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Wikborg Rein Offices

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 individuals: Electricity and renewable energy)

Tormod Ludvik Nilsen – Wikborg Rein

Wikborg Rein leverages its international network of offices to advise international and domestic rig companies, onshore wind producers, and owners, developers, and operators of energy plants on the full range of contentious and non-contentious work. Oil and gas disputes, both domestic and international, feature prominently in the ‘truly outstanding’ group’s caseload; Aadne Haga is a key contact here. Haga works alongside Cathrine B. Hetland, who attracts praise for her ‘absolutely unparalleled’ expertise in regulatory matters and leads the oil and gas group. On the renewables side, key individuals include ‘very intelligent and knowledgeable‘ global practice head Tormod Ludvik Nilsen, Caroline Skaar Landsværk, and Christian James-Olsen. Landsværk heads up the energy, renewables and infrastructure team in Oslo and has notable expertise in regulatory, development, and contract work, while James-Olsen leads the Bergen team and works primarily with project development and contractual issues in the offshore industry.

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