Wikborg Rein is home to a well-experienced fisheries and aquaculture team, well-placed to assist clients in transactions, compliance, investigations, and dispute resolution. The practice group is co-led by experienced partners Martin Bryde, who is a key contact for the practice’s seafood company clients across regulatory, contracts, and transactions, and Jan Erik Clausen, who chiefly focuses on M&A and capital market transactions within the sector. Heidi Ann Vestvik-Bruknapp is engaged by fish vessel owning companies and aquaculture companies across a varied stream of work covering transactions, applications, and administrative appeals. Lars Erik Kvinnsland is active on regulatory cases involving EU fish health legislation.
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Testimonials
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- ‘Martin H. Bryde is great and really good in aquaculture!’
- ‘What we call «Hel ved» Expertise in aquaculture is top.’
- ‘Martin H. Bryde is very competent, trustworthy and accurate. He is down to earth, I like that.’
- ‘Highly dedicated team with a broad network throughout the fish farming industry. Highly competent and experienced team allocating the needed resources on short notice and rapid follow-up. All led by Martin Bryde beeing the one scoring top on the listed capabilities.’
- ‘I think the background from Martin H. Bryde with a previous leadership position from the Aquaculture section in the Department of Trade and Fisheries makes the team stand out compared with other law firms highly competent in the same segment.’
- ‘Strong attention to detail, highly responsive, commercially minded, with a solid understanding of the law.’
Key clients
- Lerøy Seafood Group ASA
- Mowi ASA
- Lerøy Havfisk AS
- Salmar Ocean AS
- Sinkaberg AS
- Bewi Invest AS
- American Industrial Partners
- Erko Seafood AS
- Hofseth Aqua AS
- Helgeland Miljøfisk AS/Torghatten Aqua AS
- Novo Holdings
- Grieg Seafood ASA
Work highlights
Advising Lerøy Seafood Group ASA on strategic legal aspects related to upcoming changes in the legal framework conditions for the aquaculture industry.
Assisting Grieg Seafood Group ASA in its BNOK 10,2 sale of the group’s aquaculture business in Finnmark (Northern Norway) and Canada to Cermaq Group AS.
Assisting Helgeland Miljøfisk AS/Torghatten Aqua AS on a complex process to obtain necessary licences and permits to establish a multi-billion NOK land-based aquaculture facility in Brønnøy municipality in northern Norway.
Practice head
Martin H. Bryde; Jan Erik Clausen
Other key lawyers
Heidi Ann Vestvik-Bruknapp; Lars Erik Kvinnsland