Partner
Sigrid Toft Fløystad focuses on both contentious and non-contentious matters in all industry sectors, especially in the areas of patents, trademarks, trade secrets, unfair competition and marketing law. She also has a particular experience in regulatory food law.
CV
Rankings and recognitions
- IAM Patent 1000: recommended 2020
Experience
Early in her career Sigrid became involved in the drafting of legislation on access to genetic resources in Norwegian nature. She has worked in particular for clients in the life sciences industry, both in patent litigation (small and big molecules) and on transactions and with regulatory matters. As an in-house IP counsel and General Counsel of the consumer brand supplier TINE SA, Sigrid gained in-depth knowledge of the food industry and its regulatory framework. She currently works in all of these areas.
Career
| Partner, GjessingReimers | 2019- |
| Partner, Grette | 2017-2019 |
| General Counsel, TINE SA | 2014-2017 |
| Corporate Attorney, TINE SA | 2012-2014 |
| Associate/Attorney, Thommessen | 2004-2012 |
| Deputy Judge, Øvre Romerike District Court | 2005-2006 |
| Secretary, The Norwegian Bio Diversity Act Committee | 2003 |
Appointments
| AIPPI: Member of the Standing committee on Pharma and Biotechnology) | |
| Deputy board member, the Mediation Board for Employee Inventions | 2018 - |
| Member of the Council dealing with Unfair Marketing Practices (NKU) | 2013-2016 |
Education
| The Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise (NHO) Female Future Program – leadership and boardroom competence (Norwegian Business School (BI)) | 2013-2014 |
| Law degree (University of Bergen) | 2003 |
| Organizational psychology (University of Bergen) | 1998 |
Member
Norwegian Bar Association; Norwegian Association for the Protection of Industrial Property Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Propriètè Intellectuelle – AIPPI;
Languages
The Scandinavian languages, English