The Legal 500

The firm

Thommessen is one of Norway’s leading commercial law firms. The firm provides comprehensive and sophisticated legal solutions to commercial clients and the public sector, both domestically and internationally. The firm is among the leading international law firms in Norway and frequently works with clients and their advisers in the world’s major commercial centres. Equally, when matters arise in Norway that require legal or other specialist assistance in different jurisdictions, Thommessen is used to leading projects from Norway, working together with appropriate local advisers either from itsown established network of contacts or with the client’s chosen advisers.

Areas of practice

Banking and finance: Thommessen is one of Norway’s leading law firms within the area of banking and finance, and has expertise in all types of financial transactions.

Commercial property: Thommessen has built up considerable expertise and experience in handling complex property transactions within short timeframes.

Construction law: Thommessen has extensive expertise and experience in building and construction law, and we provide assistance at all levels of building projects.

Employment law: Thommessen assists the clients in achieving their objectives through excellent process that safeguard the interests of both the employer and the employee.

EU/EEA and competition law: Thommessen advises clients on the use of competition law and EU/EEA law with experience from the European Commission, the EFTA Surveillance Authority and the EFTA Court.

Financial services: Thommessen has a versatile team assisting the financial services industry with regulatory and compliance issues.

Insolvency and restructuring: Thommessen assists both companies with problems and creditors in finding optimal solutions in a restructuring situation.

Insurance: Thommessen has an excellent knowledge of insurance industry, and works with important players within all the essential insurance areas, from non-life and life insurance to marine and energy insurance, P&I and reinsurance.

Intellectual property, media and marketing law: Thommessen is one of the law firms in Norway with the largest specialist environment for intellectual property, media and marketing law.

IT and technology: Thommessen assists leading market players wanting to be at the forefront of the technological and commercial development.

Litigation and arbitration: The department has comprehensive experience from conflict resolution and court cases before the ordinary courts and arbitration tribunals.

M&A and capital markets: Thommessen is ranked among the leading firms in the area of M&A, capital market transactions and company law. We have extensive experience from domestic and cross-border transactions.

Oil and gas: Thommessen has assisted oil service companies, suppliers and oil companies since the birth of Norway’s oil industry.

Renewable energy and climate law: Thommessen has been the largest provider of legal services to the electricity industry since the development of hydroelectricity commenced than 100 years.

Shipping: Thommessen assists shipping companies, charterers, brokers, shipyards, financial institutions and insurance companies with operative and strategic advisory services.

Tax: Thommessen’s tax department is ranked as on of the best in Norway. The firm have broad expertise within company taxation, including the specific tax regimes applicable to companies operation in the shipping, energy and petroleum sectors.

Contact
Kai Thøgersen, managing partner (kth@thommessen.no)

Languages
Dutch
English
French
German
Icelandic
the Scandinavian languages

Other offices
Bergen
London

Number of lawyers 206

at this office 157