Advokatfirmaet Thommessen AS

Oil and gas, Oil service, M&A and corporate law, Venture Capital, Technology and digitalisation

Partner. Thomas is a corporate generalist attorney with substantial transaction experience, in particular within the upstream oil and gas-, oil service-, industrial- and tech sectors. His broad M&A and corporate law practice includes corporate deals, asset transactions, fundraising processes and restructurings. He has been advising E&P companies on a range of issues, including a substantial number of license/asset transactions on the NCS. The last years, Thomas has also been advising tech companies in their growth and exit processes. He has been recognised in international legal rankings, both within corporate/M&A and oil and gas, for a number of years.

2020- Partner, Stavanger office, Thommessen; 2008-2020 Partner, Kluge; 2004-2007 Attorney, Kluge; 2002-2003 Associate, Kluge; 2000-2001 Deputy Judge, Sandnes District Court; 1998-1999 Associate, DLA Piper.

Norwegian; English

Norwegian Bar Association

1992-1998 Candidate in Jurisprudence, University of Bergen; 1996 Student exchange program, University of Wisconsin Law School