Mr Tom Hugo Ottesen > Kvale Advokatfirma DA > Oslo, Norway > Lawyer Profile
Kvale Advokatfirma DA Offices
HAAKON VIIS GATE 10
PO BOX 1752, VIKA
0122 OSLO
Norway
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Mr Tom Hugo Ottesen
Work Department
Restructuring, insolvency and investigations
Position
Tom Hugo Ottesen Heads Kvale’s restructuring, insolvency and investigation team. He has particular experience in (re)financing, credit security, credit recovery, insolvency and restructuring of hard pressed companies. He is also an experienced arbitrator and is occasionally appointed as arbitrator in insolvency-related disputes.
Ottesen is frequently appointed as bankruptcy administrator by Oslo Bankruptcy Court and is appointed as administrator in a number of the largest bankruptcies in Norway each year. Ottesen is Chairman of the Board of Kvale and holds several directorships. He regularly lectures and participates in panel discussions on key emerging areas of the law in bankruptcy, restructuring & insolvency.
Career
1996 – Partner, Kvale; 1989 – 1996 Partner, Thune & Co; 1984 – 1988 Associate, de Beshe & Thune
Languages
Norwegian and English
Memberships
The Norwegian Bar Association
Education
1984 Cand.jur, University of Oslo
Lawyer Rankings
Norway > Insolvency and corporate recovery
(Hall of Fame)Kvale Advokatfirma DA‘s fully specialised insolvency and restructuring practice is ‘highly competent‘ and particularly sought after by clients for advice on bankruptcy and judicial restructuring proceedings; the team also assists banks with securing and recovering funds from customers in financial distress. Leading the practice, Stine Snertingdalen is an expert in insolvency and insolvency-related banking and finance mandates. The group also includes Tom Hugo Ottesen
, who assists companies and banks with restructuring and refinancing matters; Thomas Piro, who advises on bankruptcy issues; and distressed M&A expert Anne Kjølseth Ekerholt. Bjørn Løtveit, who joined the firm in January 2023 and specialises in financing and collateral issues, and insolvency specialist Erik Torjusen, are also key contacts.