Expertise

Mats focuses on civil disputes arising from misconduct, financial crime cases, as well as crisis management and advisory services related to corruption-related issues. He has assisted in high-profile matters involving corruption, insider trading, breach of trust and other forms of financial crime, as well as in complex civil disputes, including cases concerning board and professional liability, bankruptcy, real estate and cryptocurrency.

Mats is ranked among Norway’s leading lawyers in financial crime by Finansavisen’s annual lawyer survey, and has on several occasions previously been awarded the ‘Up & Coming’ category in the same ranking.

Experience

• 2017 – Present: Owner and Lawyer, Fend law firm DA
• 2011 – 2016: PhD Research Fellow, Faculty of Law, University of Oslo
• 2010: Acting Judge, Borgarting Court of Appeal
• 2009 – 2010: Judicial Assistant, Borgarting Court of Appeal
• 2007 – 2008: Deputy Judge
• 2006: Associate Lawyer, Arntzen de Besche law firm
• 2005: Ministry of Justice, Legislation Department and ØKOKRIM (Public Prosecutor’s Office)
• 2004: Research Assistant, Department of Public and International Law, University of Oslo

Appointments

• 2014 – 2025: Lawyer in an appointed position, The Norwegian Bureau for Investigation of Police Affairs