With interdisciplinary capabilities, combining transactional, banking litigation, and restructuring expertise, Kvale Advokatfirma DA‘s practice is well-placed to assist financial institutions. Practice head Hillevi Torngren Myhre oversees financing transactions across bond loans, hybrid capital, and structured products. Stine Snertingdalen combines a background in restructuring and insolvency with expertise in financing. Stephanie Brungot represents lenders and borrowers in a variety of financings, and Bjørn Løtveit advises on loan issuances, security, and restructuring.
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Testimonials
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- ‘Stine Snertingdalen gives excellent advice to financial institutions in banking and finance issues, i.e. negotiating and drafting credit facility agreements, intercreditor agreements, and various guarantees and security documentation.’
- 'The Kvale team is well-equipped to handle the full spectrum of banking and finance transactions. Renowned for its strong corporate expertise. With one of Norway's foremost insolvency and restructuring groups, we are also specialised in refinancing, inter-creditor negotiations, and in providing advice in crisis engagement cases, including for securing and collecting outstanding claims.’
- ‘I recommend Stine Snertingdalen and Erik Torjusen.'
- ‘The team demonstrated solid legal expertise, good commercial judgment, and a pragmatic approach to a complex and sensitive situation. They were responsive, solution-oriented, and worked efficiently to help us navigate the legal aspects of the case. Based on this experience, we would be happy to consider Kvale for similar mandates in the future.’
Key clients
- Norion Bank
- Norion Bank, Norway branch
- DNB Bank
- Arctic Securities
- Nordic Trustee
- EksFin
- Nordic Mining
- Engebø Rutile and Garnet
- Sparebanken Møre
- Skue Sparebank
- Hjartdal og Gransherad Sparebank
- Gordon Brothers
Work highlights
Advised a global industrial company on its US$ multi-million funding of a major Norwegian iron ore mine.
Advising a public authority on the NOK multi-billion financing of key infrastructure.
Advising an overseas-based company on complex NOK 100s million reconstruction negotiations for its Norwegian subsidiaries.
Lawyers
Leading Associates
Leading associates with regular involvement in their team's key work, and recognition from peers or clients as being ones to watch.
Practice head
Hillevi Torngren Myhre
Other key lawyers
Stine Snertingdalen; Stephanie Brungot; Bjørn Løtveit; Erik Torjusen