Mr Leif Eirik Thrane > 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 Leif Eirik Thrane
Work Department
Technology
Information technology
Intellectual property rights
Privacy
Corporate M&A
Position
Partner Leif Eirik Thrane is head of Haavind’s TMT practice team and has more than 20 years of experience in TMT law. Under his leadership, the TMT practice in Haavind has grown to be the one of the, if not the, largest TMT practice groups in Norway.
Partner Thrane is specialised large IT projects, including complex outsourcings, digitalisation issues, other business processes, IT agreements and in tech M&A. He also has extensive experience with licensing, cloud services and system development agreements.
He has been part of the corporate management of a leading Nordic listed IT-service company and has extensive experience in combining law with commercial decisions.
With a strong focus on transnational IT projects and M&A transactions, Partner Thrane has worked on numerous projects outside the Nordic countries, including Russia, Latvia, Poland, Germany, England, USA and India.
Clients have particularly appreciated Partner Thrane’s extensive in-house experience and in-depth industry knowledge, along with his practical, problem-solving advice.
Career
Advokatfirmaet Haavind
General Counsel, Tieto Global M&A
General Counsel, Tieto Corporation
Advokatfirmaet BA-HR
Cand. jur. /LL.M, UiB
Lawyer Rankings
Norway > TMT
(Leading individuals)Regularly acting for governmental entities and leading Norwegian corporations, Advokatfirmaet Haavind AS is praised by clients for its ‘very strong understanding of the IT sector‘. Leif Eirik Thrane oversees the team and advises leading Norwegian companies on large IT outsourcing transactions and M&A in the tech sector; he attracts praise for his ‘great understanding of technology’. Arne Byberg is the key contact for contract work in the tech industry, while Andreas Bernt takes point on media matters. Data privacy and information security work is handled by Kari Gimmingsrud.
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