Wikborg Rein‘s M&A department is singled out for its ’combination of deep legal expertise and a genuinely collaborative approach’. The practice has seen increased activity in the infrastructure sector, receiving mandates from domestic and international clients. Ole Henrik Wille is knowledgeable of equity capital markets transactions, Arild Frick recently advised Aker on its joint venture with Nscale for the development and operation of a data centre. Sigurd Opedal has twenty-five years of experience in transactions, with particular aptitude in private equity transactions. Ingrid Aasa Haavaldsen has been a supportive presence across private and public M&A transactions.
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Company Law, M&A
Position

Ole Henrik is head of the firm's Corporate, Finance and Tax practice. His main areas of practice relate to M&A and equity capital markets transactions. He is one of the most active lawyers in the Norwegian transaction market and has been head lawyer and responsible for a number of M&A and equity capital markets transactions the last years. Prior to the role as head of the corporate practice, he was head of the firms M&A group. From 2015-2017, Ole Henrik was in charge of the corporate division of the firm in the London market. He is a recommended lawyer in international publications such as Chambers, Legal 500 and IFLR1000. He is also top ranked M&A lawyer in the Norwegian Financial Daily's annual lawyers survey. Ole Henrik has broad experience as lecturer in company law at the University of Oslo.

Career

2017- Partner, Wikborg Rein, Oslo
2016-2017 Partner, Wikborg Rein, London
2015 Senior Lawyer, Wikborg Rein, London
2014-2015 Senior Lawyer, Wikborg Rein, Oslo
2011-2013 Senior Associate, Wikborg Rein, Oslo
2008-2010 Associate, Wikborg Rein, Oslo/Shanghai
2005-2007 Trainee at various law firms

Education

2010 Practising Certificate,
2007 Master of Laws, University of Oslo

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  • ‘Wikborg Rein stands out for its combination of deep legal expertise and a genuinely collaborative approach. The team consistently demonstrates strong commercial awareness, delivering advice that is both legally sound and strategically aligned with the client’s business goals.’

  • ‘The individuals I work with at Wikborg Rein distinguish themselves through a rare combination of legal excellence, personal integrity, and genuine client focus. They are not only highly competent professionals, but also people who care deeply about the quality of their work and the success of those they support.’

Work highlights

Advised the Aker-Group in connection with its landmark "Stargate Norway" joint venture with Nscale for, inter alia, the development and operation of one or more vertically integrated AI data centres in Europe built for AI training and inference, as well as the deployment of hyperscale AI infrastructure capacity.