Frode Innjord

Practice Areas

Dispute Resolution

Construction

Career

Frode A. Innjord is a partner in Hjorts Real Estate and Construction law practice area.

Innjord provides both the private and public sectors with advice and dispute resolution within the field of real estate law. His professional experience includes assisting the largest public and private real estate developers in cases related to hydropower development, ground pollution, property disputes, expropriation and land regulation. His professional portfolio also includes advising the Norwegian Ministry of Climate and Environment for a number of years in matters related to compensation settlements after the establishment of nature conservation areas.

Innjord is the editor of Gyldendals legal commentary on the Planning and Building Act. He has also written several articles on various topics related to real estate law, and serves as a member of the editorial board for the Journal of Property law.

Innjord has extensive experience with litigation and commercial dispute resolution. He has been admitted to the Norwegian Supreme Court since 1994, and throughout the years has litigated a number of cases that raised issues on private and public matters in the ordinary courts, as well as the Courts of arbitration. The nature of the cases rang in a broad spectrum, from cooperation agreements on the shelf, via cases concerning franchise agreements, securities management and property taxes, to international indigenous rights.

Innjord is a highly acclaimed lawyer within dispute resolution in national and international lawyer rankings. In addition to his own litigation activities, Innjord has also served as an arbitrator in a number of commercial disputes. In several of the cases, he has been appointed as the head of the arbitral tribunal, and he has also acted as the sole arbitrator.

Professional Memberships

Member of the Norwegian Bar Association

Member of the editorial board for the Journal of Property Law

Personal

In Finansavisens 2021 Advokatundersøkelse Frode Innjord was top-ranked for the sixth time for his work as a civil litigator. He was also recognized in the category for “competitors’ most sought-after lawyers”.

Innjord is highly ranked by The Legal 500, Chambers Global and Chambers Europe.

“Described as “brilliant” by an interviewee, Frode Innjord is a highly revered lawyer who receives considerable acclaim for his dispute resolution practice. He is particularly knowledgeable in cases involving the real estate and construction sectors.”

Chambers Global 2020, Dispute resolution

Ranked as a “Leading individual” for Dispute resolution in The Legal 500’s EMEA 2020 guide to outstanding lawyers in Europe, Middle East & Africa.