Ms Caroline Skaar Landsværk > Wikborg Rein > Oslo, Norway > Lawyer Profile
Wikborg Rein Offices
Dronning Mauds gate 11
P.O.Box 1513 Vika
NO-0117 Oslo
Norway
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Ms Caroline Skaar Landsværk
Work Department
Renewable Energy
Position
Caroline is specialised within renewable energy and the green shift. She heads the firm’s energy team in Oslo. In Wikborg Rein, Caroline has assisted in various energy related projects and transactions, within both the renewable energy and petroleum sectors, in Norway and abroad. Caroline has broad knowledge of projects, transactions and the regulatory regime relating to hydro power, onshore wind, offshore wind, power grid, solar power, district heating and power market. She provides advice on energy regulatory issues, including EU law within the energy area. Furthermore, Caroline regularly assists clients in contract negotiations and contract drafting both towards investors, partners, developers, contractors, suppliers and other stakeholders. Such contracts typically comprise power purchase agreements (PPA), cooperation agreements and shareholders agreements, transaction agreements, operation and maintenance agreements, landowner agreements and supply agreements. Caroline has a true engagement for new sustainable technology and infrastructure, and has had the pleasure of working on such projects on several occasions. Caroline has over several years been ranked as one of Norway’s up and coming talents within the category energy and climate in the financial newspaper Finansavisen’s annual lawyer survey, and is also recognised by the rating agency Chambers & Partners within the area “Energy: Electricity”.
Lawyer Rankings
Norway > Energy
(Next Generation Partners: Electricity and renewable energy)Across its renewable energy and oil and gas teams, Wikborg Rein offers ‘second-to-none industry knowledge and an ability to combine legal theory with commercial savvy’. Tormod Ludvik Nilsen co-heads the renewable energy and green investments team and has real expertise in regulatory, corporate, and project development matters, particularly concerning wind and hydropower facilities. Caroline Skaar Landsværk also leads the team, assisting leading domestic and multinational energy companies on M&A and joint venture mandates across a diverse range of renewable energy technologies. Fellow renewables group co-head Christian James-Olsen has offshore energy expertise, while Aadne Haga leads the oil and gas team, serving as a leading contact among major foreign gas companies on landmark arbitration matters. A key adviser to Norwegian Continental Shelf players, Cathrine B. Hetland focuses her practice on interest transactions concerning carbon capture and storage and oil and gas assets.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
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