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Deloitte Advokatfirma AS
DRONNING EUFEMIAS GATE 14
POSTBOKS 221 SENTRUM
0103 OSLO
Norway
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Deloitte Advokatfirma AS > The Legal 500 Rankings

Norway > Tax Tier 1

Deloitte Advokatfirma AS‘ full-service tax practice is home to a team of ‘excellent professionals within all areas of taxation‘. The department is divided into multiple different service offerings: managing partner Rolf Saastad and Henriette Holmen are sought out for their expertise in corporate taxes, international tax planning and M&A work; Torill Aamelfot is the key name for the family business services group; Stig Sperre is leader of the global employer services team; Alexander With leads the indirect tax group; Per Evers is the main contact for tax management consulting matters; Audun Frøland is leader of the business tax group; Anette Fjeld heads up the tax and VAT litigation team; and Hans Martin Jørgensen is leader of the transfer pricing group. Daniel Herde has ‘excellent M&A competence‘ and demonstrates ‘very efficient management of cross-border projects‘.

Practice head(s):

Audun Frøland; Rolf Saastad; Hans Martin Jørgensen; Alexander With; Stig Sperre; Per Evers; Torill Aamelfot; Anette Fjeld; Henriette Holmen

Other key lawyers:

Daniel Herde

Testimonials

‘Good support with global network.’

‘Hans Martin Jørgensen – very knowledgeable, but at the same time pragmatic and always willing to discuss.’

‘Per Evers takes care of the customer.’

‘Daniel Herde – partner – excellent M&A competence. Very efficient management of cross-border projects.’

Key clients

Circle K

Telenor ASA

Strawberry Group

Otello Corporation ASA

OSM Aviation

Storebrand ASA

OBOS

Bane NOR SF

Norway > Employment Tier 3

Deloitte Advokatfirma AS’ team provides ‘a first-class service‘ to global corporations on a wide range of employment law issues. International employment matters are a core strength for the group, which also fields expertise in restructurings, transfers of undertakings, pensions and social security work, and GDPR-related issues. Practice co-head Gro Forsdal Helvik is ‘very skilled‘ and is sought after for her experience in cross-border employment matters, whistleblowing cases and pension law. Practice co-head Bjørn Ofstad is a key contact for privacy-related matters. Thomas Talén moved to Advokatfirmaet Simonsen Vogt Wiig in August 2021.

Practice head(s):

Gro Forsdal Helvik; Bjørn Ofstad

Testimonials

‘Proactive team.’

‘Gro Forsdal Helvik is highly qualified.’

Key clients

TechnipFMC

Max Bögl

Facebook

Handelsbanken NUF

The Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration (NAV)

Norwegian Nuclear Decommissioning (NND)

Norconsult AS

Megaflis AS

Work highlights

  • Providing ongoing global employment law advice to TechnipFMC relating to its global employees.
  • Providing ongoing employment law advice to MegaFlis, including assistance with temporary lay-offs and redundancies.
  • Providing ongoing assistance to Norwegian Nuclear Decommissioning regarding the transfer of business from a private foundation to a public body.

Norway > Real estate Tier 3

Deloitte Advokatfirma AS‘ team counts property development projects and commercial real estate transactions as core pillars of strength, and the group is equally adept at assisting with regulatory issues and leasing and rent matters. Department head Thorvald Nyquist ‘continuously delivers at a high level‘. Bergen-based tax specialist Christine Haugstvedt Downing is ‘an outstanding lawyer, extremely positive, solution orientated and effective‘.

Practice head(s):

Thorvald Nyquist

Other key lawyers:

Christine Haugstvedt Downing

Testimonials

‘Deloitte Advokatfirma AS is highly skilled and professional and especially good in cases where the real estate lawyers, in addition to their own expertise, can make use of Deloitte’s areas of expertise like tax, VAT and financial advisory.’

‘Skilled in their fields and use each other’s expertise to analyse, build up the case and set up the best strategy. Focus on facts in the case, analytical, structured and gives clear recommendations based on facts. Proficient in communication and how they present cases. The customer and the case in the centre, so that trust is in place quickly.’

‘Christine H Downing is an outstanding lawyer, extremely positive, solution orientated and effective, showing both commercial and legal competence, and she is able to combine this to the benefit of the client. She performs her services in line with our expectations, and to serve the purpose. She makes a point out of always delivering services with the agreed scope, discussing any need for adjustments should any extraordinary issues appear. Always with a big bright smile-online or in real life- fresh from Bergen!’

‘Thorvald Nyquist is our primary contact. He continuously delivers at a high level.’

Key clients

Kinland AS

Maskinforum AS

OBOS

Lovisenberg Diakonale Sykehus AS

Høyskolen Kristiania AS

Olav Thon Gruppen

NHO Norge AS

The Kistefos Museum Foundation

Sandspollen Eiendom AS

AEKO Gruppen AS

Tomtefesteforbundet

Toppåsjordet, 5 house owners

Anders Berg Eiendom AS

WPS Næringsmegling AS

Norlandia Eiendom AS

Hospitality Invest AS

Sandum Søndre AS

Liaset Eiendom AS

Glitre Bolig AS

Energy Valley

Work highlights

  • Providing tax advice to Kinland AS regarding the management of the client’s real estate portfolio.
  • Providing ongoing assistance to OBOS and other associated companies with structuring residential property development projects.
  • Assisting Norlandia, a real estate developer in Norway, with property development and transactional work.

Deloitte Advokatfirma AS > Firm Profile

The firm: Deloitte Advokatfirma was established in 1995 and celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2015. Deloitte Advokatfirma is a full range commercial law firm with more than 200 lawyers including 36 partners. Deloitte Legal can provide unique services to its customers as they are collaborating closely with other professionals than lawyers within the global Deloitte community.

Deloitte member firms have a long-standing reputation for helping clients to address complex, cross-border issues. Skilled and experienced Deloitte Legal* lawyers work together with other Deloitte professionals in tax, consulting and financial advisory to guide their clients through projects in a co-ordinated way around the world. Deloitte Legal, present in over 80 countries, is able to provide holistic guidance around strategic business decisions as well as offer support services that can increase efficiency and reduce the cost of some routine legal activities.

Deloitte Advokatfirma is part of the Deloitte Global Tax & Legal Network. Its practice has gone from being in a good position to be a thought leader in advising clients on tax technical matters in a continuously evolving world where ‘responsible tax’, BEPS and tax risk management are now fully on the agenda of Norwegian audit committees and boards of directors. It has advised clients across all areas of their tax matters, from establishing a tax function, to building an excellent tax risk management system (operating model and IT systems) as well as handling complex cross-border tax matters. It has shown its clients that its cross-functional teams can provide innovation and new solutions to advance their tax risk management systems. Deloitte Advokatfirma is Norway’s most prominent legal house on international tax and has most of its clients in the large cap segment where it now provides services to 13 of the 25 companies on the OBX on the Oslo Stock Exchange. With 205 professionals, including 36 partners, Deloitte Norway is among the largest business law firms in Norway.

Six of the Deloitte Advokatfirma, Norway’s lawyers are admitted to the Supreme Court. Deloitte Advokatfirma has won recognition as Tax Firm of the Year in Norway by International Tax Review Court and it has recognitions in both The Legal 500 and Chambers.

Areas of practice: Deloitte Advokatfirma provides a full range service, with dedicated resources on commercial law, real estate, employment and pensions, financial services industries, corporate and M&A, data protection, public procurement, ICT, intellectual property/TMT, competition law, dispute resolution, insolvency/restructuring, forensic, tax controversy, and, of course, regular business tax law and VAT.

Commercial law solutions: companies are facing an increasing number of business challenges globally including regulations that are more rigorous and enforcement by local authorities in the countries where they operate. As experienced advisers with a practical focus, Deloitte Legal* can help clients meet these challenges and develop commercial solutions. It offers a broad base of commercial business law services in multiple jurisdictions. Its experience and global reach allow it to provide businesses facing complex legal regulations and challenges with personalised, tailor-made services.

Corporate and mergers and acquisitions services: Deloitte Legal* provides a full range of corporate law services from complex advisory services related to major business life events (including advising in restructuring and mergers and acquisitions processes) through to general secretarial services.

Employment and pension solutions: turbulent economic times require companies to be agile and flexible in their staffing to remain competitive. Complex polices, frequent legislative changes and global operations make managing employee relations and compliance with employment law challenging for businesses. Deloitte Legal* provides businesses with the advice they need to make informed decisions and comply with a multitude of regulatory and procedural requirements.

Legal management consulting (LMC): this is a new approach and a new discipline, developed for lawyers by lawyers in co-operation with other relevant experts. With this collection of models, frameworks, and systems, Deloitte Legal* helps in-house lawyers run their departments more efficiently and meet the needs of their business more comprehensively.

*”Deloitte Legal” means the legal practices of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited member firm affiliates that provide legal services. For legal and regulatory reasons, not all member firms provide legal services.

Main Contacts

DepartmentNameEmailTelephone
Corporate and M&A Mari E Wetlesen
Tax controversy Alexander With
Employment and benefits Gro Forsdal Helvik
Real estate and construction Thorvald Nyquist
Commercial law Thomas Talèn
Privacy, GDPR Bjørn Ofstad
Litigation and disputes, IP law, IT-contracts, TMT Ole Marius Bachke
Competition and EU Geir A. Melby
Real Estate Tax Christine Haugstvedt Downing
Commercial law Roy Arne Eike

Staff Figures

Number of Legal professionals Global : 2,500+
Number of Legal professionals in Norway : Approx. 50

Languages

English
German
Scandinavian

Memberships

Deloitte Tax & Legal worldwide network

Other

Other offices : Bergen
Other offices : Drammen
Other offices : Kristiansand
Other offices : Stavanger
Other offices : Tønsberg
Other offices : Trondheim
Other offices : Haugesund

Client Testimonials


CLIENT: Kristin Kopland

COMPANY: Clinical ICT, Diakonhjemmet Sykehus AS

TESTIMONIAL: Ole Marius is always available, flexible and accommodating. I have had great pleasure in working with him for a long time. Ole Marius has a good understanding of technical challenges and has an unprecedented understanding of legal issues we have encountered. His ability to make himself available to us and work with us personally is greatly appreciated

CLIENT: Marit Teslo Talseth

COMPANY: DNB Bank ASA

TESTIMONIAL: In cooperation with Deloitte Risk Advisory, the IT & Privacy law team at Deloitte Legal contributes to an ongoing GDPR-compliance project at DNB Bank ASA. Our contribution consists of four lawyers and associates led by Ole Marius, along with privacy SME Bjørn Ofstad. Ole Marius and Deloitte provides assistance to personal data workstreams in both business operations and IT operations within DNB Bank ASA.

Embedding with DNB’s own resources, our legal practitioners strive to cultivate a close and well-functioning working relationship to ensure that our assistance meets DNB’s needs and expectations. We are very pleased with the legal resources provided by Deloitte Advokatfirma AS, they display a strong command of the subject matter and they cooperate well with our internal Legal department

CLIENT: Christian Butenschon

COMPANY: ICONFIRM AS

TESTIMONIAL: Humble and proud to present EVRY as a premium partner to ICONFIRM AS and really looking forward to support companies on their quest to GDPR compliance. It has been a great pleasure to work with Nicolay Moulin and the rest of the team! Thank you also Ole Marius Bachke for outstanding legal support!»

CLIENT: Chambers & Partners

TESTIMONIAL: Interviewees are impressed by the lawyers’ commercial outlook, who maintain a “good sense of what is relevant and important to the client.”

CLIENT: Chambers & Partners

TESTIMONIAL: Thorvald Nyquist of Deloitte Advokatfirma AS advises on a range of commercial and contentious mandates. Clients appreciate his breadth of experience, reporting: “He impresses us with his deep and broad knowledge of real estate.”

CLIENT: Chambers & Partners

TESTIMONIAL: Managing partner Rolf Saastad provides tax and VAT advice to a variety of clients, including those from the technology and real estate sector. Sources appreciate his “pleasant personality” and “outstanding professional capabilities.”

CLIENT: Chambers & Partners

TESTIMONIAL: Ole Marius Bachke of Deloitte Advokatfirma AS enters the rankings due to strong client feedback. He is praised for his “business-oriented and pragmatic approach.” Alongside IT procurement and outsourcing, his practice includes data protection, GDPR and regulatory advice.

Diversity/Community


Deloitte Norway:

Inclusion and gender diversity strategy

We want to create a diversity in the organization through different and varied expertise, experience, age, gender, orientation and cultural background. Diversity contributes to innovation, greater insight and a strengthened culture, and is crucial for Deloitte to succeed as a business. Currently, we are focusing on three main areas within inclusion and diversity:

  • Gender balance
  • Culture-diverse workforce
  • LGBT+

Common for all activities aimed at increasing diversity is that Deloitte can offer an inclusive culture in the workplace.

We work to ensure diversity and an inclusive culture. As a responsible employer, we want to reflect on the society we are part of. At Deloitte, one must succeed based on one’s talent, regardless of ethnicity, religion, gender, age or sexual orientation.

We have included inclusion and diversity as an important strategy in areas such as recruitment, career development, promotion, management selection and participation in projects. To ensure diversity in recruitment, Deloitte has evaluation methods that contribute to an objective and fair recruitment. When using ability and skill tests, we allow a larger part of the evaluation to be based on comparable and concrete information, more than personal perceptions and assumptions. Furthermore, compulsory training for everyone involved in recruitment contributes to diversity and objectivity in recruitment.

Gender balance

Our goal is to create an inclusive culture that recognizes, respects and enables women in the workplace. Actively focus on increasing women representation in the partner group. Continue to keep focus on the broader diversity and inclusion dimension.We work purposefully to create greater diversity and have paid special attention to increasing the proportion of female partners. Women accounted for 18 percent of the Norwegian partnership as of June 1, 2018. We have a goal of 20 percent female partners in 2020 and 30 percent in 2030 in line with the goals set by NWE. The proportion of women in the company is 49 percent, the same as the year before. The proportion of new female employees was at 41 percent. In the management group, three out of twelve were women, and two out of six were members of the board.

In order to improve the gender balance at all levels of the business, we have set the following goals in Deloitte Norway:

1. 20% female partners by 2020

2. 30% female partners by 2030

3. 40% Women in management positions by 2020

4. 40% – 60% normality on other levels *

* Normality in this context is considered as gender distribution in the range of 40% to 60%.

«Unconscious bias»

We challenge all our employees to be aware of unconscious prejudices and unconscious bias. Everyone at Deloitte have been invited either through leadership training or in other fora to take an Implicit Association Test (IAT). This test reveals unconscious prejudices that we do not know we have. We are particularly aware of this in relation to promotions and wage determinations.

Interviews

Mari Wetlesen, Head of Deloitte Legal

Mari Wetlesen, Head of Deloitte Legal Head of Deloitte Legal Ltd discusses how the firm is adapting to clients' changing needs.

What do you see as the main points that differentiate Deloitte Advokatfirma AS from your competitors?

Our service capabilities are interdisciplinary, technology-enabled and global. We cover a wide range of business issues and areas of law. In contrast to our competitors, we have other tools in our toolbox, making us more commercial and business oriented than other law firms.

We have a presence globally, where our clients need us, with more than 2,400 legal professionals in over 80 countries. We are transformative, yet traditional and pioneering, yet pragmatic.

Deloitte Legal has introduced Legal Management Consulting services, where legal professionals work closely with our consulting and risk management experts to provide valuable insight to general counsels on how they best could structure their in-house legal departments.

Which practices in your member firm do you see growing in the next 12 months? What are the drivers behind that?

GDPR advice has been growing and we still see a high demand for our excellent services within this field. Our experts within the regulatory framework for financial services, as well as renewable energy is expected to grow in the next 12-months. We will see additional changes, driven by technology.

What is the main change you have made in your firm that will benefit clients?

As part of the Deloitte Legal network, our culture is to assist our clients regardless of boarders with their legal and business needs.


How is technology changing the way you interact with your clients and the services you can provide them?

Using new technology, the Deloitte network will continue to amplify initiatives based on up to date legal tech tools. We interact with our clients on a wide variety of technical platforms, including our own global Tax & Legal SharePoint based tool.

Can you give us a practical example of how you helped a client add value to their business?

The best way to add value for a client is to offer advice that considers legal implications as well as broad business issues and impact.

Are clients looking for stability and strategic direction from their law firms – where do you see the firm in three years’ time?

Clients are always searching for stability and value creation opportunities. We expect to gain significantly more market share in Norway over the next three years.



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