About

Following seven years at law firm Wiersholm, Thomas Stølen’s extensive record of advising on corporate law caught the attention of Danske Bank Norge. He was recruited in 2008 as the company’s chief legal adviser and, three years later, appointed legal adviser for corporates and institutions, helping the bank rebrand in Norway from Fokus Bank to Danske Bank in 2012. Following a reorganisation of the legal team in 2016, Stølen became head of legal Norway and today manages a team of thirteen lawyers. Describing his work and that of the team’s, Stølen says, ‘we enable decisions that are legally sound and sustainable and we cooperate closely with the rest of the bank to manage Danske Bank’s legal risks. We cooperate closely with our colleagues in the rest of Danske Bank Legal on a number of global projects and transactions ranging from regulatory implementations, development of new digital products and solutions [for example, around fintech], leveraged loans and corporate finance transactions’.