Mr Lars-Erik Østerbø > 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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Mr Lars-Erik Østerbø
Work Department
Financing
Position
Lars-Erik’s main area of expertise is ship finance, and he has broad experience within shipbuilding, chartering, loan documentation and export credit finance. In 2014 he co-authored the book “International Bankruptcy”, where he wrote the chapter about international bank insolvency, and in recent years he has been actively involved as lenders’ counsel in several challenging insolvency, refinancing and restructuring matters. Lars-Erik’s main legal expertise is within contract law, security law, guarantee law and insolvency law.
Career
2018- Partner, Wikborg Rein, Bergen
2016-2017 Senior Lawyer, Wikborg Rein, Bergen
2015-2016 Senior Associate, Wikborg Rein, Bergen
2014 Secondment, Norton Rose Fulbright LLP, London
2012-2014 Lawyer, DNB Bank ASA, Bergen
2009-2012 Associate, Wikborg Rein, Bergen
2009 Trainee, various law firms
2008 Assistant Lecturer, University of Bergen
2007-2008 Group Leader, University of Bergen
Education
2012 Practising certificate
2009 Master of Laws, Universty of Bergen
Lawyer Rankings
Norway > Banking and finance (including shipping finance)
Wikborg Rein‘s ‘highly competent and efficient‘ banking and finance offering stands out for its strength in transactional work, particularly in the heavy industry, shipping and energy sectors. A recent area of focus for the firm is ESG financing, with the group seeing an uptick in activity relating to green and sustainability-linked loans. The team is now jointly led by Johan Rasmussen
and Andreas Kjensli Lund. Rasmussen has a broad practice with notable expertise in shipping and offshore-related finance; Lars-Erik Østerbø is another key name here. Lund was promoted to partner in 2023 and is recommended for corporate financing and real estate financing work. Also in the core team are debt financing expert Stian Tande Mortensen and Alexander Owesen, who specialises in assisting investment banks, financial institutions, and private equity houses with financing transactions and restructurings.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance (including shipping finance)
- Capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- EU and competition
- Fishing and aquaculture
- Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Intellectual property
- Maritime law
- Offshore construction and shipbuilding
- Real estate
- Regulatory, compliance and investigations
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