New and extended gender quota regulations to the board of directors of Norwegian private limited liability companies are adopted. Until now, gender quota regulations have applied only for listed public limited liability companies and state owned companies. The newly adopted regulation, which shall also apply to inter alia certain partnerships, co-operatives and foundations, significantly broadens the scope of gender quota mandates.

The Norwegian Government has recently proposed extending gender quota regulations to the board of directors of certain Norwegian private limited liability companies.

On 1 July, the requirements for citizenship for board members and the CEO set forth in the Norwegian company legislation were removed. Now, only a residency (domicile) requirement applies. The requirement is that the CEO and at least half of the board members must reside in an EEA country, in the UK/Northern Ireland or in Switzerland.

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Filip is among Norway's leading experts on company law. He is also a Professor, Doctor of Laws at the University of Bergen and at the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH). 

He has published scientific work with focus on shareholder conflicts, directors' liability, corporate governance, compulsory acquisition, public ownership and enterprise valuation. 

He has broad experience as an Appellate Court Judge and as an arbitrator. Moreover, Filip is frequently engaged in the sale and reorganising of businesses, especially where the choice of transaction model is an important premise. He often acts as counsellor in ownership disputes, including challenges that come with generational changes. 

Filip was Deputy Chairman at the Appeal Board of Stock Exchanges in Norway in the period 2009-2012. Since 2015 he has served as Chairman of the Norwegian Government's Legislative Committee on Securities. The Committee has delivered nine public reports on securities law.

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Chairman of the Norwegian Government's Legislative Committee on Securities

Chairman of the Norwegian Bar Association's Legislative Committee on Company Law

Council of Ethics in the Norwegian Society of Financial Analysts (Chairman since 2016)

Member of the editorial committee of Nordic journal of company law ("Nordisk Tidsskrift for Selskabsret")

Member of the editorial board of "Jussens Venner" (Norwegian University Law Review)

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Filip is among Norway's leading experts on company law. He is also a Professor, Doctor of Laws at the University of Bergen and at the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH).