Kristian Foss has over 25 years of experience in privacy, IT, and technology law. He leads Bull Digital, Bull's cybersecurity respons service, personvernfabrikken.no, and is a member of the Committee for ICT Law for "Juristenes utdanningssenter".

Kristian works with and lectures on legal issues related to artificial intelligence (AI Act etc.), cybersecurity (Digital Security Act, NIS 2, Cyber Resilience Act, DORA etc.), data rights (Data Act, Data Governance Act etc.) and privacy, including related contract work and board responsibilities.

He has been the president of the IT IP Law Group Europe, Europe's oldest network for technology lawyers, and is a member of Itechlaw as part of Kristian's international work. 

Kristian has previously worked at Advokatfirmaet Haavind, where he was responsible for technology and media law, and as in-house counsel at EVRY (now TietoEvry). He is also recognized by Chambers, Legal 500, and Who's Who Legal as a "thought leader."

Kristian Foss har over 25 års erfaring fra personvern, IT- og teknologijuss. Han leder Bull Digital, Bulls cybersikkerhetstjeneste, personvernfabrikken.no og er medlem av Fagutvalget for IKT-rett i Juristenes utdanningssenter. 

Kristian arbeider med og foreleser om juridiske spørsmål knyttet til kunstig intelligens (AI Act mv.), cybersikkerhet (digitalsikkerhetsloven, NIS 2, Cyber Resilience Act, DORA mv.), datarettigheter (Data Act, Data Governance Act mv.) og personvern, med tilhørende kontraktsarbeid og styreansvar. 

Han har vært president i IT IP Law Group Europe, Europas eldste nettverk for teknologiadvokater og er medlem av Itechlaw, som del i Kristians internasjonale arbeid. 

Kristian har tidligere arbeidet bl.a. i Advokatfirmaet Haavind med fagansvar for teknologi og medierett og som husadvokat i EVRY (nå TietoEvry). Han er også anerkjent av Chambers, Legal 500 og Who’s Whos Legal som en «tankeleder».

recommend Kristian as one of Norway's best lawyers in technology, media, and telecom (TMT) and IT/technology. His clients states among other that: 



"Kristian Foss is a very competent, pragmatic lawyer. His previous in-house background puts him in a great position to understand the needs of the customer. He provides high-quality advice against a fair price. He is very good at managing difficult negotiations and disputes." 



"Kristian consistently demonstrates expertise and dedication that distinguishes him." (2024)




"Kristian Foss has developed a deep knowledge about our needs, and does an excellent job in mobilising and guiding other relevant resources inside Bull when needed. Keeps good oversight, and follows up." (2024)



Very competent, very service minded and very good at understanding our business needs. I have had the pleasure of working closely with Kristian and he has been key in ensuring our focus on information security and our ambition to reach a high level of maturity in this field." (2023)

Chambers, The Legal 500 og Who's Who Legal 

anbefaler Kristian som en av Norges beste advokater innenfor teknologi, media og telekom (TMT) og IT/teknologi. Hans klienter har blant annet uttalt følgende:



"Kristian consistently demonstrates expertise and dedication that distinguishes him." 

2003	Subjects in history, University of Oslo
1997	Master of Laws (LL.M.), University of Oslo
1988–1989	Sergeant course (USK), The Norwegian Army

2015–	Partner, Bull & Co Advokatfirma AS
2007–2015	Managing partner, Gille advokater DA
2001–2007	Attorney/Associate, responsible for technology, IT and telecom, Advokatfirmaet Haavind Vislie AS
1999–2001	Associate/Attorney, Legal department, EVRY
1999	Co-founder, Idium AS
1997–1999	Project manager, attorney and business developer, Grape Interactive AS (Internet consulting firm)

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