AGP Advokater continues to be active across the technology, offshore, energy, and consumer sectors. Co-head and founding partner Nils Olav Aarseth is an expert in private M&A, with 25 years of experience. Fellow founding partner and co-head, Gard A. Skogstrøm has a proven track record in M&A transactions and equity capital financing. Lars André Gjerdrum advises on M&A and public takeover transactions, whereas Ketil Enerstad Sauarlia provides advice to domestic clients on buy-and-build strategies.
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Testimonials
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- ‘Firm delivering extraordinary personalised services and legal advice. Very strong M&A experience, coupled with strong commercial savvy.’
- ‘Nils Olav Aarseth - embodies the perfect legal advisor, strong commercial knowledge, blended with super experience and legal knowledge. Great in negotiations and creates trust with all partners.’
- ‘AGP feels like a modern law firm, clearly focused on transactions, great people, and great client relationships. The team is diverse and good at leveraging technology. I recall them being early adopters of Teams for collaboration with clients on documents.’
- ‘The team is great to work with. Very knowledgeable with lots of routine. They work a lot with cross-border matters and are available to provide support on short notice. It is a firm that cares about the clients in a long-term perspective.’
- ‘I have worked with Gard A. Skogstrøm for many years. He is a true professional and knowledgeable within M&A, equity capital transactions, and corporate law. Lots of routine, and you always know that you can trust his advice and swift availability. Pragmatic and very good with clients.’
- ‘This practice is indeed unique. They are very close to their clients, and take time to understand the individual business needs and build relationships with trust with their client counterparts. They have niche competencies on transactions, which, in my experience, are at a higher level than the other law firms in Norway.’
Key clients
- Nalka
- Worthington Industries
- Crayon Group Holding
- Link Mobility Group
- Waterland Private Equity
- Verdane Capital
- Kaldvik AS
- OSM Thome
- Norstat AS
- Grant Thornton AS
- Firesafe AS
- Oda Group Holding AB
Work highlights
Advised Crayon Group Holding ASA on the voluntary offer to purchase all shares by Software one Holding Ltd.
Advised NYSE-listed Procore Technologies Inc on their acquisition of Norwegian startup company Novorender AS.
Advised buyer Hypergene AB on their acquisition of Profitbase AS.
Practice head
Nils Olav Aarseth; Gard A. Skogstrøm
Other key lawyers
Lars André Gjerdrum; Ketil Enerstad Sauarlia; Maria Heiberg Styrvold