Mr Peter Bugge Hjorth > Advokatfirmaet Schjødt AS > Oslo, Norway > Lawyer Profile

Advokatfirmaet Schjødt AS fields a ‘highly experienced and professional‘ practice, which frequently assists banks, financial institutions and bondholders with domestic and cross-border restructuring and insolvency matters. Practice head Egil Horstad is an insolvency and restructuring expert and litigator and has ‘excellent legal skills’. The team also includes Peter Bugge Hjorth, who specialises in out-of-court proceedings and complex distressed situations, as well as cross-border matters; and Siv Sandvik, who has expertise in the international insolvency field. Johan Henrik Nossum, who advises distressed companies in out-of-court restructuring proceedings and also acts as administrator for bankruptcy estates, is another key practitioner.

With notable strength in shipping finance, the banking and finance team at Advokatfirmaet Schjødt AS regularly handles a broad range of financial matters for clients in the offshore, oil and gas, real estate, and infrastructure sectors. The team is jointly led by Peter Bugge Hjorth and Kaare P. Sverdrup; Hjorth focuses his practice on restructuring and insolvency work and financing litigation, while Sverdrup, who joined the firm in 2023 from Wiersholm, assists large corporates and borrowers with various forms of financing, including project financings and refinancings. Camilla Skøie Mørkve is a key contact for ship financing and also handles high-yield bond and direct lending mandates, while Erlend Brun Bakken is a key name for clients in the oil and gas sector. Sunniva Kinsella joined the practice in 2024 from Advokatfirmaet Simonsen Vogt Wiig.