Mr Lars Gunnar Aas > Advokatfirmaet CLP DA > Oslo, Norway > Lawyer Profile

Advokatfirmaet CLP DA
PB 1974 – VIKA, 0125 OSLO
Sommerogata 13-15
0158 OSLO
Norway
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Work Department

Capital markets, Corporate/M&A, Private equity, Renewable energy, power and transmission, Banking and finance, Technology/IPR

Position

Lars Gunnar Aas specializes in M&A and private equity, and his extensive experience covers a wide range of international and domestic transactions, strategic investments and cooperation between shareholders, where he represents corporates, private equity/venture capital funds and other financial sponsors and investors.
Clients rely on Aas for advice on transactions in all sectors, with a particular focus on technology and knowledge businesses and the renewable energy sector. His competencies also include capital markets and financial regulatory matters, and he regularly advises on acquisition financing.

Aas is recommended by all major international rankings for his transaction work, including Chambers & Partners, Legal 500 and IFLR 100. Legal 500 ranks Aas as one of the “Leading Individuals” in Norway for Corporate and M&A. He is also specifically lauded for his work in the renewable energy sector where IFLR 1000 rates him as “Highly Regarded”.

 

Career

Partner, CLP (2023-)
Managing Partner, CLP (2021-2023)
Partner, CLP (2008-2021)
Senior Lawyer/Senior Associate/Associate, Wikborg Rein in Oslo and London (2001-2007)
Secondment at Allen & Overy LLP, London, Corporate Department, Financial Institutions Group (2005)
Compliance Officer in E*TRADE Norge (2001)
Advisor at the Judge Advocate General (2000)

Languages

Scandinavian languages and English

Memberships

Member of the Norwegian Bar Association

Education

Practising Certificate as Attorney-at-Law (2002), Master of Law, University of Oslo, Norway (1999), Examen Philosophicum, University of Oslo (1993)

Lawyer Rankings

Norway > Energy

Advokatfirmaet CLP DA provides clients with ‘a detailed and commercial view of the energy market’, demonstrating real competence in transactions concerning clean power and electricity assets. Lars Gunnar Aas heads up the renewable energy, power and transmission team, advising project companies on M&A and investments surrounding battery facilities and renewable power technologies. Practice co-head Amund Erdal acts for domestic utilities and multinational energy investors and developers across investments, developments, and power purchase agreements regarding solar, wind, and biofuels facilities.

Norway > Commercial, corporate and M&A

(Hall of Fame)

Lars Gunnar AasAdvokatfirmaet CLP DA

As a key pillar of boutique firm Advokatfirmaet CLP DA, the firm’s commercial, corporate and M&A practice specialises in corporate law and capital markets work in the retail, renewables and technology sectors. The ‘dedicated team’ is led by M&A and private equity expert Lars Gunnar Aas. For mandates in the technology and internet sectors, Jakob Villum is a key name, advising both sellers and buyers on transactions. Elsewhere in the team, Alexander Lund takes point on private equity and venture capital work, and the ‘invaluable’ Amund Erdal focuses on matters within the renewable energy sector.