The Legal 500

Legal Developments in Norway

• Alcohol brand owners might be allowed to advertise on Norwegian TV

  Norway is on the verge of involuntarily allowing the advertising of alcoholic beverages on television, contrary to the country’s strict alcohol policy. This change, which may take place as a result of pressure from the EU Commission, would have a significant impact for owners of alcohol brands.
  - Advokatfirmaet Grette DA

• Supplementary protection certificates (SPC) for combination products.

  Ruling by ECJ November 24th 2011.
  - Advokatfirmaet Grette DA

• Competition Law Update 2011

  Update 2011 - Competition law in Norway
  - Wikborg Rein

• Oslo Børs issues code of practice for reporting IR information

  On 26 October 2011 Oslo Børs issued a circular setting out new guidelines on the reporting of IR information for issuers of shares and equity certificates on Oslo Børs and Oslo Axess. This Code of Practice replaces the information symbol and the English symbol as standards for good practice in relation to reporting of IR information for companies listed on a Norwegian regulated market.
  - Wikborg Rein

• RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN NORWEGIAN TAX AND COMPANY LAW: SIMPLER AND MORE EU-COMPATIBLE

  By Harald Christensen, partner in Torkildsen Tennøe & Co, Oslo, Norway   
  - Torkildsen, Tennøe & Co

• Merger Control

  The international regulation of mergers and joint ventures in 69 jurisdictions worldwide
  - Wikborg Rein

• Corporate Governance 2011

  This publication covers basic topics within the legal aspect of corporate governance and some "hot topics" subject to concurrent changes and discussion both nationally and internationally.
  - Kluge Advokatfirma DA

• Real Estate 2011 - Norway

  The publication covers key legal matters relating to the acquisition and operation of commercial real estate in Norway, predominantly intended for a non-Norwegian audience who owns Norwegian real estate or is considering acquisitions in Norway.
  - Kluge Advokatfirma DA

• Gas Regulation in Norway 2011

  This article outlines in broad terms the legal framework of the natural gas sector in Norway and covers regulation of production, transportation, storage, distribution, sales and trading of natural gas, and a number of related business issues.
  - Kluge Advokatfirma DA

• The Changing Laws Governing Entities in China – A Cause to Relax, or Worry?

  For years, anyone doing business in China could tell you what kinds of entities are available to foreign investors wishing to invest in China, and which entities are most often utilized in a particular industry. And if they couldn’t tell you, their lawyers in Shanghai or Beijing certainly could. The laws in China governing the establishment of business entities are changing, however, and what may have been true last year no longer applies today.
  - Wikborg Rein