Arne Oftedal's main areas of expertise are employment and pension law, environmental law, real estate law, transactions and public procurement.
He assists a number of large public and private businesses. He has also extensive expertise in contract law, company law, restructuring/insolvency and dispute resolution.
Arne is member of several boards and holds various positions in a number of organisations. He is the leader of the legislative committee on environmental and climate matters of the Norwegian Bar Association.
He was previously chair of the Norwegian Appeals Board for Environmental Information.
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Experience
| 2013 | - | (today) | Partner, Advokatfirmaet Simonsen Vogt Wiig Stavanger AS |
| 2009 | - | 2012 | Partner, Simonsen Advokatfirma Stavanger DA |
| 2004 | - | 2008 | Senior Lawyer, Simonsen Advokatfirma Stavanger DA |
| 2003 | - | 2004 | Deputy Judge, Sandnes District Court |
| 1999 | - | 2003 | Senior Associate, Advokatfirmaet PwC |
| 1997 | - | 1999 | Associate, Advokatfirmaet Wikborg Rein & Co. |
Education
| 1997 | Cand. Jur., Universitety of Oslo | ||
| 1996 | Special courses in Environmental Law, University of Oslo |
Appointments
| 2017 | - | (today) | Head of the Norwegian Bar Association's law committee for climate and environmental law |
| 2016 | - | (today) | Member of the Board of Trustees of Sandnes Sparebank |
| 2016 | - | (today) | Member of the Supervisory Board of IVAR IKS |
| 2015 | - | (today) | City Council Representative, Municipality of Sandnes |
| 2011 | - | (today) | Board member of SpareBank 1 SR-Bank, Pension Fund |
| 2019 | - | 2023 | Chair of the Appeals Board for Environmental Information |