Elisabeth Nygård
Lawyer/Partner
Elisabeth Nygård assists developers in planning and building law matters in connection with development projects. She assists a number of municipalities and land owners in the same area.
This assistance includes advice throughout the entire process, from an area is reallocated/zoned in a zoning plan to the development project is completed through the building application process. Nygård has special expertise regarding sequencing requirements, development agreements with municipalities, as well as reimbursement claims (reimbursement agreements between private actors and reimbursement claims pursuant to the Norwegian Planning and Building Act’s provisions concerning reimbursement).
Nygård also assists developers and land owners in negotiations and implementation of land acquisitions, including appraisement and expropriation cases.
Elisabeth Nygård assists developers in planning and building law matters in connection with development projects. She assists a number of municipalities and land owners in the same area.
This assistance includes advice throughout the entire process, from an area is reallocated/zoned in a zoning plan to the development project is completed through the building application process. Nygård has special expertise regarding sequencing requirements, development agreements with municipalities, as well as reimbursement claims (reimbursement agreements between private actors and reimbursement claims pursuant to the Norwegian Planning and Building Act’s provisions concerning reimbursement).
Nygård also assists developers and land owners in negotiations and implementation of land acquisitions, including appraisement and expropriation cases.
Education
1997 Cand. Jur., University of Bergen
1995 Specialisation: Allodial land rights, University of Bergen
Experience
| 2012– | Partner, Haver Advokatfirma AS |
| 2006–2012 | Lawyer, Haver Advokatfirma AS |
| 2004–2006 | Deputy Judge, Jæren District Court |
| 2003–2004 | Trainee Lawyer, Haver Advokatfirma AS |
| 1999–2003 | Lawyer, Time Municipality |
| 1998–1999 | Lawyer, Norwegian Consumer Council |
| 1998 | Trainee Lawyer, Advokatfirmaet Vierdal et al. |
Appointments
| 2025– | Chairman of the Board, Gann Tre AS |
| 2024– | Board Member, Kverneland Energi AS |
| 2023– | Member of the Norwegian Bar Association's Law Committee for building law and regulatory issues |
| 2023– | Cooperation lawyer for the Norwegian Farmers' Union |
| 2023–2025 | Board Member, Gann Tre AS |
| 2009–2013 | Board Member, Bryne FK |