Lars Kristian Sande > BAHR > Oslo, Norway > Lawyer Profile

BAHR fields an excellent corporate and M&A practice, which is ‘very solution oriented‘ and has particular expertise in private equity transactions as well as sector-specific knowledge in the oil and energy, real estate and infrastructure industries. Practice head Øystein Guvåg specialises in M&A transactions and private equity matters, while Lars Kristian Sande is the deputy head of the practice and an expert in advising both private equity and industrial investors on telecoms and technology transactions. Svein Gerhard Simonnæs, Robin Bakken and Lars Knem Christie are all key contacts for public M&A. The group also includes the private equity expert Børre Sofus Arnet, Jon Christian Thaulow, who is particularly experienced in the energy related industries, and Erik Langseth, who focuses on M&A and real estate transactions. Anne Dahl Frisak, who particularly focuses on M&A within the shipping, aquaculture and offshore sectors, is also a key practitioner.

The ‘very solid and competent’ TMT team at BAHR stands out for its strength in transactional work. The team is jointly led by new partner Eirik Basmo Ellingsen, whose recent caseload includes a number of digitalisation projects, and Jacob A. Møller, who joined the team in March 2023 from an in-house position in the media industry. Other key individuals include licensing and franchising expert Lars G. Norheim as well as Lars Kristian Sande, who has a particular focus on transactional work in the telecoms industry. Managing associate Kjetil Wick Sætre joined the team in January 2023, strengthening the group’s data protection offering. Are Stenvik left to become a Supreme Court justice in August 2023.