Lars Albert Jøstensen

Lead Lawyer
Lars Albert Jøstensen
Location
Oslo
Language
English, Norwegian
Sectors

Lars Albert Jøstensen mainly focuses on insurance, reinsurance, liability claims and dispute resolution.

He acts for foreign and domestic insurers and reinsurers with respect to complex claims and disputes under insurance policies and reinsurance contracts and frequently assists in handling cyber incidents ("breach response") and coverage claims under cyber insurance policies. Lars Albert also has particular experience in relation to director and officers' claims (D&O), financial lines and W&I insurance matters. In addition, he assists international insurers and claims handling companies (including those operating on the London market) on the development of policy wordings in the Norwegian market.

Lars Albert has extensive domestic and international dispute resolution experience on insurance, reinsurance and commercial contract matters, including shipping and construction.

Credentials
Memberships

Member of The Norwegian Bar Association. 

Education
University of Oslo, Master of Laws
2017
Experience
Prior experience
Lead Lawyer, DLA Piper Norway
2022
Lawyer, DLA Piper Norway
2019 - 2021
Associate, DLA Piper Norway
2018 - 2019
Associate, SANDS
2017 - 2018
Rankings
The Legal 500, 2024

Ranked as Rising Star within Insurance by The Legal 500, 2024.

Norwegian Financial Daily’s annual lawyers survey

1st place "Up and Coming", Insurance 2024.

1st place "Up and Coming", Insurance 2023.

The Legal 500, 2023

Lars Albert is recommended for Insurance by The Legal 500, 2023.

The Legal 500, 2022

Lars Albert is recommended for Insurance and Dispute Resolution by The Legal 500, 2022.

The Legal 500, 2021

"Lars Jøstensen was impressive in court, one to watch for the future."

Publications
Nordisk Forsikringstidsskrift (Nordic Insurance Journal)
De grunnende opphold for forsikringsselskapets reklamasjonsplikt etter FAL 4-14 (The justifiable grounds for the insurance company's duty to report claims under FAL 4-14)
2023
Rett24.no (Norwegian online platform for legal news)
Skadelidte bør ikke reddes av skadevolders melding til forsikringsselskapet (The injured party should not be saved by the tortfeasor's notification to the insurance company)
2023