Wikborg Rein

Financial Regulation

Ole heads the firm's Financial Regulations practice, and has comprehensive experience advising all types of regulated entities. This includes investment firms, managers of UCITS and AIFs, banks, insurance/pension, payment services/fintech, virtual currencies and investor conduct. He has led a number of processes towards the Norwegian Financial Supervisory Authority, including advising in obtaining licenses etc, but also in connection with contentious cases related to administrative sanctions within the areas of AML, MAR, shareholding disclosure and short selling. He previously worked as Head of Legal in investment bank Carnegie AS, and he has in-depth and practical knowledge about the regulatory framework surrounding investment firms, asset managers, investor behaviour and adjacent regulations. Prior to this, Ole worked as a lawyer in law firm Thommessen, where he mainly worked with financial regulations, advising a wide range of regulated entities, as well as company law and disputes within these areas.

2019 - Partner, Wikborg Rein, Oslo 2016 - 2019 Head of Legal, Carnegie AS 2008 - 2016 Senior Lawyer/Lawyer/Associate, Advokatfirmaet Thommessen AS 2010 - 2014 Part time lecturer, Treider Law School 2006 - 2008 Trainee, various law firms

2010 Practising certificate 2008 Master of Laws, University of Oslo