Rolf Riisnæs Email & Phone Number

Dr. Rolf Riisnæs is a part of Wikborg Rein's Technology and Digitalization practice and the Public Procurement practice. His expertise are within IT-contracts and IT-procurements, data protection/privacy, eBusiness/eGovernment, information security, e-ID and electronic signature, certification services and copyright issues.Riisnæs assists clients with large, complex IT-procurements. He has wide experience in coordinating and leading Wikborg Rein's technology- and procurement team on specific complex projects related to software development and implementation, outsourcing and cloud services, as well as data protection and information security issues.Riisnæs has expert knowledge of the application of all Government's Standard Terms and Conditions for IT Procurement (SSA) which are widely used even in the private sector. He assisted the Norwegian Agency for Public and Financial Management (DFØ) in drafting the new model cloud services agreement SSA-sky (integration of complex cloud services) and SSA-sky "light" (procurement of cloud services and additional services) which were both published in 2021. He also assisted in the former overhaul of the existing SSAs in 2015.Riisnæs was appointed Dr. juris in 2006 for his dissertation regarding Digital Certificates and Certification Services (PKI). He has published several works in the areas of electronic signature/PKI, eGovernment and EDI (see My Website below) and has contributed strongly to the development of eGovernment regulations in Norway. Riisnæs was President of the Norwegian Computer Law Association 2009-2019. He is top-ranked by Chambers and Partners (Band 1) and Legal 500 (Leading Individuals) within TMT/Information technology and by Who's Who Legal (Thought Leaders - Data security).Specialties: IT Contracts, IT-procurements, data protection/privacy, eBusiness/eGovernment, information security, e-ID, electronic signatures, certification services (PKI) and copyright.See further at: https://www.wr.no/en/people/rolf-riisn%C3%A6s

Listed skills include It Law, Data Privacy, Information Security, Intellectual Property, and 12 others.