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Christian F. Michelet

Address: 

Arntzen de Besche Advokatfirma AS_
P.O. Box 2734
Solli, NO – 0204
Oslo, Norway

Phone Number: 
+ 47 23 89 40 00
Fax Number: 
+ 47 23 89 40 01
Email: 
Christian.michelet@adeb.no
Born: 
1953, Oslo
Languages: 
English French Scandinavian
Nationalities: 
Norwegian
Education: 
1980 Candidate in jurisprudence, University of Oslo; 1981 Master of Business Administration, INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France
Bar Admission or Professional License: 
Advocate, 1983; Member of the Norwegian Bar Association
Present Position: 
Partner
Professional Experience: 

Associate and Partner, Arntzen Underland & Co. (1981 – 1989); Vice President, TOTAL Norge AS (1989 – 1991); Partner, Arntzen de Besche (1991 – )

Panels of Arbitrators: 

The Norwegian National Committee on International Arbitration (ICC); The Arbitration and Dispute Resolution Institute of the Oslo Chamber of Commerce

Arbitration Experience: 

Broad experience as arbitrator, chairman and counsel in arbitrations: Chairman of Arbitration Panel, re. the liberalisation of the Norwegian telecommunication regime, onshore construction; Arbitrator re. investment bank brokerage; Counsel, major Norwegian oil, gas and construction arbitration cases (incl. the Sleipner case, the Kårstoe case, the Stena Line case).

Areas of Specialization: 
Construction
Energy
Oil & Gas
Publications from JURIS: 
Publications: 

“Entities exempted from taxation”, Universitetsforlaget, 1981; “Recognition of foreign enterprises as taxable entities”, International Fiscal Association, 1988; The EEA Handbook, Universitetsforlaget, 1998 (co-author); Norwegian Gas Sales – Legal Main Issues, Oslo 1999 (co-author); European Law in the German-Norwegian Context (co-author): “Sales of Norwegian natural gas – The Gas Market Directive”, Berlin Verlag 2002; numerous articles in oil and gas law.