Mr Christoffer Bjerknes > Advokatfirmaet Schjødt > Oslo, Norway > Lawyer Profile
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Mr Christoffer Bjerknes
Work Department
Corporate M&A
Position
Partner
Career
Christoffer Bjerknes is a partner in Schjødt’s Transaction department. His principal areas of work are private M&A, venture capital, investments, and joint ventures. He frequently advises on complex transactions in the Nordics, representing mainly Private Equity and Venture Capital funds, Family Offices, and industrial players.
Christoffer has been a lawyer since 2008 and joined Schjødt in 2006. He graduated from the Faculty of Law of the University of Oslo. He is ranked as a leading and recommended individual in international rankings, including Chambers and Legal 500.
Education
2008 – Master of Law, University of Oslo
Lawyer Rankings
Norway > Commercial, corporate and M&A
(Next Generation Partners)Increasingly handling cross-border and public-to-private transactions, the commercial, corporate and M&A team at Advokatfirmaet Schjødt is praised by clients as ‘very competent with a strong commercial mindset’. The practice group is led by experienced partner Christoffer Bjerknes, who specialises in private M&A and joint ventures. Other key names for private M&A are Dag Sigvart Kaada and Knut Smith-Erichsen, while Tord Fondevik and Jon Kristian Sjåtil are recommended for general M&A, and Robert Romansky is an expert in public and private transactions. Other core team members are Preben Willoch, Jon Kristian Sjåtil and Mathias Teir.
Lawyer Rankings
- Commercial, corporate and M&A Norway
- Next Generation Partners Norway > Commercial, corporate and M&A
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance (including shipping finance)
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Intellectual property
- Real estate