Advokatfirmaet Føyen AS

Firm overview: Advokatfirmaet Føyen is a firm of dedicated legal specialists, with extensive expertise in the areas of real estate, ICT media, employment, corporate law and public procurement. The firm has a well-established reputation for its high legal proficiency, providing clients with experienced attorneys who have comprehensive knowledge within their legal domains. Føyen regularly advises domestic and international enterprises. Clientele also includes organisations and public authorities. The firm works hard to ensure high quality and efficient service, and is committed to obtaining broad understanding of their clients industry and business.

Main areas of practice:

• Real estate
• Employment
• Technology, digitalisation and telecom
• Privacy and cyber security
• Intellectual property and marketing law
• Construction
• Public procurement
• Company law, transactions, taxes and fees

Department of real estate
Head of department: Anette Thunes

Føyen has one of Norway’s most experienced legal environments within real estate and assists some of the countries larger real estate operators. For many years the real estate team has assisted corporations on issues linked to major urban development projects. The team assists in all phases of development projects from the purchase of property, property development and structuring of ownership and letting, management and administration. It also assists at all stages of purchase and sale of property and property companies. Its work frequently involves contract negotiations and contract elaboration, choice of transaction structure with focus on tax and duty, due diligence implementation, financial assistance and documentation drafting.

Department of public procurement
Head of department: Vera Hovelsen

Føyen has, during the last years, expanded to become one of Norway’s largest and most experienced legal teams within public procurement. Føyen assists both public sector and tenderers in all matters concerning public procurement, both before and out of the court. Its public procurement team acts as primary legal advisor for some of the largest and most influential contracting authorities and parties, and have a highly experienced team for the handling of large and complex projects. Føyen is valued by clients for its sound judgement, fast responses and clear explanations. In addition to traditional counselling, its lawyers have authored books and numerous articles about public procurement, and they are highly sought after lecturers.

Department of construction
Head of department: Vera Hovelsen

Føyen’s construction team assists developers and contractors in all segments of the trade with the preparation of contracts, contract quality assurance, monitoring of construction projects, settlement negotiations and dispute resolution. The construction team assists the country’s most skilled market players on both the contractor and the developer side. The team also offers legal assistance with implementation of PPP projects. Construction lawyers have conducted a significant number of PPP projects on behalf of public employers in recent years, in new construction and building projects.

Department of technology, digitalisation and telecom
Head of department: Lars Folkvard Giske

Føyen has one of Norway’s leading ICT teams, highly specialised on ICT agreements, outsourcing, media and TV distribution, intellectual property, cloud computing, BPO, data protection and privacy. The team offers a full range of legal services to the IT, telecommunications and media industries. Among the firm’s clients are some of the top national and international firms. ICT and media companies on the supplier side, including several large consultancy, outsourcing and service suppliers. The ICT team also advises many large companies on the customer side with procurements ICT and media law.

Department of employment
Head of department: Preben Haugmoen Mo

Føyen offers legal advice on all aspects of labour law. The employment team places special emphasis on providing its clients with practical and solution-oriented representation. The team provides assistance with change processes, transactions, outsourcing, reorganisation and downsizing. The team also has broad experience and expertise in dismissal cases, contracts, collective bargaining, working hour agreements, HSE, and protection against disloyal competition. The employment team represents national and international enterprises as well as organisations and public entities. The firm’s lawyers regularly litigate before all courts of law, including the Supreme Court.

Department of company law, transactions, taxes and fees
Head of department: Marianne Killengreen

The team is highly specialised in company law, tax, VAT, competition law and state aid. The team works independently as well as in teams with other expertise in the firm offering advice and solutions in complex transactions and other matters. The team has extensive experience with the design of company structures, company transactions, incorporation of companies, shareholders’ agreements, joint venture agreements, directors’ liability, corporate governance, equity transactions, mergers/demergers, conversion and liquidation of companies. Tax matters include assistance in intra-group restructurings, business transfers, and equity transactions. VAT assistance includes general advice and in particular advice on real-estate transactions and operations. The team performs competition law advice and filings with the Competition Authority.