Tore Fjørtoft

Practice Areas

Fisheries & Aquaculture

Company Law

EU & Competition

Mergers & Acquisitions

Mining & Minerals

Public Contracts

Restructuring & Insolvency

Special Resource Team

Career

Tore works in Schjødt's Industry department and heads the Fisheries & Aquaculture group. He has specialised in typical business law disciplines, such as company law, contract law, tort law, property law, restructuring and insolvency law, and EU/EEA law. In addition, Tore has in-depth expertise in administrative law and is particularly experienced with regulations regarding fisheries and aquaculture.

Tore Fjørtoft holds a PhD in cooperative law and is regarded as the leading national expert in this area. He has lectured in company law at the Law Faculty in Oslo for several years. His scientific publications are primarily in company and cooperative law, but he has also published articles in other legal disciplines.

Tore has extensive experience drafting laws, both as a legal advisor at The Ministry of Justice and as a leader and member of governmental law commissions. He also writes legal commentaries on four Norwegian acts for Rettsdata and Karnov and delivers lectures on his legal specialities to both private and public bodies.

Publications

2021 - The Norwegian Constitution § 101, in The Norwegian Constitution – with historical remarks 1814–2016, Fjørtoft, T.

2019 - Organisational law, in Knoph's overview on Norwegian Law, Fjørtoft, T.

2018 - Licenses to Commercial Fisheries, in Norwegian Business Journal, Wold Sund, E. and Fjørtoft, T.

2014 - Financial Rights of Members of Cooperatives, PhD-dissertation, Fjørtoft, T.

2009 - Cooperatives - the rules on economic issues, taxes and dues, Fjørtoft, T. and Gjems-Onstad, O.