‘Knowledgeable and pleasant to work with. Delivers on time and always open to discussions.’

‘The team is very knowledgeable, hands-on and service-minded.’

‘Very experienced and pragmatic team.’

‘Sverre Sandvik is extremely knowledgeable about capital markets issues, and combines this with a pragmatic and commercial mindset. He is also well respected among Norwegian and international counterparts, which is a big advantage.’

‘Anne Lise Gryte is a rising star on the capital markets scene. Very knowledgeable and provides fantastic client service.’

‘Partner Simen Mejlænder is highly competent providing practical and good advice in an efficient manner,’

‘Strong team, always deliver on time and with quality.’

‘Very good when it comes to finding a solution. Deliver on time and with a very high-quality product.’

‘Worked with Ståle Gjengset on an M&A project, excellent assistance, solution oriented and pleasant to work with.’

‘Sverre Sandvik – in addition to his extensive capital markets expertise, he is extremely knowledgeable about corporate law matters.’

‘Kristian Lind is a strong M&A practitioner and is always a pleasure to work with. A rising star on the M&A scene.’

‘Simply a superb law firm. Full understanding of client. Thorough and disciplined. Excellent legal skills. Extremely knowledgeable. A real help for decision-making. Simply top notch. Can-do attitude and moves mountains for their clients.’

‘Stellar partners and associates, and first-class legal professionals.’

‘Currently the best employment law team in Norway.’

‘Jan Fougner has broad experience, superb knowledge and provides good advice. An excellent litigator. Eli Aasheim is well recognised and provides excellent advice.’

‘Extremely competent in the employment law area. Available at any time. Dedicated, committed and very pleasant to work with.’

‘Exceptionally professional and at the same time nice people and pleasant to work with.’

‘Their team is very competent and efficient, and big enough to take on all cases and treat them within reasonable time.’

‘Both Jan Fougner and Eli Aasheim are statesmen within employment law in Norway.’

‘Wiersholm is probably the key player when it comes to labour law. Top notch knowledge and a very dedicated team. They are able to provide us with a set up that is very trustworthy, and we have never been anything other than satisfied with their services.’

‘Ingeborg Kristine Lind is extremely hard working and knowledgeable. She has the ability to “break down” the meaning of the law to someone who is not an expert in meaningful ways. I could call her at any time of the day and she would respond quickly. She has the ability to weigh the pros and cons from a risk perspective to us, the customer. She is a good listener and understands our business issues quickly. Lastly, she has a very positive outlook and pleasant demeanour.’

‘Jan Fougner is very knowledgeable, trustworthy and excellent with people – a strong authority and an excellent collaborator. Has a winning mentality.’

‘Always on top of their game, consistently providing excellent advice. A very efficient practice.’

‘A strong team of employment lawyers.’

‘Both Jan Fougner and Eli Aasheim are excellent.’

‘Wiersholm are extremely knowledgeable, very responsive and collaborative. They grasp the make-up of our company and what drives our business, which enables them to give advice that is exactly to the point. ’

‘They have a unique capability to combine their knowledge about laws with strategy in order to make their clients succeed.’

‘Ingeborg Kristine Lind is client oriented with solid knowledge about her field.’

‘Thomas Naalsund provides much of the legal advice in the field of state aid and competition. He is very good at identifying great resources within the firm, bringing them onboard and letting them handle much of the day-to-day work if the client is happy about it. He is still available for advice etc, but very good at delegating in a way that is efficient for the client.’

‘Elisabeth Lian Haugsdal has proved impressive in the field of state aid. What I appreciate most about Elisabeth is her ability to identify what is important from a state aid perspective and provide concrete advice that is very valuable. She is also very efficient, and always reverts quickly, also within tight deadlines. In addition she is a nice person, who always appears energetic and cheerful.’

‘Thomas Naalsund and Elisabeth Lian Haugsdal are both very professional and knowledgeable on state aid law.’

‘The team from Wiersholm has very good understanding of the energy sector, both the actors and day-to-day regulation and the changes that are happening both commercially and in the national and EU regulation. Because of their understanding and experience, they can give good advice in complex cases quickly – and with high quality.’

‘Elisabeth Lian Haugsdal has impressed us. She has very good understanding of the energy sector and is an expert on EU/EEA law.’

‘Wiersholm’s team continues to have a strong regulatory and practical understanding of the insurance sector that is essential for ensuring swift and relevant advice. They are recommended both for sparring on day-to-day matters as well as for handling complex issues.’

‘Hans Kenneth Viga-Gerhardsen is highly competent and quick to see the relevant questions at hand from both an insurance regulatory as well as from an insurance contractual perspective. He has good insight into the industry and a clear understanding of how it operates as well as good knowledge of ongoing regulatory developments. He is highly recommendable.’

‘Hans Erik Johnsen is really nice to work with; he is so friendly and also highly-skilled. He knows business and the market really well.’

‘Very in-depth knowledge regarding TV, media and content.’

‘Hans Erik Johnsen has over 20 years of experience in TV/media. It makes him very valuable in the market shift that is going on.’

‘‘Anne Marie Sejersted is a very experienced litigator in Norway, with vast experience from many cases. Very knowledgeable in legal and patent matters, with a strategic focus and is always thorough in her work. An excellent litigator in court hearings. Easy to work together with in litigation teams too.’

‘Very strong knowledge of the E&P world and provides a one-stop-shop service.’

‘Sondre Dyrland possesses strong business acumen, broad and in-depth knowledge of the E&P business and provides valuable and excellent advice.‘

‘Very good overall insight in the industry and strong legal expertise. Able to respond quickly with high quality.’

‘Sondre Dyrland quickly understands the relevant issues – understands complex technical context for the legal issues – high integrity – able to respond quickly when needed – high quality of legal work.‘

‘The team is unique as it combines deep insight into government processes with the upstream and midstream oil & gas sectors. There is no other team that has more experience with carbon capture and storage.‘

‘Excellent communication. Quick responses to e-mails and phone calls. When questions are outside the partners’ area of expertise, a new expert is appointed without any delay.’

‘Team members are very engaged and thorough in all their answers. They explain their view in an understandable language.’

‘Wiersholm has by far the best public procurement-practice in Norway.’

‘Oda Hellenes Ekre is a walking encyclopaedia on public procurement law. She is super service-minded, and provides outstanding advice with deep industry knowledge. Thomas G. Naalsund is a fantastic lawyer, a very experienced litigator and a highly sought after strategic adviser. They are both very pleasant people to work with.’

‘Kim Hellstrøm Christensen’s ability to negotiate on behalf of tenants is absolutely the best I’ve experienced after many years in the Norwegian commercial real estate industry. He challenges the landlords so called market standards, but is never fighting for unreasonable terms. Therefore, he always has good arguments which are difficult for the landlord to not accept or at least discuss on a professional basis. This makes Kim my preferred legal counsel in Norway.’

‘In our opinion Wiersholm has a very competent team within several segments. Wiersholm also has a modern legal office, and has shown great interest in modern technology and is keeping track of new services and solutions that could be of interest for the client. Our opinion is that Wiersholm are more “up-to-date” with new technology and standards than many other traditional legal firms in Norway.’

‘Our connections in Wiersholm stand out as being exceptionally service minded. The team puts forward great efforts no matter the time of day. Our experience with Wiersholm in transaction-related matters shows that the team provides strong legal advice and protects the clients interests while maintaining a positive negotiations climate with the counterpart.’

‘Strong transaction experience, creative deal structuring, strong negotiation skills.’

‘Efficient, well educated, excellent competence on the area, well prepared for meetings.’

‘Tom Rune Lian is always well prepared, commercial and contributes to a good climate in negotiations.’

‘Pragmatic and solutions-oriented. Well respected amongst other lawyers.’

‘Both partner-led and support team is quite senior, which makes for good progress and strong communication between the two.’

‘Very flexible and target oriented. Made our transaction process fast and painless.’

‘Good knowledge of the industry. leading edge on new technology and industry movers.’

‘Wiersholm is one of the top firms in Norway. Wiersholm is chosen this time for their competence on property tax. The team is great – I like a team that helps out to set the strategy in a legal issue and set the direction and gives the client tasks in order to achieve what the client wants to achieve.’

‘Good professional competence, quick answers to inquiries, good lawyers who take clients seriously.’

‘Professionally skilled, committed, as a client you are taken seriously, encouraging, always in a good mood, you always feel prioritised. The partner I have used is Bettina Banoun.’

‘Strong tax practice.’

‘Morten Goller – very knowledgeable, commercial and pleasant to work with. Andreas Bullen – very strong technical competence and pleasant to work with’

‘Experienced, effective, solution oriented, great time management.’

‘Bettina Banoun, she brought in many years of her experience within Corporate Income Tax Law, hereunder, anti-avoidance doctrine developed in Norway via case law. Excellent leadership and guidance throughout the engagement, always present personally, delegation to associates only to the extent necessary, proactive, responsive, knowledgeable, not a minute felt like a waste of time.’

‘Highly skilled – very professional and very nice to work with.’

‘What makes this practice unique is their practical approach. They find solutions you can actually use and benefit from, not solutions you have to “translate” to your colleagues in order to apply it internally. They are also top performers in terms of availability, professionalism, and legal expertise.’

‘Rune Opdahl is intuitive, always available, has an excellent legal mind and is solution-oriented and pragmatic. He’s also tech savvy and is great at managing complicated contracts and issues.’

‘They have a very good TV/Media and content practice.’

‘Hans Erik Johnsen is exceptional with his experience.’

‘Ability to understand government processes and tailor contractual frameworks for complex commercial issues. The team provide clear advice and are not afraid of speaking their minds.’

‘Sondre Dyrland and Hans Augun Parmann have deep knowledge of government processes and the ability to simplify complex issues.’

‘The team at Wiersholm provide clear legal advice, but they also have the ability to provide highly valuable commercial and strategic advice. The team makes ambitious promises – and keeps them.’

‘Sondre Dyrland has extensive experience in all aspects of upstream and midstream oil and gas. There are no other lawyers who have a deeper understanding of carbon capture and storage.’