Mr Finn Bjørnstad > Wikborg Rein > Oslo, Norway > Lawyer Profile

Mr Finn Bjørnstad

+47 22 82 76 11 fbj@wr.no View profile

Work Department

Shipping Offshore, Financing, Company Law

Position

Most of Finn’s clients are Norwegian and foreign banks and shipowners, and his main areas of practice are: issues relating to newbuildings/conversion projects for ships, financing and purchase/sale/affreightment of ships and offshore vessels, project finance for different assets in Norway and abroad, as well as towards the private equity market – both for investors and brokers – in connection with establishing projects in Norway and abroad. Bjørnstad holds several board positions. Finn is recommended by Chambers and Partners as “Leaders in their field” in the categories Energy, Oil & Gas and Shipping Finance.

Career

2015 – Partner (Managing Partner 2015-2023), Wikborg Rein, Oslo
2011 – 2015 Partner, Wikborg Rein, London
2005 – 2011 Partner, Wikborg Rein, Oslo
2003 – 2005 Partner, Wikborg Rein, Singapore
1993 – 2003 Partner, Wikborg Rein, Oslo
1990 – 1993 Partner, Wikborg Rein, London
1989 Associate, Wikborg Rein, Kobe, Japan
1985 – 1989 Associate, Wikborg Rein, Bergen/Oslo

Education

1985 Cand. jur., University of Bergen