Mr Karl Rosén > Arntzen de Besche > Oslo, Norway > Lawyer Profile
Arntzen de Besche Offices
PO BOX 2734
SOLLI
0204 OSLO
Norway
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Mr Karl Rosén
Work Department
Financial regulation, Financing, Insurance, Capital markets, Dispute resolution, Directors’ and officers’ liability
Position
Partner. Rosén assists clients in the financial sector on matters relating to business development, framework conditions, licensing processes, organisation, corporate governance, transactions and disputes. Customers include banks, credit institutions, insurance companies, investment companies andalternative investment fund (AIF) managers.
Rosén has in-depth knowledge of financial compliance issues, company law and debt collection law. He is frequently asked to issue legal opinions and perform assessments in these areas. He also has experience as an arbitrator.
Rosén’s approach to cases focuses on understanding the various interests in play, quickly recognising the relevant issues, identifying appropriate solutions and taking an active stance on the strategic choices involved, to ensure the best possible outcome for the client. He has published a number of books and articles, and regularly lectures in relevant forums.
Career
2019 – Arntzen de Besche – Partner
2011 – 2019, Grette – Partner
2009 – 2010, DNB NOR Bank ASA – In-house counsel
2009, Hjort – Senior Associate
2006 – 2009, BA-HR – Senior Associate
2005 – 2006, Ministry of Finance, Financial Markets Department – Adviser
2004 – 2005, Asker and Bærum District Court – Deputy Judge
2001 – 2004, Ministry of Justice and Police, Legislation Department – Executive Officer
2000 – 2001, Wiersholm, Mellbye & Bech – Associate
Languages
The Scandinavian languages, English
Memberships
Norwegian Bar Association.
Education
2000 – 2001, King’s College London, Post Graduate Diploma in EC Competition Law
2000, University of Bergen, Cand.jur.
Lawyer Rankings
Norway > Banking and finance (including shipping finance)
The ‘outstanding’ team at Arntzen de Besche has notable strength across the banking and finance spectrum, including providing shipping, energy, and real estate finance, banking litigation, and financial regulatory advice. Trond Kildal heads up the team and stands out for his significant experience advising domestic and international lenders on acquisition financings. Karl Rosén is a key contact for complex financial regulatory matters, while the ‘very capable and commercially oriented’ Vidar Løhre takes point on restructuring and debt capital work, and Siril Visnes handles bilateral financing agreements and syndicated financings. Also in the core team is Atle Stensrud, who has particular experience handling financing transactions in the aviation and oil and gas sectors.
Norway > Insurance
Arntzen de Besche is praised as ‘a heavy weight‘ in Norwegian insurance law and provides an ‘excellent service‘ across all relevant disciplines; the team regularly acts for both domestic and international insurers and reinsurers, brokers, agents and corporates. Practice head Alexander Plows joined from DLA Piper in January 2023, and regularly acts for insurers and financial institutions, providing an ‘outstanding professional service‘. Sven Iver Steen is a life insurance expert, Karl Rosén specialises in financial service regulations and financial lines insurance, and Eivind Landmark Tandrevold is highly knowledgeable in insurance disputes. The group also includes experienced litigator Jan Olav Aabø, professional liability expert Terje Granvang, and ‘extremely experienced’ adviser Rune Njøs Jacobsen. Other notable practitioners are Tobias Behncke and Bendik Misund Nedberg.