Mr Steffen Rogstad > Arntzen de Besche > Oslo, Norway > Lawyer Profile
Arntzen de Besche Offices
PO BOX 2734
SOLLI
0204 OSLO
Norway
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Mr Steffen Rogstad
Position
Partner. Rogstad advises clients on matters relating to company law, transactions and employment law. In recent years, he has acted as legal advisor to several of the largest transactions and restructuring processes in Central Norway. His clients are mainly industrial entities, large and small power companies, the aquaculture and transport sectors, and private equity firms, which he helps to acquire and divest companies and complete capital market transactions. He also assists with securities trading and company law issues.
He is deputy chair of the Dispute Resolution Board under the Norwegian Working Environment Act and regularly advises private companies, public bodies and publicly owned companies on employment law questions. He is also an important authority in the field of employment law. He works on a wide range of employment law issues relating to downsizing processes. He advises on rights and obligations in employment relationships, individual termination of employment and summary dismissal cases, whistleblowing cases, business transfers, suspension cases and individual employment disputes. He also undertakes fact-finding and internal inquiry assignments.
Rogstad works closely with his clients and plays a key role in difficult negotiations. He is much used by his clients as a strategic advisor.
Career
2009 – Arntzen de Besche – Partner
2000 – 2009, Advokatfirmaet Schjødt – Partner
1997 – 2000, Advokatfirmaet Schjødt – Associate
1995 – 1997, Orkdal District Court – Deputy Judge
1992 – 1995, Advokatfirmaet Haavind – Associate / Lawyer
1990 – 1992, Kredittilsynet, Legal department – Executive
Memberships
Norwegian Bar Association.
Education
1990, University of Oslo – Cand.jur.
Lawyer Rankings
Norway > Commercial, corporate and M&A
Arntzen de Besche‘s corporate and M&A practice is ‘creative, structured, responsive and flexible’, with particular knowledge in the renewables, oil and gas and, increasingly, technology sectors. Practice head Knut Martinsen is an M&A specialist with a ‘strong commercial mindset‘ who focuses on software transactions. Per A Dagslet is also an M&A specialist whose ‘capacity, experience and dedication is exceptional‘, and Lars Horgen Hinze acts for a wide range of clients on cross-border and domestic buy-outs and exits. The group also includes Per Kristian Ramsland and Steffen Rogstad who both advise on a wide range of issues relating to M&A and general company law. Another key contact is Maria B. Tanemsmo, who assists clients in various business sectors. Thomas Borch-Nielsen and Øyvind Greaker Bjørndal joined the team from Advokatfirmaet Grette AS in early 2024.