Mr Bård Sandstad > Advokatfirmaet Haavind AS > Oslo, Norway > Lawyer Profile
Advokatfirmaet Haavind AS Offices
Haakon VIIs gate 10
PB 359 Sentrum
Oslo
NO-0101
Norway
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Mr Bård Sandstad
Work Department
Corporate M&A, Offshore and Oil & Gas
Position
Bård Sandstad is a Corporate M&A partner, focusing on transactions within the oil, offshore and shipping industries. He has extensive experience with advising in private and capital market transactions, and works with both industrial and financial parties on domestic as well as cross border transactions.
Bård has over the years been a key legal and strategic advisor to several of the key players in the oil and offshore industry in many major transactions, mergers and stock exchange listings. Bård has also worked with transactions, corporate litigation and cross border JVs in i.a. USA, U.K., Russia and West Africa.
Career
2017-
Partner, Advokatfirmaet Haavind
2012-2016
Partner, Kyllingstad Kleveland advokatfirma DA
2002-2012
Senior Lawyer/Senior Associate, Advokatfirmaet BAHR
Languages
Scandinavian languages and English
Memberships
Cand.jur, University of Oslo (2002)
Lawyer Rankings
Norway > Commercial, corporate and M&A
(Next Generation Partners)The corporate and M&A practice at Advokatfirmaet Haavind AS has ‘a great team with a good mix of commitment, competencies, structure and motivation‘, with sector-specific expertise in the energy, aquaculture and technology spaces. Practice head Bjørn Olav Torpp is a highly experienced M&A lawyer who specialises in cross-border and private equity transactions, as well as joint ventures. The group also includes Preben Brecke, who advises on private equity mandates, and the ‘great‘ Kjetil Hardeng, who advises domestic and foreign clients on transactions and corporate projects. Bård Sandstad, who has extensive experience in handling cross-border transactions and advising international investors in the offshore and energy sectors, is also a key practitioner.
Norway > Energy
Counting leading E&P players, major contractors, and large domestic power and grid companies among its impressive roster of clients, Advokatfirmaet Haavind AS leverages the firm’s strength in the construction and offshore industries to provide a broad offering spanning the full range of industry-specific issues. On the renewables front, Aksel Tannum heads up the practice and takes point on issues related to power generation as well as contentious mandates, working alongside regulatory expert Jøran Sandvik and litigators Mari Reitzel Bjerke and Pål Martin Abell. On the oil and gas front, the team has a strong track record in advising leading oil and gas contractors on field developments and offshore construction mandates, overseen by Christopher Sveen. Bård Sandstad handles M&A and corporate work on the Norwegian Continental Shelf, while oil and gas disputes are the area of focus for Mikal Brøndmo.
Lawyer Rankings
- Next Generation Partners Norway > Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Commercial, corporate and M&A Norway
- Energy Norway
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Construction
- Dispute resolution
- Employment
- Fishing and aquaculture
- Intellectual property
- Offshore construction and shipbuilding
- Public procurement
- Real estate
- TMT