2003-2004 Teaching and correcting essay papers, Scandinavian Institute of Maritime Law, University of Oslo
• 2000-2002 Intern in several law firms etc.

Publications:

• ”The time for the ship’s arrival in
  the loading port under voyage charter parties. The charterer’s claim for damages and cancellation of the charter party due to late arrival”, thesis, University of Oslo: (published in MarIus no. 322 (2004)
• “Entire agreement clauses in commercial agreements”, thesis, King's College London
• "Cancellation clauses in voyage charter parties", in Scandinavian Institute of Maritime Law Yearbook 2005
• Miscellaneous maritime law articles in various periodicals

Education:

• 2006 Practising Certificate
• 2004 Cand. jur., University of Oslo
• 2004 Program of Instruction for Lawyers (Negotiation), Harvard Law School, Harvard University
• 2003 Master of Maritime Law (LLM), King’s College London, University of London