Clients regularly turn to Advokatfirmaet Schjødt AS for assistance with shipping and maritime infrastructure financing, direct lending transactions, and complex financing structures. With in-depth knowledge of acquisition finance, direct lending structures, and security arrangements, department head Kaare P Sverdrup is active on cross-border matters. Camilla Skøie Mørkve is adept at private credit and acquisition financing transactions, and Thomas A. Dale acts on syndicated lending and financing within the energy sector. Snorre Lyse oversees acquisition financing, and Sunniva Kinsella covers domestic and cross-border financing, having particular expertise in syndicated facilities and green financing structures.
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Testimonials
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- ‘For international debt investors into Norwegian bonds, it's highly valuable that Schjødt has been an important player in forming the Norwegian bond template, giving them good insight and knowledge of the instrument.’
- ‘In my view, the most internationally minded law firm in Norway, with strong client focus, hard-working ethic, but also the most skilful personalities in their trait.’
Key clients
- Lenders to Aurelia Bidco AS
- Nordea Bank ABP
- DNB Bank ASA
- CIC Group AS
- CIC Hospitality AS
- Scandinavian Air Shuttle
- Crayon Group Holding ASA
- Crayon Group AS
- DNB Bank ASA
- Elmera Group ASA
- Hexagon Composites ASA
- Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB
Work highlights
Advised lenders including Apollo, Blackstone, CVC, Goldman Sachs, Macquarie, Oaktree and Sixth Street on NOK 141 billion financing for the public-to-private acquisition of Adevinta ASA.
Advised Nordea Bank ABP on its acquisition of Danske Bank’s personal customer business in Norway involving a value of NOK 39,000,000,000 and included the transfer of a substantial personal banking portfolio to Nordea.
Advised Macquarie Capital Principal Finance and Nomura International PLC as initial investors and Nordic Trustee as agent and security agent on an EUR 371,000,000 direct lending transaction structured as a senior secured bond issue by Green Mountain Innlandet AS.
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Practice head
Kaare P. Sverdrup
Other key lawyers
Camilla Skøie Mørkve; Thomas A. Dale; Snorre Lyse; Sunniva Kinsella; Kristian Kronborg; Marie Biørnstad; Fatma Lamin