Mr Mads Haavardsholm > 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 Mads Haavardsholm
Work Department
Shipping; Oil Service; Oil and Gas
Position
Mr Haavardsholm works primarily with contract negotiations and transactions towards clients in the shipping, oil service and oil & gas sectors. He regularly advices companies with charterparty negotiations and disputes, sale and purchase of drilling rigs and vessels, field developments and construction projects, newbuilding and IMR contracts, as well as all types of service and supplier contracts.
Career
2015 Partner, Oslo office, Thommessen; 2012 Senior Lawyer, Oslo office, Thommessen; 2010-2012 Senior Associate, Oslo office, Thommessen; 2009-2009 Associate, London office, Thommessen; 2009-2009 Deputy Judge, Sandefjord City Court; 2009-2009 Secondment, London office, Holman Fenwick Willan LLP; 2008 Admitted to the bar; 2006-2009 Associate, Oslo office, Thommessen
Languages
English; Swedish; Danish
Memberships
Norwegian Bar Association
Education
2006 Candidate in Jurisprudence, University of Oslo
Lawyer Rankings
Norway > Offshore construction and shipbuilding
Advokatfirmaet Thommessen AS advises on the full range of contentious and non-contentious work in the offshore and shipbuilding sector, counting shipyards, suppliers, rig owners, energy companies, and infrastructure operators among its impressive roster of clients. In particular, the team has seen a recent uptick in work related to the increase in energy prices and materials, as well as sanctions-related issues affecting the sector. Mads Haavardsholm oversees the team and focuses on corporate shipping matters, including the sale and purchase of vessels and drilling rigs, shipbuilding contracts, and drilling rig construction projects. Pål Lieungh advises Norwegian offshore energy companies undertaking international projects; Jacob F Bull is another key individual here. Kristine Hyldmo Bjørnvik leads on contentious issues and has extensive experience handling construction and contract disputes.
Norway > Maritime law
(Next Generation Partners)Drawing on the firm’s notable strength in banking and finance, the ‘extremely hardworking and responsive‘ maritime practice at Advokatfirmaet Thommessen AS stands out for its expertise across the full range of transactional shipping and maritime work. Acting for owners, banks and syndicates, the team is especially active on Norwegian shipping transactions as well as refinancings and restructurings in the offshore supply sector. ‘Excellent partners’ Mads Haavardsholm and Henrik Hagberg jointly lead the team; Haavardsholm has a broad corporate shipping practice spanning vessel sales and purchases, shipbuilding contracts and charterparty negotiations, while Hagberg is the key name for cross-border transactions and dispute resolution in the space. Casualty work and marine insurance issues are handled by Andreas Meidell, and Ellen Teresa Heyerdahl is recommended for her ‘one-of-a-kind’ ship finance expertise.
Lawyer Rankings
- Maritime law Norway
- Next Generation Partners Norway > Maritime law
- Offshore construction and shipbuilding Norway
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
- Tax
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