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Wikborg Rein Offices

Oslo
    Wikborg Rein
    Dronning Mauds gate 11
    P.O.Box 1513 Vika
    NO-0117 Oslo
    Norway
    Visit website 47 22 82 75 00 47 22 82 75 01

    Mr Tormod Ludvik Nilsen

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    +47 22 82 76 54 tln@wr.no View profile

    Work Department

    Petroleum and Energy

    Position

    Tormod is Global Head of Renewable Energy. He headed up the firm’s Shanghai office from 2013-2016. Tormod assists Norwegian and international clients in the renewable energy sector. His main areas of expertise are acquisitions, financing, negotiations and regulatory requirements within the electricity sector. Tormod is highly regarded for his skills and expertise in i.a. Legal 500 (Renewable Energy) and IFLR (Project Development), and the firm’s Renewable Energy department is considered to be among the most prominent in Norway in particular for acquisitions, project development, investments and joint ventures in clean tech and PPAs. Tormod has headed many complex transactions and projects. Tormod also has extensive experience form energy sourcing, physical PPAs, financial PPAs and PPAs with sleeving structures.

    Career

    2017- Partner, Wikborg Rein, Oslo
    2016 Partner, Wikborg Rein, Shanghai
    2013-2016 Chief Representative, Wikborg Rein, Shanghai (Partner from 1.1.2015)
    2012-2013 Senior Associate / Senior Lawyer, Wikborg Rein, Shanghai
    2009-2011 Associate / Senior Associate, Wikborg Rein, Oslo
    2008-2009 Senior Advisor, The Executive Secretariat, The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Defense
    2005-2008 Legal Advisor, The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Defense

    Education

    2011 Practising Certificate
    2004 Cand. jur, University of Bergen

    Lawyer Rankings

    Norway > Energy

    (Leading partners: Electricity and renewable energy)

    Tormod Ludvik Nilsen – Wikborg Rein

    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.

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