Advokatfirmaet Haavind AS offers a comprehensive range of real estate services, enabling the team to advise on transactions, land acquisition, development projects, and disputes, to name a few. The practice group is co-led by experienced partners Terese Sørli, who specialises in real estate development and land acquisitions, and Herman Roksund, a go-to for portfolio sales and sale and leaseback structures. With expertise in property development and transactions, Erling Marcussen Timm is another key practitioner at the firm, while Elin Mack Løvdal is a name to note for her particular expertise in joint venture arrangements. Magnus Meisingset-Haug is knowledgeable in transactions and leases. The firm benefits from Stig L. Bech‘s long-standing experience in real estate, across transactions and financing.
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Testimonials
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- ‘Haavind’s real estate practice stands out as one of the most impressive and effective teams I have worked with. What truly distinguishes them is their ability to combine deep technical expertise with a highly commercial and pragmatic approach. The team consistently delivers clear, solution-oriented advice, even in complex matters, and they are exceptionally responsive and proactive in their follow-up.’
- ‘Erling Timm and Herman Roksund deserve particular recognition. They are both outstanding lawyers with an ability to quickly understand the commercial drivers of a case, while also being meticulous in the legal details. Their calm, structured, and forward-looking guidance has been invaluable, and they manage to combine sharp legal analysis with practical, hands-on advice that makes a tangible difference.’
- ‘Long time collaborator and personal knowledge and team feeling, unique knowledge of the business, politics, and other developers, high-level advisor, very well connected in terms of new opportunities for our business, wide interest within politics, tech, municipal planning and more.’
- ‘Haavind stands out as a highly competent and reliable partner for our business. The team combines both breadth and depth of expertise, ensuring that we always have access to specialists with strong knowledge of the issues at hand. The partners are experienced, approachable, and provide clear, commercially oriented advice.’
- ‘Elin Mack Løvdal is an outstanding lawyer who represents our company in an exemplary manner. She combines professionalism with a strong strategic mindset and an impressive analytical ability.’
- Haavind’s real estate practice stands out as a market-leading, solutions-driven team in Norway that combines technical excellence with commercial pragmatism. They cover the full real estate asset life cycle – acquisitions, development, construction, leasing, financing, and divestments – with a level of partner involvement and sector fluency that inspires confidence from day one.’
Key clients
- DNB Næringseiendom AS
- OBOS BBL
- Storebrand Eiendom Vekst AS
- Thongård AS
- Pareto Alternative Investments ASA
- Pareto Securities AS
- Pareto Eiendomsfellesskap AS
- Bane Nor Eiendom AS
- Ferd Eiendom AS
- Linstow AS
- Nye Linderud Utvikling AS
- Attivo AS
Work highlights
Acted for Pareto Alternative Investments and Pareto Securities, some of Norway's largest and most influential independent, full-service brokerage houses with a leading position in the Nordic capital markets.
Advising Interwell AS on the sale of its headquarters in Stavanger, The transaction is cross-border, and the buyer is NatWest.
Acts as legal advisor to Bane NOR Eiendom in the Filipstad development, Norway’s largest ongoing urban transformation project.
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Practice head
Terese Negaard Sørli; Herman Roksund
Other key lawyers
Erling Marcussen Timm; Elin Mack Løvdal; Magnus Meisingset-Haug; Stig L. Bech; Henrik Taubøll; Marie-Lou Pereira; Eirik Helgeby Børstei