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DLA Piper

OLVA V'S GATE 4, PO BOX 1364 VIKA, 0114 OSLO, NORWAY

Tel:: Work +47 24 13 15 00
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Web:: www.dlapiper.com
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What we say about the firm's legal practice in Norway

Banking and finance (including shipping finance)

Within Banking and finance (including shipping finance), DLA Piper LLP is a third tier firm,

DLA Piper is ‘good on personal service and quick delivery response as well as providing sound legal advice’. Fredrik Lindblom assisted Swedbank as arranger and agent in relation to the NOK680m long term financing of Helsfyr Atrium.

Corporate and M&A

Within Corporate and M&A, tier 4

DLA Piper’s Marius Lysell Andresen is ‘proactive and business minded’. Fredrik Lykke advised Netconnect ASA through its Oslo Axess IPO. Tord Eide is recommended for transactions in the IT, media and entertainment sectors. The group advises in numerous inward investment assignments and acted for Singapore listed Ezra Holdings in its $250m acquisition of Aker Marine Contractors.

Dispute resolution

Within Dispute resolution, DLA Piper LLP is a third tier firm,

DLA Piper’s ‘service attitude is superb’. Runar Hansen’s team includes Knud Knudsen who ‘excels in litigation – he understand the law in question, and procedural law’. Cecile Haavik is recommended for disputes with an IP element, and Are Hunskaar commended for construction disputes work. Stein Hegdal is representing Lidl in litigation against two major Norwegian construction consultancies, Asplan Viak and F Holm.

Employment

Within Employment, DLA Piper LLP is a second tier firm,

DLA Piper provides ‘very good service, with prompt follow up and good advice’. Per Benonisen, is ‘an extraordinary clever lawyer’, and Anette Mittet Gjertsen is ‘highly skilled, capable and experienced’. The firm provides ongoing advice to media group Aller on all labour law matters. Clients include Logica Norge, Oras and NCC Construction.

Insolvency and corporate recovery

Within Insolvency and corporate recovery, DLA Piper LLP is a first tier firm,

DLA Piper handles a large number of Bankruptcy Court appointments. Johan Ratvik heads the group and is handling the liquidation of Wadan Yards Group, a Norwegian company which owns a shipyard in Ukraine. Egil Hatling is court-appointed administrator in the FL Holding bankruptcy, a case with white-collar crime and tax evasion aspects. Siv Sandvik is commended for her knowledge of bankruptcy law.

Intellectual property and TMT

Within Intellectual property and TMT, DLA Piper LLP is a third tier firm,

DLA Piper offers ‘thorough knowledge, and the ability to swiftly draw on an international network’. Nils Arne Grønlie ‘consumes and processes information quickly, and has excellent communication skills’. Bård Racin Meltvedt is expert in media, entertainment, and sports law. Cecile Haavik is recommended for both contentious and non-contentious IP rights.

Maritime law (including insurance)

Within Maritime law (including insurance), DLA Piper LLP is a third tier firm,

DLA Piper’s Runar Hansen has particular expertise in maritime insurance with an impressive client list which includes Lloyds underwriters, Gjensidige Forsikring, AIG and Chubb.

Real estate and construction

Within Real estate and construction, DLA Piper LLP is a second tier firm,

DLA Piper’s four-partner group is ‘proactive and inventive in negotiations’. Bjørn Slaatta heads the team, in which Espen Moe is ‘especially good and capable within all areas of real estate’. Hans Christian Brodtkorb is recommended for construction disputes; Brotkorb succeeded for NCC Construction AS in legal proceedings against Telenor. Clients include IKEA, Skanska Bolig and Peab Bolig.

Tax

Within Tax, DLA Piper LLP is a third tier firm,

DLA Piper’s practice head Sverre Hveding is recommended for both domestic and international instructions. VAT advice is provided by Marit Bonnevie Wollebæk. The firm’s clients include Atlaship, Pharos Forvaltning and NLI Products.

What we say worldwide

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United Arab Emirates

Offices in Dubai and Abu Dhabi

Australia

Austria

Offices in Vienna

Belgium

Offices in Antwerp and Brussels

Bahrain

Offices in Manama

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Bosnia and Herzegovina

Offices in Sarajevo

China

Offices in Beijing and Shanghai

Czech Republic

Offices in Prague

Germany

Offices in Cologne, Hamburg, Frankfurt, Munich, and Berlin

Egypt

Offices in Cairo

Spain

Offices in Madrid

France

Offices in Paris

Georgia

Offices in Tbilisi

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Hong Kong

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Hungary

Offices in Budapest

Indonesia

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India

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Italy

Offices in Milan and Rome

Japan

Offices in Tokyo

Kuwait

Offices in Safat

London

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Netherlands

Offices in Amsterdam

Norway

Offices in Oslo

North West

Offices in Liverpool and Manchester

Oman

Offices in Muscat

Poland

Offices in Warsaw

Qatar

Offices in Doha and Doha

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Romania

Offices in Bucharest

Russia

Offices in Moscow and St Petersburg

Scotland

Offices in Glasgow and Edinburgh

Sweden

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Singapore

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South Korea

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Slovakia

Offices in Bratislava

Saudi Arabia

Offices in Riyadh

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Thailand

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Turkey

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Ukraine

Offices in Kiev

United States

Offices in San Francisco, Seattle, Palo Alto, San Diego (Downtown), Boston, Los Angeles, Tampa, Chicago, Baltimore, Washington DC, New York, Philadelphia, Dallas, Las Vegas, North Carolina, Austin,Texas, Houston, Texas, Reston, Virginia, Minneapolis, Atlanta, La Jolla, Phoenix, Sacramento, San Diego (Golden Triangl, Los Angeles, Silicon Valley, Orlando, New Jersey, and Maryland

Vietnam

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West Midlands

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Yorkshire and the Humber

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Serbia

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Legal Developments by:
DLA Piper LLP

Sentencing guidelines for corporate manslaughter

In February 2010 the Sentencing Guidelines Council (the SGC) issued definitive guidelines to courts on imposing appropriate sentences for corporate manslaughter and health and safety offences causing death. The SGC states that fines imposed on companies found guilty of corporate manslaughter should not fall below £500,000, while fines in respect of health and safety offences that are a significant cause of death should be at least £100,000. Crucially, the SGC declined to provide for a fixed link between the imposed fine and the turnover or profitability of the offending company. 

- DLA Piper UK LLP

Legal Developments in Norway

Legal Developments and updates from the leading lawyers in each jurisdiction. To contribute, send an email request to

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