Our Partner Ulla von Weissenberg has been appointed as Co-Chair for the International Bar Association’s (IBA) Maritime and Transport Law Committee, effective 1 January 2023. Ulla will be heading the committee together with a fellow Co-Chair Henrik Hagberg of Advokatfirmaet Thommessen AS.

Ulla extends her special thanks to the immediate past Chairs Corina Song of Allen & Gledhill LLP and Johannes Grove Nielsen of Bech-Bruun.

I want to express my sincere thanks to the immediate past Chairs Corina Song and Johannes Grove Nielsen who have guided the committee forward for the past two years, and during particularly challenging times. After their hard work, it is my pleasure to continue working for the committee together with Henrik and all the other officers.”

The Maritime and Transport Law Committee has more than 650 members worldwide and is one of the oldest committees of the IBA, also known as “Committee A”. The purpose of the committee is to gather all the leading maritime law professionals to connect and discuss about legal issues in their field of expertise. The Committee arranges number of sessions at the IBA’s Annual Conferences and bi-annual specialist conferences. Read more about the committee on the IBA’s website.

We congratulate Ulla and Henrik on the appointment!