LAWYER PROFILE

Ingvild Hanssen-Bauer

Europe 2026

Kvale Advokatfirma DA

Ranked in 1 practice area

Intellectual Property

Norway

20 years ranked

About

Provided by Kvale Advokatfirma DA

Europe

Practice Areas

- Intellectual property rights

- Patents

- Trademark

- Trade secrets

- Dispute resolution

Career

2017 - current: Partner, Kvale

1994 - 2017: Specialist Counsel, Partner, Senior Associate, Associate, Wikborg Rein

Professional Memberships

Member of the board of the Norwegian Association for the Protection of Industrial Property Rights (NIR).

Member of the Norwegian AIPPI-group.

Member of the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Board for domain names.

Member of the Intellectual Property Law committee at the University of Oslo.

Member of the organization Eplaw (the European Patent Lawyers Association).

Personal

Ingvild Hanssen-Bauer is specialized within intellectual property rights, with a particular focus on patents, trademarks and matters related to the Norwegian Marketing Act, such as protection of trade secrets and unlawful copying.

She has extensive litigation experience within these fields of law, and has represented clients in a large number of complex cases, both before the District Court and the Court of Appeal. Ingvild assists both Norwegian and international clients, especially within the pharmaceutical industry, oil/gas and aquaculture industry.

Ingvild also assists our clients with agreements related to intellectual property rights, such as license agreements, research and development agreements, agreements on transfer of intellectual property rights and confidentiality agreements.

Her practice also includes assistance related to ICT-contracts and data protection.

She is a member of the board of the Norwegian Association for the Protection of Industrial Property Rights (NIR) and the Norwegian AIPPI-group, and a member of the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Board for domain names. She is also a member of the Intellectual Property Law committee at the University of Oslo and has been a member of the Norwegian Bar Association's Law Committee on Intellectual Property and Marketing Law. She is a member of the organization Eplaw (the European Patent Lawyers Association).

Ingvild is frequently used as a lecturer, and has inter alia for 10 years provided the update on patent law at the annual conference on patent, trademark and design law, arranged by the Norwegian Bar Association organization for Continuing Legal Education (Juristenes Utdanningssenter – JUS).

She contributes as a supervisor and examiner within intellectual property law.

Education

University of Oslo

Cand.jur.

1993

Languages Spoken

Norwegian, English

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

Chambers European Guide

Intellectual Property - Norway

Band 1

Individual Editorial

Ingvild Hanssen-Bauer frequently represents pharmaceutical and energy companies in patent litigation. She also has experience handling the IP aspects of corporate transactions.

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Strengths

Provided by Chambers

Ingvild is one of the most efficient lawyers I've ever met. She gets the essence of what we want super quickly. She is very knowledgeable but also a very good listener.
Intellectual PropertyChambers European Guide
Ingvild is knowledgeable when it comes to IP. She is very structured and accurate in her work. She takes it very seriously and is very specific in her conclusions and assessments.
Intellectual PropertyChambers European Guide
She is totally no nonsense. She cuts to the core of all matters, and is really good at spotting the important issues.
Intellectual PropertyChambers European Guide
Ingvild is an experienced, hands-on practitioner who really understands the client's needs and who guides them with calmness and sophistication.
Intellectual PropertyChambers European Guide
She is really good at getting to the core of the case and sorting out the irrelevant details. She is very effective and impressive, and gets up to speed very quickly.
Intellectual PropertyChambers European Guide