Bjørn Brenna Meland

Bjørn has a master´s in law from the University of Oslo and graduated in the spring of 2015. He has also completed a year's study in economics at BI School of Economics in 2021. During his law studies, Bjørn developed an interest in the prevention and detection of financial crime, and started his career as a lawyer in a large investigative environment in Oslo. Today, Bjørn works as an associate at Advokatfirmaet Erling Grimstad AS with topics that include anti-money laundering, anti-corruption, investigation and fraud prevention.

Bjørn enjoys working with topics that lie on the border between law and the investigation of facts. With his analytical approach to problems, and attention to processes and working methodology, Bjørn has built up solid experience in assisting businesses and public authorities in preventing and uncovering financial crime and other fraud. Bjørn is very concerned about establishing trust with clients and other people who are affected by assignments that the law firm carries out and works purposefully towards this.

In addition to working with anti-money laundering, investigation and prevention of financial crime, Bjørn has experience in assisting businesses to comply with the data privacy regulations (GDPR). Furthermore, he has experience with handling notifications about objectionable conditions in the workplace. Bjørn has also carried out a number of legal assessments linked to factual investigations, including potential labor law consequences under the Working Environment Act, as well as an assessment of whether the conditions for criminal liability have been met under the Criminal Code.