Per Anders Vaagenes is a partner at Vaar with a unique ability to see solutions and opportunities where others see obstacles and limitations. At the same time, he approaches all issues with high professional integrity.

He has worked in the IT sector throughout his career and has extensive experience from both the customer and supplier sides. With his combination of commercial and legal skills, Per Anders is driven to apply legal principles in a pragmatic way, focusing on maximizing business value for the companies he advises.

Per Anders has significant experience as a legal and commercial leader and supporter during the execution of complex negotiations, projects, and contracts. His unique background as a contract manager, lawyer, and legal director in large, international IT corporations means he thrives in interdisciplinary teams with many stakeholders.

He has broad expertise in privacy within large organizations, where he has worked with establishing and adhering to internal control procedures, incident reporting, requests for access, registers of processing activities, privacy statements, information security, data processor agreements, and assessments of privacy impacts (DPIA).

Per Anders has been recognized several times in The Legal 500 GC Powerlist as one of Norway's most innovative and influential legal directors.