About

Prior to joining leading Nordic investment advisory firm FSN Capital Partners as general counsel in January 2015 Rebecca Svensøy worked as a lawyer at law firm Schjødt in Oslo specialising in M&As and private equity. In 2014 she also held the position of general counsel and CEO at Validus, a retail holding company acquired by FSN Capital in 2013. Establishing the legal department of FSN Capital Partners, Svensøy’s operational experience has been essential in ensuring that the legal team provides valuable input on a risk based approach and in line with the entrepreneurial spirit of the firm. Responsible for governance and compliance she is also instrumental in advancing FSN Capital’s strong commitment to responsible investments. On the topic of responsibility, Svensøy comments ‘our ethos (we are decent people making a decent return in a decent way) guides the way we do business and is the basis of any advice from the legal team’. Svensøy has also grown to become a major asset to the firm contributing to further enhancing operational efficiency and closer cooperation with selected external law firms. She holds a Master’s in law from the University of Oslo, as well as an MBA from Bond University, Australia.