Commercial, corporate and M&A

BAHR

Client Satisfaction

BAHR fields an excellent corporate and M&A practice, which is ‘very solution oriented’ and has particular expertise in private equity transactions as well as sector-specific knowledge in the oil and energy, real estate and infrastructure industries. Practice head Øystein Guvåg specialises in M&A transactions and private equity matters, while Lars Kristian Sande is the deputy head of the practice and an expert in advising both private equity and industrial investors on telecoms and technology transactions. Svein Gerhard Simonnæs, Robin Bakken and Lars Knem Christie are all key contacts for public M&A. The group also includes the private equity expert Børre Sofus Arnet, Jon Christian Thaulow, who is particularly experienced in the energy related industries, and Erik Langseth, who focuses on M&A and real estate transactions. Anne Dahl Frisak, who particularly focuses on M&A within the shipping, aquaculture and offshore sectors, is also a key practitioner.

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Testimonials

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‘They are always there to help when we need it.’
‘They have a unique knowledge of our company.’
‘Very good and professional team. Nice and down to earth people that are very solution oriented, which is surprisingly unique.’
'High competence on our industry. Focused on business impact. Flexible and proactive in making sure all key tasks are handled.'

Key clients

Arctic Securities
Aker, including its affiliates, Aker Solutions, Aker BP, Aker Energy, Aker Horizons
SalMar ASA
Explore Equity
Norvestor Equity (and portfolio companies)
Axcel
HitecVision (and portfolio companies)
REITAN
Turnstone Private Equity
Blackstone
Equip Capital
Maersk
Nordea
DNB Bank
Triton

Work highlights

Advised an investor consortium consisting of Hafslund Eco AS, HitecVision and Infranode on the acquisition of Fortum’s 50% stake in Fortum Oslo Varme AS (now Hafslund Oslo Celsio AS), the largest supplier of district heating in Norway.
Advised Aker Solutions on its agreements with SLB (formerly Schlumberger) and Subsea7 to combine Aker Solutions’ and SLB’s subsea oil and gas businesses into a joint venture to be owned by Aker Solutions, SLB and Subsea 7.
Advised SalMar on a large and complex public M&A transaction, involving five listed companies, and resulting in a major structural change to some of Norway’s largest salmon farming companies.

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