Thomas J. Fjell > Advokatfirmaet Grette AS > Oslo, Norway > Lawyer Profile

Advokatfirmaet Grette AS
FILIPSTAD BRYGGE 2
PO BOX 1397 VIKA
0114 OSLO
Norway
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Work Department

Banking and Finance, M&A and asset management

Position

Thomas J. Fjell provides legal and strategic advice in relation to acquisitions, mergers, de-mergers and capital market transactions. He also has extensive experience with Norwegian and international financing and financial restructuring, which require both legal and financial expertise. In addition to his many years of practicing as a commercial lawyer, he has held a number of managerial positions in business, which included him being in charge of major restructuring processes.

Career

2015- Partner, Grette
2012-2015 CEO, Interoil Exploration and Production ASA
2010-2012 General Counsel and General Manager, African Offshore Services Ltd
2008-2010 Attorney, Non-Equity Partner, Advokatfirmaet Selmer DA
2006-2008 Partner, Deloitte Tax and Legal
2000-2006: Various positions as an attorney with Deloitte, BA-HR and Norske Skogindustrier ASA

Languages

Scandinavian Languages, English

Memberships

Norwegian Bar Association

Education

Nanyang Business School, Singapore / BI Norwegian Business School, Norway (2014, Master of Business Administration)
University of Oslo (1999, Master of Law)

Lawyer Rankings

Norway > Commercial, corporate and M&A

Advokatfirmaet Grette AS assists with all types of M&A transactions with particular expertise in the construction, renewable energy, real estate, and infrastructure industries. Leading the practice, Andreas Myrstad primarily focuses on M&A and capital markets transactions. The group also includes Thomas J. Fjell, who specialises in distressed transactions; Erik Alsvik Skogsbakken, who advises on general corporate law, particularly matters involving a significant debt element, and Roland Mörsdorf, who focuses on cross-border transactions between Norway and Germany. Thomas Borch-Nielsen and Øyvind Greaker Bjørndal departed to Arntzen de Besche in early 2024.