Mr Halvor Mansåker > Advokatfirmaet Thommessen AS > Oslo, Norway > Lawyer Profile
Advokatfirmaet Thommessen AS Offices
Ruseløkkveien 38, 0251 Oslo
PO Box 1484 Vika
NO-0116 Oslo
Norway
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Mr Halvor Mansåker
Work Department
Debt Financing; Capital Markets; Insolvency and Restructuring; M&A and Corporate Law
Position
Mr Mansåker works primarily with debt capital market transactions, assisting both managers and issuers. In addition, he works with bank financing, restructurings and M&A.
Career
2008-Partner, Oslo office, Thommessen; 2004-2006 Resident Partner, London office, Thommessen; 2002-2004 Lawyer, Oslo office, Thommessen; 1999-2002 Lawyer, Legal Department, Advokatene i Telenor; 1999 Practising Certificate; 1997-1999 Associate, Legal Department, Advokatene i Telenor
Languages
English
Memberships
Norwegian Bar Association
Education
1996 Candidate in Jurisprudence, University of Oslo
Lawyer Rankings
Norway > Insolvency and corporate recovery
Advokatfirmaet Thommessen AS fields a ‘uniquely qualified‘ practice, advising on financial restructurings, especially in the offshore, oil services and shipping industries. Practice head Kristoffer Hegdahl is an ‘extremely capable restructuring lawyer‘ with particular expertise in financial restructurings, financially distressed scenarios and workouts. Other notable practitioners include Halvor Mansåker, who works primarily with debt capital market transactions; Ellen Teresa Heyerdahl, who focuses on matters relating to bank and bond financings; and Frida Stene-Slotte, whose practice centres on debt capital market transactions and financial restructurings. Faraz Ahmed Ali, who ‘stands out and is always on top of all details’, primarily handles restructuring and insolvency matters within the shipping and offshore industries.
Norway > Capital markets
With a large and experienced team described by clients as ‘one of the best in Norway’, Advokatfirmaet Thommessen AS continues to act on a high volume of complex transactions, IPOs, and private placements. Acting for an impressive client roster that includes large domestic and international investment banks and corporates, the team has particular strength in equity capital market transactions. Practice co-head Christian Grüner Sagstad is a key name here, working alongside co-head Einar Grette, who takes point on debt capital markets matters. Other key ECM names include Hans Cappelen Arnesen, Anders Arnkværn and Solveig Fagerheim Bugge, while new partner Frida Stene-Slotte and the ‘highly skilled‘ Halvor Mansåker are key contacts on the DCM front.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance (including shipping finance)
- Capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Employment
- EU and competition
- Fishing and aquaculture
- Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Insurance
- Intellectual property
- Maritime law
- Offshore construction and shipbuilding
- Real estate
- Tax
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