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Lars Gunnar Aas

Lars Gunnar Aas

Work Department

Capital markets, Corporate/M&A, Private equity, Renewable energy, power and transmission, Banking and finance, Technology/IPR

Position

Lars Gunnar Aas specializes in M&A and private equity, and his extensive experience covers a wide range of international and domestic transactions, strategic investments and cooperation between shareholders, where he represents corporates, private equity/venture capital funds and other financial sponsors and investors. Clients rely on Aas for advice on transactions in all sectors, with a particular focus on technology and knowledge businesses and the renewable energy sector. His competencies also include capital markets and financial regulatory matters, and he regularly advises on acquisition financing.

Aas is recommended by all major international rankings for his transaction work, including Chambers & Partners, Legal 500 and IFLR 100. Legal 500 ranks Aas as one of the “Leading Individuals” in Norway for Corporate and M&A. He is also specifically lauded for his work in the renewable energy sector where IFLR 1000 rates him as “Highly Regarded”.

Career

Partner, CLP (2023-) Managing Partner, CLP (2021-2023) Partner, CLP (2008-2021) Senior Lawyer/Senior Associate/Associate, Wikborg Rein in Oslo and London (2001-2007) Secondment at Allen & Overy LLP, London, Corporate Department, Financial Institutions Group (2005) Compliance Officer in E*TRADE Norge (2001) Advisor at the Judge Advocate General (2000)

Languages

Scandinavian languages and English

Memberships

Member of the Norwegian Bar Association

Education

Practising Certificate as Attorney-at-Law (2002), Master of Law, University of Oslo, Norway (1999), Examen Philosophicum, University of Oslo (1993)

Mentions

Norway

Commercial, corporate and M&A

Hall of fame
Norway

Energy