Commercial, corporate and M&A in Norway

‘High competence across the team. Hands-on with strong knowledge.’

‘Arild Frick is an awesome M&A and corporate lawyer who sincerely works side-by-side with his clients. His strong and broad range of expertise both academically both also based on his previous experience makes him stand out. He both understands and takes an active role in tactics but also he has in depth knowledge and experience related to operational subjects.’

‘Geir Evenshaug will respond immediately. He understands our need for commercially driven legal advice and is clear when advice is given.’

‘Hard-working, creative, responsive, solution-oriented.’

‘Highly competent, hard working, come up with creative solutions to problems, and always respond rapidly.’

‘High quality advice.’

‘Unbelievable attention to detail and responsiveness.’

‘Reliable, service-minded and skilled.’

‘Thommessen typically is strong at not only making the client understand the issues, but also come up with clear advice.’

‘The uniqueness is the ability to get a lot of complex legal requirements for going public as a company into understandable and practical deliverables. The project management is also of great importance when undertaking an IPO and Thommessen really has a strong project management ability.’

‘Very skilled and dedicated lawyers, excellent business understanding.’

‘Jarle Kvam: very competent M&A lawyer. Value driven and always on the spot on challenges in transactions.’

‘Kristian Lind – Commercially oriented and creative lawyer. Can be trusted with complex matters. Sverre Sandvik – extremely knowledgeable on corporate matters, and strong on M&A as well.’

‘Very strong team.’

‘Very responsive, available, knowledgeable.’

‘Very hard working, flexible and with a high degree of availability.’

‘Sigurd Opedal is always available. A great team player and supporter.’

‘Ketil Bøe has deep and international experience within corporate finance, governance and transactions. Always ready to dig into whatever comes his way and come up with solutions or clear advice.’

‘Highly skilled individuals, strong client collaboration.’

‘Unrivalled attention to detail, and proactive client advice.’

‘Good at analysing the opponent’s stance in a negotiation.’

‘Commitment to deliver as requested and on time is absolute!’

‘Always quickly responsive.’

‘Per Dagslet is “on the ball” 24/7 if needed. Delivers the right product at the right time. Organises our account with his firm in a confident way.’

‘Highly experienced commercial transaction lawyers, able to address and solve the key issues of the transactions.’

‘CLP offers a unique combination of pragmatic approach and very commercial advice. They work effectively and are always easy to reach at all times.’

‘Great M&A knowledge, thought leadership, customer centric and extremely pragmatic/solution orientated.’

‘Very pragmatic.’

‘CLP acts as a trusted adviser at the highest level. They stay 100% on top of all legal matters, in addition the team has deep insight and lengthy experience and can advise at a holistic level to articulate the best path forward.’

‘Lars Gunnar Aas is a very strong deal maker with an international flair.’

‘The CLP team is very knowledgeable, direct and to the point. Crisp and clear advice.’

‘Alexander Lund is knowledgeable, confident, yet humble.’

‘The Haavind team provides legal advice in a pragmatic, timely and professional manner.’

‘The combination of competitive pricing combined with strong M&A competence is attractive. The Haavind team is well organised, understands how to run complex processes and makes sure that advice is made in a timely and to the point manner.’

‘Bjørn Olav Torpp’s ability to stay one step ahead of the game is impressive. He is always well prepared and deals with issues in an efficient manner.’

‘Very agile and skilled M&A experts.’

‘Bjørn Olav Torpp stands out as a high performing and exceptional individual. Kjetil Hardeng also stands out.’

‘Ragnar Koffeld is a great collaborator with strong communication skills. He has an efficient and smooth way of finding solutions to situations that traditionally could be experienced as hard and energy consuming. He is easy to work with and our experience is that he has solid all-around competence as an M&A lawyer.’

‘Bård Sandstad is an experienced lawyer that knows a broad scope of the law. He is a great collaborator, and easy to get along with regardless of situational circumstances. His significant experience shines through.’

‘Very professional and competent people. 100% dedicated and available through the whole process.’

‘Bjørn Olav Torpp has an agile, solution oriented and proactive attitude. Always present, very precise and skilled. His leadership made his colleagues act the same way.’

‘The team at Kvale presents high end capabilities across the board; competence, capacity, service, speed, tenacity and strategy.’

‘Kvale is very focused on quality service. Øystein Løken and Thomas Farhang are stand outs. Very good with drafting, negotiations and getting things done, without cutting important corners.’

‘Hands on. Excellent response times. Very commercial, good practical advice is given.’

‘Thomas Farhang stands out.’

‘Very proactive, very business minded and pragmatic, whilst keeping attention to detail.’

‘Remi Dramstad always grasps the situation quickly, is always available when needed and has the all important aspect of a good adviser: he sees his clients’ business as his own. Highly recommended!’

‘Selmer has unique expertise when it comes to acquisitions between two different countries. They are efficient and solution-oriented.’

‘Robert Sveen is always available, and he has an incredible amount of knowledge.’

‘Highly engaged partners. Strong commercial skills and overview of what is happening in the market. Small dedicated team that invests in understanding and knowing their clients.’

‘Strong experience in technology related businesses.’

‘Strong people skills, engaged, flexible, deep commercial understanding.’

‘The firm provides solid knowledge and counsel at reasonable prices.’

‘Likeable professionals that are skilled, service-minded and down-to-earth.’

‘Fast and professional at a reasonable price.’

‘Bjarte Bogstad is very professional and always quick to answer.’

‘Pragmatic, efficient, focused on the main issues.’

‘The CMS Kluge team provides very professional and pragmatic service tailored to its clients’ needs.’

‘Frode Olsen is very much on top of things, and coordinates the rest of the team in an efficient and centralised manner when a multi-disciplinary team is required.’

‘Decent, hard working and competent people throughout the organisation. Frode Olsen leads the team in a professional manner.’

‘Frode Olsen is very service-minded and knowledgeable about our specific circumstances and requirements. Able to adapt to various sell-side situations.’

‘Commercially oriented. Clear and to the point discussions. Knowledgeable and experienced.’

‘Because of the presence across the Nordics, DLA is able to support our operation and M&A activity with well integrated practices across the group. This is very helpful for us.’

‘Unique combination of experience, knowledge and project management.’

‘Sveinung Mjaugedal has good insight in our business, he knows our policies well. Forthcoming, friendly and pragmatic, but firm when needed.’

‘Magnus Brox has provided us with consistently excellent service on company law and fundraising matters.’

‘Christian Fenner is truly committed to his clients and walks the last mile.’

‘Kaare Oftedal – always available with a great competence.’

‘Roland Mörsdorf is a very experienced and pragmatic partner with high responsiveness.’

‘Andreas Myrstad is highly regarded.’

‘Fast moving and solution minded.’

‘Anders Nordli is extremely skilled and hard working. Delivers fast and is always responsive. Highly recommended.’

‘Thomas Borch-Nielsen is very competent and solution minded. Highly recommended.’

‘The team possesses extremely good market insight.’

‘Ole Kristian Aabø-Evensen is a top-notch outstanding lawyer.’

‘Henning Raa is a great M&A and tax structuring lawyer who can think of creative solutions and is proactive in suggesting new approaches. He knows his stuff, is very solid and very responsive. Geir Nilsen leads the firm’s M&A litigation department, and he gets the job done in any legal battle.’

‘Ole Kristian Aabø-Evensen is a market leader for complex M&A deals in Norway. An extremely impressive lawyer.’

‘Henning Raa is very responsive and extremely thorough and detailed, as well as being very pleasant to work with.’

‘Ole Kristian Aabø-Evensen has the broadest breadth and depth of experience in M&A that I’ve encountered. Henning Raa is extremely skilled, he knows all there is on M&A tax structuring.’

‘Ole Kristian Aabø-Evensen is incredibly hands on.’

‘Ole Kristian Aabø-Evensen is among the best corporate and M&A lawyers in Norway. There is no M&A, joint venture or capital markets deal in the Nordics he could not handle. He is able to demonstrate depth of experience, a robust commercial approach and amazing client care. He is clever and smart, as well as being one of the best negotiators I have ever met.’

‘Nils Olav Aarseth is a stand-out M&A lawyer on the Norwegian market.’

‘Available, attentive, pragmatic.’

‘The team is very friendly and easy to work with and extremely responsive. AGP gives the impression of a very modern law firm in the way they work.’

‘Gard Skogstrøm is a great lawyer and my first choice for M&A counsel in Norway. I appreciate his easy and pragmatic approach in addition to great technical capabilities and business savvy.’

‘I have had the pleasure of working with Nils Olav Aarseth on a wide variety of transactions and general commercial contract issues. Combines sound pragmatic legal advice with excellent client management skills and project management. Always delivers.’

‘In a word, collaborative. AGP knows what it is good at and where it would be better suited for clients to interface with other teams for select services. This creates a high level of integrity in the client relationship.’

‘AGP is keen to get involved in areas where they themselves can learn and they do an excellent job making every customer, no matter how big or small, feel important.’

‘Co-operation is excellent, quick and competent. Billing is transparent.’

‘Brækhus Advokatfirma DA is professional with dedicated advocates of the highest standards.’

‘Our experience is 100 % professional.’

‘Very strong at understanding our business as a client. Proactive and seeking closure.’

‘Stein Hove: Very strong knowledge, business understanding. Perfect guidance on both strategic and tactical level.’

‘Rolf Trolle Andersen is a highly professional and trustworthy and legal adviser. Always puts the client first. Very thoughtful.’

‘Highly skilled team, fair fee level, always deliver services with high quality.’

‘Thomas Alnæs is efficient and to the point.’

‘Dedicated, skilled, on time, trustworthy.’

‘Strong interpersonal skills and a consistent ability to quickly grasp the essence of the legal issue at hand.’

‘Erik Lind has great people skills, ensuring constructive communication and processes with both clients and counterparties.’

‘Highly competent and skilled professionals with high degree of customer orientation, providing good solutions.’

‘Partner Espen Furuholt – extremely responsive, strong analytical and advocacy skills.’