Mr Audun Stornes > Advokatfirmaet Thommessen AS > Oslo, Norway > Lawyer Profile

Advokatfirmaet Thommessen AS
Ruseløkkveien 38, 0251 Oslo
PO Box 1484 Vika
NO-0116 Oslo
Norway

Work Department

Oil and gas, Oil service, M&A and corporate law, Dispute resolution, construction and contract law

Position

Partner. Audun primarily advises Norwegian and foreign companies within Oil and Gas and within Oil Service. He assists oil companies with a broad variety of regulatory issues relating to the concession system and the joint operating agreement, including necessary contacts and intervention with the authorities including the MPE and other governmental bodies. Furthermore, he assists with contracts, transactions and dispute resolution. He has assisted buyers or sellers in a large number of transactions regarding transfer of participating interest in production licences on the Norwegian continental shelf (including transfer of interests in producing fields) or in the sale of shares in oil companies. Further, he has extensive assistance from dispute resolution and mediation within Oil and Gas and Oil Services and has acted both in capacity as litigator, Arbitrator/Judge or as mediator. Audun has over a long period been highly ranked for his competencies within oil and gas industry in different recognised legal awards.

Career

2020- Partner, Stavanger office, Thommessen; 2012-2020 Partner, Kluge; 2011-2012 Senior Legal Advisor, Talisman Energy Norge AS (Now part of Repsol Norway); 2005-2011 Judge, Stavanger District Court; 2001-2005 Legal Advisor, BP Norge AS; 1997-2008 Lawyer and Senior Lawyer, Wikborg & Rein; 1996-1997 Deputy Judge, Midhordaland District Court; 1995-1995 Scholarship fellow Faculty of Law, University of Bergen, Faculty of Law

Languages

Norwegian; English; German

Memberships

Norwegian Bar Association

Education

1990-1995 Candidate in Jurisprudence, University of Bergen; 1987-1989 College graduate, BI Norwegian Business School

Lawyer Rankings

Norway > Energy

Advokatfirmaet Thommessen AS attracts praise for its ‘deep industry knowledge‘ and routinely advises clients on the full spectrum of regulatory, contractual, M&A, restructuring and contentious mandates. Christian Hals leads the oil and gas team and takes point on M&A and capital markets transactions on the Norwegian Continental Sshelf. Hals works alongside Pål Lieungh and Audun Stornes; Lieungh has an impressive track record advising Norwegian companies undertaking offshore and oil and gas international projects and also handles disputes, while Stornes works with clients in the upstream and oil service sectors, handling contentious mandates. On the renewables front, Bendik Christoffersen oversees a strong group with expertise in project development and structuring, project finance, and expropriation and valuation issues. Gunnar Martinsen is the key contact for regulatory mandates and energy-related litigation, while June Snemyr heads up the renewables team in Stavanger.