Mikal Brøndmo

Norway

Advokatfirmaet Haavind AS
Postboks 359 Sentrum
0101 Oslo
Norway

Tel: +47 936 77 222

Email: m.brondmo@haavind.no
Web: www.haavind.no

Mikal Brøndmo specialises in arbitration and litigation, with a focus on complex and international disputes. He also acts as arbitrator in international and domestic arbitrations.

Mikal has especially experience from representing parties in international energy disputes (both oil & gas and renewables), including offshore wind disputes subject to ICC and GMAA. His experience also includes disputes concerning shipbuilding contracts, distribution contracts, defence contracts, insurance, fisheries and aquaculture, financial derivatives and post M&A.

Brøndmo also acts as arbitrator in international and domestic arbitrations, such as under rules of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce (SCC), the Nordic Offshore & Maritime Arbitration Association (NOMA), the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) and in ad hoc arbitrations.

He was a member of the working group of ICC Arbitration & ADR Commission’s report in 2022 on leveraging technology for fair, effective, and efficient international arbitration proceedings.

Mikal Brøndmo is a lecturer in the Faculty of Law at the University of Oslo, teaching contract law and civil procedure. He regularly speaks at conferences and publishes articles, as illustrated by his latest article: ‘Post M&A Disputes: Recent Nordic Case Law, Especially Regarding Loss Calculation’ that was published earlier this year in the Stockholm Arbitration Yearbook 2022.

Mikal Brøndmo is recognised as the only Norwegian Thought leader in Arbitration by Who’s Who Legal – Arbitration 2024.

Education
  • The Swedish Arbitrator Training Program, run by the Swedish Arbitration Association (SAA) and Stockholm Chamber of Commerce (SCC) (2019)
  • University of Cambridge, English Legal Methods (2009)
  • University of Oslo, Cand. Jur. (2005)
Haavind has one of Norway’s strongest teams within dispute resolution. In recent years, we have assisted in many of Norway’s largest and most complex disputes.

A significant part of our business is dispute resolution, both for national courts and international arbitrations. Every year we resolve a number of disputes before the Norwegian Supreme Court and many of our lawyers are admitted to appear for the Supreme Court.

Haavind has more than 50 lawyers who mainly deal with dispute resolution, often with industry sector focus. We collaborate in teams to deliver first-rate dispute resolution in all areas of business law.

The results our clients have achieved and the feedback we receive shows that our emphasis on dispute resolution is a success. We are always working hard to get even better and provide our clients with the best possible assistance in the challenging situation of a dispute.

Haavind is one of Norway’s leading full-service law firms with approximately 160 lawyers. Our industry focus combined with specialized lawyers in 22 different practise areas give us a unique position to handle legal issues and create opportunities for our clients. We act on behalf of many of Norway’s largest companies, as well as major public entities. Across the business sectors we offer excellent services within employment law, corporate and dispute resolution.

Legal 500 and Chambers confirm Haavind’s position as one of the must recognised law firms in Norway, as illustrated by 10 tier 1-recognitions in Legal 500.

Mikal Brøndmo is very experienced, hard-working, accessible at all times, professional, and well informed. He offers good strategic advice.
Chambers & Partners