Schjodt LLP

With an uncompromising dedication to professional expertise, business understanding and client service, Schjødt aims to be the first choice when the stakes are high and important values are in play.

With its 320 legal professionals across offices in Oslo, Stavanger, Ålesund, Bergen, Stockholm, Copenhagen and London, Schjødt is internationally recognised and respected as one of Scandinavia’s top-tier law firms and the only firm with a full-service offering in all Scandinavian markets in addition to strong UK law capabilities. To ensure the best qualified and most suited lawyers for any given matter, all assignments are allocated and staffed by department heads.

The firm strives to maintain a continuous high level of knowledge amongst its colleagues; therefore, the firm has an internal educational institution, Schjødt Academy, that is continuously tailored to develop the skills of its legal professionals and staff.

The London office of Schjødt was established as a part of the merger with Michelet & Co, initially focusing on projects and disputes in the oil and gas sectors. Since then, the office has grown rapidly into a broad service practice offering advice on corporate acquisitions, all types of debt and equity finance, projects and disputes in the shipping and offshore sectors. The office has particular expertise in the developing areas of offshore practice, including LNG, floating production, and renewables. The office is situated in the heart of the City of London, close to the Royal Exchange and Cheapside, and offers cutting-edge English law advice to both Scandinavian and international clients.

Practice areas worldwide: banking and finance, capital markets, China desk, construction, corporate compliance and crisis management, data protection and privacy, defence and space, digital innovation and TMT, dispute resolution, employment and pension, EU and competition, financial services, fisheries and aquaculture, German desk, insurance, intellectual property, life sciences, litigation and arbitration, media, mergers and acquisitions, mining and minerals, oil and gas, private equity and venture capital, public contracts, public procurement, real estate, renewable energy, restructuring and insolvency, sanctions and export control, shipping and offshore, sustainability law, tax, trade and industry and white-collar crime.