Fielding a ‘continuously available and hands-on’ team, Kvale Advokatfirma DA’s banking and finance offering acts for large financial services clients on complex refinancing and restructuring transactions. The ‘super attentive’ Hillevi Torngren Myhre heads up the practice and handles a broad range of financing transactions, including bond loan, derivate, and structured product work, in addition to financial regulatory matters. Stine Snertingdalen is praised for her ‘huge depth of talent and expertise’ in insolvency-related banking finance matters, as well as her broad experience advising on the full range of refinancing structures. At associate level, Stephanie Brungot is recommended for acquisition financing work.
Testimonials
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- 'The Kvale team has been continuously available and hands-on in our projects. They have demonstrated a solution-oriented approach and dedication to progress. Hillevi Torngren Myhre has handled matters delicately and professionally, her team displaying great collaboration and communication skills throughout the transaction.’
‘Hillevi Torngren Myhre is super attentive and quick. Combines great legal skills with practical and solution oriented advice.’
‘Many lawyers with different backgrounds. Complementary subject areas in one place.’
‘Solution oriented. Service minded and very good communication skills.’
- 'All of the partners I’ve worked with have extensive restructuring experience and are capable of managing complex restructuring transactions.'
- 'They bring truly deep expertise and a willingness to play a hands on role in guiding companies through complex and challenging processes. The people on the team were the differentiator here – top talent with great ability to work with an executive team and bring them along in the process.’
‘Stine Snertingdalen has a huge depth of talent and expertise. Her availability and work style is fantastic and she has a hugely positive impact on the outcome of the process. On top, she is a superb practitioner. Goal oriented, commercially astute and very direct in her advice.'
Key clients
- DNB Bank
- Collector Bank
- Collector Bank, Norway branch
- Danske Bank
- Nordea Bank
- Arctic Securities
- Nordic Trustee
- EksFin (Export Finance Norway)
- Nordic Mining
- Sparebank 1 SR-bank
- SpareBank 1 Østlandet
- Sparebanken Møre
- Skue Sparebank
- Valdres Sparebank
- Sogn Sparebank
- Melhusbanken
- Agder Sparebank
- Gordon Brothers
Work highlights
- Advising Nordic Mining and its subsidiary Nordic Rutile on a financing package of $270m in total, to be used for construction of the first new mine in Norway in circa 40 years. The financing package consists of a combination of convertible loan, bond loan, royalty agreement and equity.
- Advising a shipowner as borrower in respect of a NOK1bn ship financing arranged by a syndicate of banks and the Norwegian export credit agency.
- Advising a European private equity company on its acquisition financing of a Norwegian company in the bitcoin business.
Lawyers
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Hillevi Torngren Myhre