Mr Kaare P. Sverdrup > Advokatfirmaet Schjødt > Oslo, Norway > Lawyer Profile

Advokatfirmaet Schjødt
Tordenskiolds gate 12
P.O. Box 2444 Solli
NO-0201 Oslo
Norway

Work Department

Banking & Finance

Position

Partner

Career

Kaare specialises in banking and finance, restructuring and insolvency. He has assisted several Norwegian and international banks and financial institutions with various forms of financing, including project financing, refinancing and acquisition financing. He assists large corporations, borrowers, and issuers of bonds, notes, and other instruments in complex finance transactions. Kaare advises companies experiencing financial difficulties and has advised the boards of directors in several listed companies. In addition, he also works with derivatives and structured finance. Chambers and Partners, Legal 500 and IFLR1000 have ranked Kaare as one of Norway’s leading banking and finance experts.

Kaare has formerly been a partner at the law firm Wiersholm for 15 years.

Lawyer Rankings

Norway > Banking and finance (including shipping finance)

(Hall of Fame)

Kaare P. Sverdrup – Advokatfirmaet Schjødt

With notable strength in shipping finance, the banking and finance team at Advokatfirmaet Schjødt regularly handles a broad range of financial matters for clients in the offshore, oil and gas, real estate, and infrastructure sectors. The team is jointly led by Peter Bugge Hjorth and Kaare P. Sverdrup; Hjorth focuses his practice on restructuring and insolvency work and financing litigation, while Sverdrup, who joined the firm in 2023 from Wiersholm, assists large corporates and borrowers with various forms of financing, including project financings and refinancings. Camilla Skøie Mørkve is a key contact for ship financing and also handles high-yield bond and direct lending mandates, while Erlend Brun Bakken is a key name for clients in the oil and gas sector. Sunniva Kinsella joined the practice in 2024 from Advokatfirmaet Simonsen Vogt Wiig.