Mrs Maria B. Tanemsmo > Arntzen de Besche > Oslo, Norway > Lawyer Profile

Arntzen de Besche
PO BOX 2734
SOLLI
0204 OSLO
Norway
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Work Department

M&A, Venture capital, Private Equity, Equity Capital Markets

Position

Partner. Tanemsmo offers her M&A expertise to both Norwegian and international clients across various industries, with a particular focus on technology, renewable energy, and aquaculture. Additionally, her proficiency extends to managing equity transactions, private equity – and venture processes. 

Career

2022 – Arntzen de Besche – Partner

2019 – 2021, Arntzen de Besche – Senior Lawyer

2016 – 2018, Arntzen de Besche – Senior associate

2013 – 2016, Advokatfirmaet Strand & Co ANS – Associate / Senior associate

2011 – 2013, Codex Advokat – Associate

Languages

The Scandinavian languages, English

Memberships

Norwegian Bar Association.

Education

2010, University of Oslo, Master of Law

Personal

As a dedicated professional in the M&A and venture capital space, Tanemsmo have been privileged to lead and/or participate in numerous high-profile transactions over the past years. For å diverse range of client, including private equity, international cooperations, SMEs and startups.   

With her extensive background in structuring, negotiating, and finalizing transactions, she possesses a keen ability to swiftly pinpoint challenges and obstacles. Her clients consistently commend her for her work ethic and her composure during the most intense stages of a deal. She is known for being highly accessible, always ensuring that her deliverables are provided promptly and efficiently. 

Lawyer Rankings

Norway > Commercial, corporate and M&A

(Next Generation Partners)

Maria B. Tanemsmo – Arntzen de Besche

Arntzen de Besche‘s corporate and M&A practice is ‘creative, structured, responsive and flexible’, with particular knowledge in the renewables, oil and gas and, increasingly, technology sectors. Practice head Knut Martinsen is an M&A specialist with a ‘strong commercial mindset‘ who focuses on software transactions. Per A Dagslet is also an M&A specialist whose ‘capacity, experience and dedication is exceptional‘, and Lars Horgen Hinze acts for a wide range of clients on cross-border and domestic buy-outs and exits. The group also includes Per Kristian Ramsland and Steffen Rogstad who both advise on a wide range of issues relating to M&A and general company law. Another key contact is Maria B. Tanemsmo, who assists clients in various business sectors. Thomas Borch-Nielsen and Øyvind Greaker Bjørndal joined the team from Advokatfirmaet Grette AS in early 2024.