Johan Svedberg > CMS Kluge > Oslo, Norway > Lawyer Profile
CMS Kluge Offices
BRYGGEGATA 6
PO BOX 1548 VIKA
0117 OSLO
Norway
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Johan Svedberg
Work Department
Corporate/M&A, Funds, Private Equity, ESG
Position
Specialises in M&A, company law, capital market law, financing, restructuring, reorganization, general contract law, labor law, as well as international oil and gas and fisheries regulatory law.
Career
2021 – Partner, CMS Kluge Advokatfirma AS; 2020 – 2021 Associate Partner, Kluge Advokatfirma AS; 2017 – 2020 HR & Legal Director, Norwegian Fish Company AS / Chairman, Finnmark Fisk AS; 2007 – 2017 Managing Associate, Advokatfirmaet Wiersholm AS; 2013 – 2015 Senior Legal Counsel, DNO ASA (Dubai)
Languages
Norwegian, Swedish, English
Education
2001 – 2007 Master of Laws, University of Oslo; 2007 – 2008 Magister Juris, University of Oxford, faculty of law
Lawyer Rankings
Norway > Commercial, corporate and M&A
CMS Kluge has a broad M&A and private equity practice with cross-border capabilities and a ‘commercially oriented‘ team. Espen Debes leads the practice out of the Stavanger office and advises on transactions in the healthcare, energy and IT sectors. The team also includes the ‘very attentive‘ head of the Oslo-based offering Frode Olsen, who is a private equity specialist in the construction and tech sectors; Snorre Haukali, who assists on M&A and financing transactions; and Johan Svedberg, who specialises in corporate, M&A and securities law. Christina Lavold, who primarily handles private M&A, is also a key contact.
Norway > Capital markets
Under the leadership of Johan Svedberg, CMS Kluge’s ‘hardworking, diligent and very knowledgeable‘ capital markets practice advises on IPOs, private placements, and high-yield bond issuances. Working alongside the firm’s corporate and banking and finance teams, the group is routinely instructed by clients in the maritime, oil and gas, and technology industries.