Catherine Banet is a Professor at the University of Oslo, Head of the Department for Energy and Resources Law at the Scandinavian Institute of Maritime Law, Norway. She is a member of the Advisory Academic Group (AAG) to the International Bar Association (IBA), Section for Energy, Environment and Natural Resources and Infrastructure Law (SEERIL), Chair of the Board of the Norwegian Energy Law Association and Research Fellow at the Centre for European Regulation (CERRE).