Mr Jon Kristian Sjåtil > Advokatfirmaet Schjødt > Oslo, Norway > Lawyer Profile
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Tordenskiolds gate 12
P.O. Box 2444 Solli
NO-0201 Oslo
Norway
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Mr Jon Kristian Sjåtil
Work Department
Corporate M&A
Position
Partner
Career
Jon Kristian is a senior partner in our Transactions department. He has extensive experience working with M&A and capital markets transactions for more than 20 years, including the Norway-based bond market. He represents strategic and financial investors in mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, debt and equity markets transactions, and corporate and debt restructurings. Jon Kristian mainly works on international transactions, often involving several jurisdictions and across many business sectors.
Jon Kristian graduated from the Faculty of Law of the University of Oslo in 2000. He joined Schjødt out of university and became a partner in 2010. Before becoming a partner in Schjødt, he also worked with a London firm in 2003 and at Thommessen from 2004 to 2009. From 2006 to 2009, he headed the firm’s London office. He has also held numerous leadership roles in the firm.
Languages
Norwegian, English
Education
Cand. jur., University of Oslo
Lawyer Rankings
Norway > Commercial, corporate and M&A
The commercial, corporate and M&A team at Advokatfirmaet Schjødt AS is ‘hands-on and professional with a can-do attitude’, and has particular expertise in cross-border and public-to-private transactions. The practice is co-headed by Tord Fondevik, who is ‘a machine when it comes to execution power‘ and regularly acts for blue-chip companies, private equity funds and founders, particularly in the life sciences sector; and private equity specialist Robert Romansky. The group also includes Knut Smith-Erichsen, who co-heads the transactions department and is highly knowledgeable in private equity mandates and industrial M&A; Dag Sigvart Kaada, who assists private equity and blue-chip companies on matters relating to the technology, energy and oil and gas sectors; and Jon Kristian Sjåtil, who focuses on M&A and capital markets transactions. The ‘highly competent‘ Christoffer Bjerknes, who regularly assists private equity sponsors with investments, is also a key contact.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance (including shipping finance)
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Regulatory, compliance and investigations
- Real estate
- Regulatory, compliance and investigations