Exclusive IR Global Advisor for Environmental Law in Norway since 2023 and committee member for Energy & Environmental group

Lena Østgaard

Legal Advisor , IOM Law

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传记

Lena Østgaard is a Legal Advisor on International Law working on projects related to CCS, CCUS, negative emissions technologies and the energy transition. She has experience working with the regulatory issues and key legal requirements for cross-border transportation of CO2 and offshore storage. Lena is appointed Technical Expert for ISO TC265 (CCS) Working Group 7 on Transportation of CO2 by Ship, contributing to the development of international technical standards.

She holds an LL.B. and LL.M. (Public International Law) from England.

About IOM Law

IOM Law is an Oslo-based boutique law firm, specialised in CCS, CCU, and CCUS. The firm was founded in early 2017 and has seven team members. Collectively, the employees of IOM Law have a wide range of experience within high-level CCUS, energy, industry related projects, covering legal, regulatory, policy and commercial aspects. The team further has extensive experience within project management and business development.

Being involved in a broad specter of CCUS projects, the firm has established itself as an expert within the field of CCS and CCUS, advising both private and public stakeholders globally. The firm’s vision is to continue providing assistance in the development of a sustainable CCUS industry globally, as deployment and commercialisation of CCUS are crucial to one of the biggest challenges of our time; climate change.

执业领域

Carbon capture and storage

Public international law

International environmental law

Petroleum law

Public administrative law