About

Steinar Nyrud has built up the legal department of Höegh from one lawyer in 2005 to a team of six today. ‘The business has expanded and we have had to expand with it. The legal department serves in a matrix system that has to cover a diverse set of business and legal challenges. The team covers ‘two shipping companies, a real estate company and an investment activity owned and controlled by the Høegh family’. Nyrud has drawn particular plaudits for winning a major tax dispute against the Norwegian authorities, which was well covered in the market. His other significant work includes having a defining role in the stock listing of one of Höegh’s companies and leading a transaction that brought A.P. Møller-Maersk into the group as a co-shareholder.