Erik Alsvik Skogsbakken > Advokatfirmaet Grette AS > Oslo, Norway > Lawyer Profile

Advokatfirmaet Grette AS
FILIPSTAD BRYGGE 2
PO BOX 1397 VIKA
0114 OSLO
Norway
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Position

Erik Alsvik Skogsbakken primarily focuses on lending and borrowing. He has extensive experience with the establishment, negotiation and restructuring of bilateral and syndicated Norwegian and international bank loans, EMTN programmes and standalone bond issues, in addition to establishment of security interests and guarantee law issues.

Career

2019-: Associate Partner, Grette, 2017-2019: Attorney, Grette, 2017: Senior Associate, Grette, 2014-2017: Associate, Grette

Languages

Scandinavian Languages, English

Memberships

Norwegian Bar Association

Education

Lawyers’ practising certificate (2017), Master of Law, University of Oslo (2013)

Lawyer Rankings

Norway > Banking and finance (including shipping finance)

Real estate financings is a core area of strength for Advokatfirmaet Grette AS‘ banking and finance team, and the group has a solid track record advising pubic infrastructure bodies and government entities on project finance work and financial contracts. Andreas O Myrstad leads the team, which also includes Erik Alsvik Skogsbakken and Johan Christian Kongsli. Skogsbakken primarily focuses on debt financings, including the establishment and restructuring of bilateral and syndicated bank loans, while Kongsli takes point on regulatory issues in the financial services industry.

Norway > Commercial, corporate and M&A

Advokatfirmaet Grette AS assists with all types of M&A transactions with particular expertise in the construction, renewable energy, real estate, and infrastructure industries. Leading the practice, Andreas Myrstad primarily focuses on M&A and capital markets transactions. The group also includes Thomas J. Fjell, who specialises in distressed transactions; Erik Alsvik Skogsbakken, who advises on general corporate law, particularly matters involving a significant debt element, and Roland Mörsdorf, who focuses on cross-border transactions between Norway and Germany. Thomas Borch-Nielsen and Øyvind Greaker Bjørndal departed to Arntzen de Besche in early 2024.

Norway > Capital markets

Advokatfirmaet Grette AS assists issuers and investment banks with a high volume of capital markets transactions across a range of industries, with particular emphasis on the technology, life sciences, energy, and real estate spaces. Andreas Myrstad leads the team and is a key contact for ECM work, while Erik Alsvik Skogsbakken leads on the debt work, focusing primarily on bond mandates.