Gaute Gjelsten

Partner

Om Gaute Gjelsten

Gaute Gjelsten er partner ved Wikborg Reins Oslo-kontor og er global leder av firmaets fagområde for Shipping Offshore. Gjelsten spesialiserer seg innen offshore, internasjonal sjørett og sjøforsikring hvor han bistår norske og internasjonale klienter, særlig assurandører og redere. Han drev Wikborg Reins kontor i Kobe, Japan i tre år. I perioden i Japan opptrådte han også som norsk generalkonsul for Kobe/Osaka. Han er også med i Wikborg Reins Emergency Response Team. Gjelsten er anerkjent av Chambers and Partners som "Leaders in their field" i kategorien Shipping: Litigation og Legal 500 innen kategoriene Maritime Law (inkludert forsikring).

Arbeidserfaring

  • 2005

    Partner, Wikborg Rein, Oslo

  • 2003 - 2004

    Fast advokat, Wikborg Rein, Oslo

  • 2000 - 2002

    Leder, Wikborg Rein, Kobe, Japan

  • 2000 - 2002

    Norsk generalkonsul, Kobe, Japan

  • 1998 - 1999

    Advokatfullmektig, Wikborg Rein, Oslo

  • 1995 - 1997

    Undervisning i diverse kurs i kjøpsrett, kontraktsrett og forvaltningsrett, Universitetet i Oslo

  • 1994 - 1995

    Vitenskapelig assistent, Institutt for Privatrett, Universitetet i Oslo

Utdannelse

  • 2000

    Advokatbevilling

  • 1997

    Cand.jur., Universitetet i Oslo

Verv

  • Den norske sjørettsforening, styremedlem

  • Bureau Veritas, Nordiske komitte

Utvalgte prosjekter

  • Litigation, arbitration and dispute resolution, emergency responses and claims handling; in particular in relation to shipping and offshore matters, insurance law, public and private international law and conflicts of law, including i.a.

  • "Server" – bulk carrier grounding off Bergen, Norway; oil pollution and wreck removal. Litigation regarding oil clean-up operation, wreck removal, public procurement, VAT claims etc.

  • "Njord Bravo" – shuttle tanker c/w FSO in North Sea: litigation on i.a. collision liability, knock-for-knock, limitation of liability

  • Supreme Court case (Rt. 2012 s. 1486) on the enforcement of an Italian "decreto inguintino" under the Lugano Convention, hereunder successfully distinguished C-474/93 Hengst, and repelled enforcement

  • Appeal Court case (LB-2011-118983) on conflicts of laws in guarantee matters; i.a. issues related to choice of law, characterisation, rules on the applicability of the most closely connected law (further appeal was repelled by the Supreme Court).

  • "Normand Carrier" – Platform supply vessel c/w tuna purse-seine vessel: litigation on collision liability, damages, loss earnings fisheries

  • "Fjord Champion" – oil tanker grounding off Søgne, Norway; fire and salvage. Litigation regarding authorities right to claim compensation.

  • "Nordlys" – fire on coastal steamer with following flooding at Ålesund, Norway; salvage and claims handling towards authorities.

  • "Crete Cement" – cement carrier grounded in the Oslo fjord, Norway; oil pollution and wreck removal

  • "Bourbon Dolphin" – anchor handling tug supply vessel capsizing off Shetland; sinking, total loss and casualties

  • "Rocknes" – laden bulk carrier grounding and capsizing off Bergen, Norway; oil pollution, sinking, re-floating and casualties. Litigation regarding limitation of liability. Litigation regarding governments liability for mistakes made by Norwegian Coastal Administration, the Norwegian Chart Authorities

  • "Hual Europe" – laden car carrier grounding off Tokyo Bay, Japan; fire, oil pollution, wreck removal and cargo claims

  • "Amorgos" – bulk carrier grounding off Taiwan; sinking and oil pollution. Litigation regarding claim for alleged environmental damage to coral reef, tourist and fishery claims.

Publikasjoner

  • Bøker:

  • "Maritime Law Handbook, Norway", Published by: Kluwer Law International, May 2014. Co-author with Henrik Hagberg, Oddbjørn Slinning and Torgeir Willumsen

  • "Getting the deal through" for Ship Finance 2014. Co-author with Henrik Hagberg and Solveig Frostad De Sousa

  • Norway's contribution of Le Droit Maritime Marocain et comparé, 2014.

  • Norway's National Summary in William Tetley's Marine Cargo Claims, Fourth Edition, 2008

  • Norway's contribution to Limitation of Liabilities for Maritime Claims, Fourth Edition, 2005. Co-author with Haakon Stang Lund

  • International jurisdiction clauses and formal requirements under the Lugano Convention and the Norwegian Civil Procedure Act, 1997

  • Utvalgte artikler:

  • "Voldgiftsunntaket i Luganokonvensjonen - hva reguleres av hvilke regler?" i Borgar H. Berg og Ola Ø. Nisja (red.), Avtalt prosess - Voldgift i praksis, Universitetsforlaget, 2015

  • Global Litigation Survey 2015: Norway's contribution to Allen & Overy Global Litigation Survey 2015

  • "New conventions increase direct action threat to P&I clubs", Insuranceday, 3 October 2014

  • "Jurisdiction, actions in tort and contract", Norway's contribution to Extraterritorial survey, Norway", IFLR.com, September 2014

  • "Knock-for-knock carve-outs on the increase", Tanker Operator, May 2014

  • "Gauging risk is key to domino dodging", Fairplay, 3 July 2014

  • "Court overturns ruling in tanker collision case", Tanker Shipping & Trade, December/January 2013/2014

  • "Case notes for shipowners", World Shipping, Summer 2013

  • "Insurance of mobile offshore units under the Nordic Marine Insurance Plan 2013", Insuranceday, 10 July 2013

  • "More scrutiny when Norwegian crews are involved", published in Tanker Shipping & Trade, October/November 2012

  • "Norwegian Insurance Plan vies with Institute clauses for builders risks …", published in Insurance Day, October 2012

  • "Norway adopts casualty investigation changes and ponders ratifying wreck removal convention", article published in Tanker Shipping & Trade, Norway feature, September 2012

  • "Legal eagles offer 20/20 foresight", article published in Fairplay, January 2011

  • "Limitation of liability for pollution damage for offshore vessels and units in the North Sea (Norwegian Section)", Standard Bulletin, Offshore Special Edition, October 2010

  • "Chartering the cause of grounding", article published in the Wire, March 2010

  • "Norwegian owners welcome court ruling on tonnage tax", Lloyd’s List, February 2010

  • "Owners: know your options if yard runs into cash problems", published in Lloyd's List, October 2008

  • Norway ready to update country-old safety act, published in Lloyd's List, January 2008

  • "Rocknes – will the state be held ultimately liable", published in Lloyd's List, June 2007

  • "Classification Society Liability", article published in the Intermediary, September 2006

  • "Understanding Fraud" – How Norwegian and English law differ in their handling of fraudulent marine insurance claims, published in Maritime Risk International, June 2006

  • "Norway ratifies the HNS Convention", Maritime Risk International, Mars 2005

  • YAR 1994 v 2004, the Maritime Advocate, 2004