ACADEMIC KEYNOTES

• 2023: Woxsen University, Hyderabad (India)
• 2021: Gulf University, Bahrain (virtual)
• 2021: American University in Beirut (virtual)
• 2021: Sacred Heart University, Connecticut (virtual)
• 2021: Indian Institute of Finance International Research Conference (virtual)
• 2019: The University of Ottawa, Telfer Conference on Finance and Accounting (Ottawa)
• 2018: The University of Stockholm, Conference on Gender balancing (Stockholm)
• 2017: The Tunisian Society for Financial Research (Tnuinisa)
• 2017: The Oslo Summer Finance Workshop, Finance Market Fund (Norway)
• 2017: Financial Management Association International, European Meetings, Lisbon (Portugal)
• 2016: Australian National University, Summer Research Camp: Takeovers and Economic Efficiency
• 2016: University of St. Andrews, (UK), Workshop on Empirical Approaches to Corporate Finance
• 2015: City University of New York, Conference on Corporate Governance and Executive Compensation
• 2014: Bristol-Manchester University Corporate Finance Conference, Bristol (UK)
• 2013: University of Stavanger (Norway), Corporate Finance Conference
• 2012: Rising Star Conference, Fordham University and NYU (New York)
• 2012: European Financial Management Association, Merton Miller Seminar (Barcelona).
• 2010: Northern Finance Association, Winnipeg (Canada),
• 2008: French Finance Association Meetings, Lille (France)
• 2007: Norwegian School of Economics, Conference on Corporate Governance and Ethics
• 2007: University of Lille 2, Lille (France), Conference on the Market for Corporate Control Regulation   and Corporate Governance Issues
• 2005: University of Exeter (UK), Conference on Mergers and Acquisitions, Xfi Centre for Finance and
  Investment, December
• 2005: City University of Hong Kong Corporate Finance and Governance Conference.
• 2005: First European Winter Finance Conference, Norwegian School of Economics and the University of Vienna

INVITED UNIVERSITY SEMINARS

American University of Beirut; Australian National University; Baruch College; Boston College; Boston University; Cambridge University; City University of Hong Kong; Copenhagen Business School; Concordia University; Edinburgh University; Emory University; Erasmus University Rotterdam; Gulf University, Bahrain; Helsinki School of Economics; Humboldt University; Indiana University; Iowa State University, London Business School; Massachusetts Institute of Technology; McGill University; New York University; Northeastern University; Norwegian School of Economics; Norwegian School of Management; Oxford University; Queen’s University; Rice University; Rutgers University; Sabanci University; Sacred Heart University; Southern Methodist University; Stanford University; Texas A&M University; Texas Tech University; The University of Oslo; Tulane University; University of Adelaide; University of Alabama; University of Amsterdam; University of Arizona; University of Bristol; University of British Columbia; University of Calgary; University of California at Berkeley; University of Chicago; University of Exeter; University of Georgia; University of Gothenburg; University of Groningen; University of Iowa; University of Kentucky; University of Lille; University of Navarra, University of North Carolina; University of Notre Dame; University of Ottawa; University of Pennsylvania (Wharton); University of Pittsburgh; University of Rochester; University of St. Andrews; University of South Wales; University of Stavanger; University of Stockholm; University of Sydney; University of Texas at Austin; University of Texas at Dallas; University of Toronto; University of Utah; University of Vienna; University of Washington; Vanderbilt University; Wells College; Woxsen University; York University

PRESENTATIONS AT MAJOR ACADEMIC CONFERENCES 

• American Finance Association: 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020
• European Finance Association: 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021
• Western Finance Association: 2004, 2007, 2010, 2015
• Northern Finance Association: 1999, 2007, 2008, 2013, 2010, 2019
• University of British Columbia Summer Finance Conference: 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022
• Society for Financial Studies (SFS) Finance Cavalcade: 2013, 2015, 2017, 2020, 2021
• Financial Management Association: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
• Midwest Finance Association: 2020, 2021
• European Center for Corporate Control Studies: 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018

RECENT EXPERT TESTIMONY

• 2009: OffRig Drilling ASA v.  Polycrest AS. (Arbitration, Oslo, Norway. Decision in favor of my client.)
• 2010: Delta Invest AS m.fl. v. COSL Drilling Europe, 09-141977SKJ-GULA/AVD2 (Court of Appeals, Bergen, Norway. Decision in favor of my client.)
• 2010: Christian Fredrik Bjerke m.fl. v. Norsk Hydro ASA, 10-004240SKJ-BORG/02 (Court of Appeals, Oslo, Norway. Decision in favor of my client.)
• 2014: Awilco AS v. Staten/v Skatt Øst, 13-092072ASD-BORG/03 (Court of Appeals, Oslo, Norway. Decision not in favor of my client.)
• 2016: Eksportfinans v. Staten v/Nærings- og Fiskeridepartementet (Arbitration, Oslo, Norway. Decision in favor of my client.).
• 2020: Vroon Containers v. Marsoft, 19-171075ASD-BORG/01 (Court of Appeals, Oslo, Norway. Decision in favor of my client.)
• 2023: Ahsltrom-Munksjö Holding 3 Oy v. Previous Minority Shareholders of Ahlstrom-Munksjö Oyj (Appeal, District Court of Helsinki, Finland. Decision in favor of my client.)