Liv Monica Stubholt > Selmer > Oslo, Norway > Lawyer Profile

Selmer
TJUVHOLMEN ALLÉ 1
PO BOX 1324 VIKA
0112 OSLO
Norway

Position

Partner, Lawyer

Career

Liv Monica Stubholt is an experienced corporate lawyer, with particular expertise in strategy, business development, corporate management and board matters. She mainly works with transactions and change management. In recent years, she has been particularly active within the industries that contribute to the decarbonisation of society, including hydropower, carbon capture, hydrogen, offshore wind and batteries. Liv Monica primarily works with businesses in the energy sector and the seafood industry and holds several Norwegian and international board positions.

She also has considerable expertise in geopolitics, the northern regions and the Arctic, the EEA agreement and Norwegian-European cooperation. Her portfolio includes large international companies that have invested in Norway. Liv Monica was a board member of the Norwegian-German Chamber of Commerce from 2010-2020 and is still engaged in Norwegian-German business cooperation. She has previously held top executive positions in the corporate sector, including several positions in the Aker group. She also has several years in politics, including as state secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Oil and Energy. She has broad experience with corporate governance and decision-making processes in the public sector and public ownership. This provides insight into business development at the interface between the public and private sectors and political processes.

She has a strong commitment in developing the legal dimension of sustainability and for several years she has been a member of the international board of the World Ocean Council, which works for corporate ocean responsibility. Liv Monica is an inspiring and recognized communicator in the energy and seafood sector. She regularly gives lectures in sustainability, business management and board work.

She is an advisory council member of the Centre for Energy Law at the Faculty of Law in Oslo and a former member of the board of the Energy, Environment and Resources Department of the Norwegian Research Council. She has been a member of several public committees (including the EEA Review Committee) and in 2022 she was appointed by the government as a member of the Energy Commission who submitted their report in NOU 2022:3.

Lawyer Rankings

Norway > Regulatory, compliance and investigations

(Leading Individuals)

Liv Monica Stubholt  – Selmer

Selmer’s compliance group works closely with the firm’s corporate and M&A departments, regularly assisting clients with transactional due diligence, ESG, and general corporate compliance work. Practice head Liv Monica Stubholt has a focus on corporate governance and board best practice, advising corporate entities on crisis management, audits, and compliance risk analyses. Ole Christian Borge has notable expertise in anti-money laundering work, and specialises in regulatory advice for banks and investment businesses, while Christian Steen Eriksen advises clients in the oil and shipping sectors on sanctions and export control issues.

Norway > Energy

The ‘strategic and clever’ group at Selmer handles a broad mix of renewable energy and oil and gas mandates, including M&A, licensing transactions, contract work, and development projects. Instructions relating to hydropower, solar power, and wind power, both onshore and offshore, form core pillars of work on the renewables side, overseen by practice head Håkon Sandbekk. Other key names on the renewables front include electricity sector expert Liv Monica Stubholt and Martin Tandstad Ege, who focuses his practice on advising clients in the supplier industry. Thomas G. Michelet leads the oil and gas team and handles corporate, licensing and transactional mandates. Michelet works alongside regulatory specialist Øyvind Olimstad as well as Nicolai Myren, who is also recommended for cross-border work.