Mr Bjorn Bjerke > Shearman & Sterling LLP > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile
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Mr Bjorn Bjerke
Work Department
Finance Group
Position
Partner
Career
Bjorn is a partner in the Finance Group and resident in the New York office. His practice is focused on representing borrowers, lenders, managers and investors in a broad range of complex financing arrangements including securitizations and other structured financings, acquisition financings and leveraged loans, repo facilities, commodity, equity, credit and fund linked derivatives. In addition, he has extensive experience representing investors, creditors and managers in complex restructurings, work-outs and acquisitions of distressed and non-performing assets. He is involved in all aspects of deal structuring, negotiation and documentation.
Languages
English, Norwegian, German
Memberships
New York
U.S. Patent & Trademark Office
Clerkships
John M. Walker, Jr., United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Education
J.D.
James Kent Scholar and John Ordronaux Prize
Principal Senior Editor, Columbia Law Review
Articles Editor, Columbia J. European Law
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Tax > Financial products
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Dispute resolution > International litigation
- Tax > International tax
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Finance > Project finance
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Investment fund formation and management > Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds
- Real estate > Real estate
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Media, technology and telecoms > Advertising and marketing: litigation