Ms Sunniva Kinsella > 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

Senior Lawyer

Career

Sunniva is an experienced banking and finance lawyer who works within various sectors such as renewable energy, shipping/offshore, corporate finance, etc. She assists with legal and structural advice, negotiations and other project management on all stages of transactions and projects, including debt financing, bonds, financial and operational leasing, hedging (both ISDAs and electricity hedging/PPAs with ECA guarantees) and restructuring/enforcement.

Languages

Norwegian, English

Lawyer Rankings

Norway > Banking and finance (including shipping finance)

(Rising stars)

Sunniva Kinsella – 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.