Katharina Brekke Powers
Practice Focus:
International Business
Maritime
Commercial
Contact Information
Norfolk Office
500 World Trade Center
Norfolk, Virginia 23510
(757) 446-8663
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Katharina is an attorney with Vandeventer Black where she concentrates her law practice in international business, maritime and commercial matters.
Her international and commercial practices focus on the needs of international investors seeking to locate operations in or trade with the United States and U.S. companies setting up operations internationally or engaging in international trade.
Katharina’s maritime experience includes representing domestic and international marine interests in matters arising out of collisions, personal injury, charter parties, and cargo loss or damage for cargo recovery.
She received a Norwegian law degree from the University of Oslo. She graduated with honors from the University of Stockholm International Law Studies program and earned a Master of Laws degree from The College of William & Mary School of Law.
Katharina is qualified to practice law in Norway and Sweden. She is admitted to practice in Virginia and before the U.S. District Court, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
She is a member of the American, Norfolk & Portsmouth and Virginia Bar Associations and the Maritime Law Association of the United States, the Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute, the Hampton Roads Maritime Association and the Propeller Club - Port of Hampton Roads (Director). She is also a member of the American Bar Association’s Section of International Law and Practice and a member of the Norwegian-American Chamber of Commerce.
Katharina speaks Norwegian, Swedish, Danish and English, and understands German.