Lawyers

Sigurd Opedal

Sigurd Opedal

Wikborg Rein, Norway

Work Department

Company Law, M&A, Capital Markets

Position

Sigurd Opedal is a Partner at Wikborg Rein's Oslo office and is head of the firm's M&A practice. He works primarily with M&A, private equity transactions and capital markets transactions. Opedal is ranked as one of Norway's leading lawyers within mergers & acquisitions by Chambers Global, Chambers Europe, Legal 500, IFLR and the Norwegian Financial Daily and is among the top 3 lawyers in the Norwegian market with the most transactions reported to Mergermarket for the period comprising the last five years.

Career

2007 – Partner (Chairman of the Board 2023-), Wikborg Rein 2004 – 2006 Senior Associate, Wikborg Rein, Oslo 2002 – 2004 Associate, Wikborg Rein, Oslo 2001 Deputy Judge, Horten 1999 – 2001 Associate, Wikborg Rein, Oslo

Memberships

Norwegian Bar Association

Education

2002 Practising Certificate 1998 Cand. jur., University of Oslo 1992 Business Economist, The Norwegian School of Management BI

Mentions

Norway

Commercial, corporate and M&A

Leading partner