Mr Sigurd Opedal > Wikborg Rein > Oslo, Norway > Lawyer Profile

Wikborg Rein
Dronning Mauds gate 11
P.O.Box 1513 Vika
NO-0117 Oslo
Norway
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Work Department

Company Law, M&A, Capital Markets

Position

Sigurd Opedal is a Partner at Wikborg Rein’s Oslo office and is head of the firm’s M&A practice. He works primarily with M&A, private equity transactions and capital markets transactions. Opedal is ranked as one of Norway’s leading lawyers within mergers & acquisitions by Chambers Global, Chambers Europe, Legal 500, IFLR and the Norwegian Financial Daily and is among the top 3 lawyers in the Norwegian market with the most transactions reported to Mergermarket for the period comprising the last five years.

Career

2007 – Partner (Chairman of the Board 2023-), Wikborg Rein
2004 – 2006 Senior Associate, Wikborg Rein, Oslo
2002 – 2004 Associate, Wikborg Rein, Oslo
2001 Deputy Judge, Horten
1999 – 2001 Associate, Wikborg Rein, Oslo

Memberships

Norwegian Bar Association

Education

2002 Practising Certificate
1998 Cand. jur., University of Oslo
1992 Business Economist, The Norwegian School of Management BI

Lawyer Rankings

Norway > Commercial, corporate and M&A

(Leading individuals)

Sigurd OpedalWikborg Rein

Wikborg Rein has a full-service practice with ‘unique industry skills‘, which assists with M&A transactions in a variety of sectors, including the oil and gas, renewables, shipping, offshore and technology industries. The practice is jointly led by Ole Henrik Wille, who is ‘an exceptional lawyer‘ and highly active in M&A and equity capital markets transactions; Sigurd Opedal, who regularly assists private equity and industrial clients; and ‘highly valued adviserArild Frick. The group also includes Ketil E. Bøe, who advises investors, securities clients, banks and companies on a wide range of issues relating to M&A, and Kaare Christian Tapper, who is highly experienced in a variety of M&A and other equity transactions. Therese Trulsen, who advises industrial and technology clients on greenfield projects and cross-border transactions, is also a key practitioner.