Frode Olsen > CMS Kluge > Oslo, Norway > Lawyer Profile
CMS Kluge Offices
BRYGGEGATA 6
PO BOX 1548 VIKA
0117 OSLO
Norway
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Frode Olsen
Work Department
Industry trade and finance
Position
Specialises in mergers and acquisitions, corporate law as well as domestic and international tax. In addition to advising on and negotiating agreements and other transaction related documentation, he has a long experience with transaction tax advice, especially where a human capital element is prevalent. He especially deals with TMT and human capital intensive businesses such as transactions involving consulting firms. In addition to his qualification as a lawyer, Olsen also possesses an MBA from Bocconi.
Career
2015-YTD Partner, Kluge Advokatfirma AS (CMS Kluge Advokatfirma AS); 2012-2015 Associate Partner, Kluge Advokatfirma DA; 2010-2012 Senior lawyer, Kluge Advokatfirma DA; 2009-2010 Lawyer Arntzenlegal (niche firm specialised in tax); 2008-2009 Senior lawyer / Senior Tax Manager, International Tax Service, Ernst & Young TAX; 2006-2007 Senior lawyer / Senior Tax Manager, Advokatfirmaet PricewaterhouseCoopers AS; 2004-2006 Lawyer, Advokatfirmaet Thommessen AS; 1999-2002 associate/lawyer, Advokatfirmaet PricewaterhouseCoopers DA
Languages
Scandinavian languages, English, Dutch and some German
Memberships
Member of the Norwegian Bar Association.
Education
2003 Master of Business Administration (MBA), SDA Bocconi, Milano, Italia 2001 Admitted to the Norwegian bar as a lawyer 1998 Candidate jurisprudence til Law Degree, University of Oslo
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.