Ola Mestad

In addition to working as a lawyer at the law firm BA-HR, Mestad has been a professor at the University of Oslo, specialising in European Union law, petroleum law, international investment law, and contract law. He served as deputy chair of the ethical council of the Government Pension Fund Global.^[1]

He is a fellow of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.^[2]

Mestad has also held several board and editorial positions, including roles at the publishing houses Fonna (1980s), Det Norske Samlaget (1985–1999), and Aschehoug (from 2003). He was a member of the editorial councils of Samtiden (2001–2006) and Syn og Segn (from 2006), a board member of the Ibsen Year 2006, and chair of Dag og Tid from 2005.^[1]

Mestad has authored and co-authored several works on legal history and constitutional law, including:

• Rett, nasjon, union. Den svensk-norske unionens rettslige historie 1814–1905 (with Dag Michalsen, 2005)
• Anton Martin Schweigaard. Professorpolitikeren (2009)^[1]