Speakers
Geir SviggumManaging Partner, Wikborg Rein
Geir Sviggum, Managing Partner har en rekke ganger, senest i 2024, blitt kåret til Årets Internasjonale Advokat i Finansavisens Advokatundersøkelse. Legal 500 utpeker Geir som Leading Individual i kategorien Regulatory, Compliance and Investigations og betegner ham som "klippen du trenger i en krise". Han rangeres også i Band 1 av Chambers Europe innen kategorien Compliance. Under sin tid i Kina ble han fremhevet i lokale og regionale rangeringer blant Kinas "15 Rising Stars" i advokatbransjen for "imponerende prestasjoner" og blant de 100 mest innflytelsesrike advokatene i Asia.
Douwe GroeneveltFounder, Viridea
Douwe Groenevelt began his career at De Brauw, as an IP and competition lawyer, where he managed its Brussels office for 5 years. In 2015, he moved to Europe's largest technology company by market cap, ASML, where he was Head of Legal for 10 years. In April of this year, he founded his own company, through which he provides strategic advice on innovation and builds AI solutions to facilitate the work of professionals.
Douwe is known as a champion of innovation in the legal sector. Amongst other things, he founded the "Law & Ops" network to stimulate knowledge exchange about innovation, and he signed the world's first 100% GenAI-generated contract. His team won the Financial Times Innovative Lawyers award in both 2024 and 2025.
Peter van DamCo-founder TechTorget, CDO Simonsen Vogt Wiig
Originally from the Netherlands and now residing in Norway, Peter offers a unique blend of continental and Nordic perspectives. For the past 15 years, he has been serving as a country manager for IRIS (iManage implementation) and as CDO of Simonsen Vogt Wiig. He is actively involved in the legal tech community, and has started initiatives such as TechTorget, which helps law professionals discover specialized IT solutions. Recently he also joined Gyldendal Rettsdata (legal data provider/publisher) as an external advisor.
Address & contact
The event is held at the premises of DI Industriens Hus - the domicile of Dansk Industri - in the heart of Copenhagen. Visiting address is: H.C. Andersens Boulevard 18.TechTorget can be contacted via e-mail: support@techtorget.no