Mr Hans-Christian Donjem > Advokatfirmaet Haavind AS > Oslo, Norway > Lawyer Profile

Advokatfirmaet Haavind AS
Haakon VIIs gate 10
PB 359 Sentrum
Oslo
NO-0101
Norway

Work Department

Banking and finance
Private equity
Insolvency and restructuring
Aviation

Position

Partner Hans-Christian Donjem is head of Haavind’s banking & finance practice team. He focuses on acquisition financing, corporate financing, bond financing and restructuring, where he typically assists private equity firms, financial institutions and public and private companies. He also has considerable experience of other debt structures such as asset-based financing and project financing (renewables and real estate), as well as with corporate law and commercial contracts. Donjem also has extensive experience in negotiating complex agreements and contract law. He supports clients with strategic consulting, business development and legal- and operational compliance.

Both domestic and international clients appreciate Donjem’s solution-oriented, pragmatic approach and his dedication to providing seamless and comprehensive service. Drawing from his extensive experience and broad knowledge of banking & finance matters for clients across a wide range of industries, Donjem has gained the respect and appreciation of his peers; he was listed as number 2 of the “Up & coming” in Banking & Finance in the annual peer-rankings in the Norwegian newspaper Finansavisen in February 2020.

Career

2015 –

Advokatfirmaet Haavind

2013 – 2015

Samsung Electronics Nordic AB, Legal Counsel

2008 – 2013

Advokatfirmaet Schjødt

2007
Master of Laws, UiO [Thesis: Listed companies ongoing duty of information]

Lawyer Rankings

Norway > Banking and finance (including shipping finance)

(Next Generation Partners)

Hans-Christian Donjem – Advokatfirmaet Haavind AS

Advokatfirmaet Haavind AS’ offering has capabilities handling both borrower and lender-side matters. The team’s areas of expertise include acquisition as well as renewables financing. Hans-Christian Donjem heads the banking and finance group and has expertise in these areas in addition to his corporate and bond financing knowledge. Ellen Schult Ulriksen heads the corporate group and is a key contact in financial restructuring. Christoffer Baisgård is recommended for restructuring and insolvency work, and Helen Xu focuses on financial regulatory matters.

Norway > Capital markets

Advokatfirmaet Haavind AS advises across the entire range of capital market transactions, handling IPOs, bond issuances and public takeovers for clients in the energy, technology, aquaculture and real estate sectors. Cornelius Sogn Ness leads the team and advises across both ECM and DCM transactions, with expertise in IPOs, private placements and public takeovers, supported on the ECM front by Ragnar Gundersen Koffeld and on the DCM front by Hans-Christian Donjem. At associate level, Kasper Formo Asplin is recommended for financial regulatory capacities, and Helen Xu takes point on bank financing and bond financing work.

Norway > Insolvency and corporate recovery

Advokatfirmaet Haavind AS offers clients in all sectors ‘creative and practical solutions to complex legal matters’, regularly advising financial institutions, bondholders, creditor and debtors on corporate and financial restructurings, large debt negotiations, and bankruptcy proceedings. At the helm of the practice is the ‘solution-oriented’ Ellen Schult Ulriksen, who specialises in insolvency law. For extensive restructuring and insolvency experience, Hans-Christian Donjem is a key name. Elsewhere in the team, Karianne Evje Skiaker focuses on debt recovery issues, negotiations and enforcement proceedings, and Christoffer Baisgård regularly assists with restructurings, debt recovery and negotiations.