Robin Bakken > BAHR > Oslo, Norway > Lawyer Profile

BAHR
TJUVHOLMEN ALLÉ 16
PO BOX 1524 VIKA
0117 OSLO
Norway

Work Department

Finance and Capital Markets

Position

Partner

Career

Robin is a specialist in capital markets, corporate M&A, especially on the public M&A side, debt financing and securities law. He is very experienced and has the mix of being a good lawyer while at the same time being commercially oriented. Robin spent 18 years at BAHR, from 2000 to 2018, the last 12 of them as a partner, before leaving to become a Director at Seatankers Management. We are delighted that he returned to the team in 2020.

Lawyer Rankings

Norway > Capital markets

Leveraging a ‘dedicated and well-run team of excellent lawyers’, BAHR excels in the Norwegian capital markets space, and is particularly highly regarded for its expertise in large and complex international transactions. A key name is Lars Knem Christie, praised for his ‘deep understanding of Norwegian capital markets’; he co-heads the team alongside restructuring and financing specialist Magnus Tønseth. Richard Sjøqvist advises on all aspects of debt capital markets, and the ‘extremely efficient’ Robin Bakken divides his expertise between capital markets, public M&A, and securities law matters. On the regulatory side, Markus Nilssen is recommended.