Leveraging a ‘dedicated and well-run team of excellent lawyers’, BAHR excels in the Norwegian capital markets space, and is particularly highly regarded for its expertise in large and complex international transactions. A key name is Lars Knem Christie, praised for his ’deep understanding of Norwegian capital markets’; he co-heads the team alongside restructuring and financing specialist Magnus Tønseth. Richard Sjøqvist advises on all aspects of debt capital markets, and the ‘extremely efficient’ Robin Bakken divides his expertise between capital markets, public M&A, and securities law matters. On the regulatory side, Markus Nilssen is recommended.
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‘Dedicated and well-run team of excellent lawyers.’
‘Magnus Tønseth has an extraordinary understanding of risk factors for creditors and complexities around default scenarios.’
- 'Robin Bakken is extremely efficient and concise with a good sense of commercial and practical considerations.’
‘Lars Knem Christie has a deep understanding of Norwegian capital markets.’
- 'Camilla Iversen provides highly attentive structured client care.’
‘Markus Nilssen has excellent in-depth skills in the most relevant legal areas for the covered bond industry - capital markets (bond issuance), regulatory affairs, derivatives and corporate advice in general.’
‘Strong team and valuable insight. Very experienced in cross-border deals.’
Key clients
- PGS
- Aker group
- Pareto Securities
- BlueNord
- DNB
- Norwegian Air Shuttle
- Adevinta
- HitecVision
- SalMar
- Cool Company Ltd
Work highlights
- Advising Adevinta ASA on the takeover offer led by Permira and Blackstone, as well as General Atlantic and TCV for all shares in Adevinta.
- Assisting several of issuers of covered bonds in Norway and Norwegian savings banks on the update of its €35bn covered bond programme.
- Assisting KIKRBI Invest A/S on its NOK17bn consortium takeover of Kahoot!
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Practice head
Lars Knem Christie; Magnus Tønseth
Other key lawyers
Richard Sjøqvist; Robin Bakken; Markus Nilssen; Camilla Iversen