Saloume Djoudat

Saloume Djoudat works primarily with M&A, contract law, risk analysis, negotiations and dispute resolution. She worked as an in-house lawyer for Uno-X Energi AS, where she was responsible for providing quality assurance of all contracts and was also involved in a project for creating and reviewing templates to use in connection with the drafting of contracts and contract management. Her contract work covered all contracts in connection with the business operations of the company; i.e. everything from public procurement, sales, ambiguous operation of gas stations and suppliers’ agreements and so forth. In addition she has assisted other companies within the Uno-X Group with regulatory and contractual law issues. She gained her expertise within the oil and gas sector through working in this field dealing with contracts typical for this sector combined with having a broad insight into strategic and operative processes. Her professional experiences allow her to focus in particular, on the oil and gas sector with a strong ability to tackle issues in a professional manner, responding quickly with concrete and useful legal advice. All her work within corporate law covers on-going questions relating to corporate and contractual law and often connected with operational issues. Saloume previous experience as an in-house lawyer also included being a part of the executive group allowing her an insight into more technical and commercial issues. Some of the work here involved minimising risks by creating templates to suit the company’s need to avoid high operational risks including avoiding significant costs relating to disputes and a weakened market position. Saloume further assists businesses with contract management, including organising the on-going follow-up of contract portfolios for optimising the use, cost control and priorities as necessary. Other work also includes legal issues relating to suppliers and assists with the drafting of contracts, questions relating to insurance coverage, indemnity claims against carriers and questions relating to liability. Through her work here at Bull & Co, Saloume regularly handles contract negotiations and has also managed various commercial projects during her time as an in-house lawyer. Saloume has managed negotiations and acted as legal adviser in projects both in Norway and for international corporations.