Selmer's practice is ‘very commercially minded’ and advises across a wide range of issues encompassing corporate and M&A work, private equity mandates and venture capital transactions, with specialist knowledge in the energy, natural resources, retail and aquaculture sectors. Practice head Camilla Magnus is a specialist in corporate and M&A, private equity and corporate governance, while private equity expert Are Herrem has ‘excellent business acumen and is very proactive’. Robert Sveen is a ’top pick when it comes to M&A related work‘ including public and private M&A and equity capital markets transactions, and Jon Fredrik Johansen is another sought after practitioner. The team also includes corporate finance specialist Ingar Solheim, Remi Dramstad, who specialises in private equity, corporate finance and venture capital work, and Margaret Solberg, who primarily handles M&A transactions and shareholder issues.

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‘Very commercially minded and finds solutions to issues. Not afraid of giving advice on what to do, rather than just providing legal opinions.’
‘High professional competence, available and open for discussion of various possibilities.’
‘Very strong legal capabilities, but always with a commercial mindset. They understand the underlying business in detail.’
‘The team, and particularly Are Herrem, has excellent business acumen and is very proactive. We like them very much, as they think well beyond the legal issues and see things in a real business perspective.'
‘We have enjoyed working with Ingar Solheim. He is able to connect with people in a good way, create trust and also make complicated matters simple.’
‘Ingar Solheim and Camilla Magnus both have an extremely strong legal toolbox and commercial mindset. Full trust from our end when it comes to relying on them in intense deal situations.’
‘I have been actively engaging with lawyers in Norway and abroad for three decades. Robert Sveen is my top pick when it comes to M&A related work. He is agile, pragmatic, business minded and smart.’

Key clients

KKR
Sequoia
Summa Equity
EQT
Orkla
Scatec
Ramudden
Solør Bioenergi
Skala Gruppen (Tine/Nortura)
Altor/QNTM Group
Gjensidige Forsikring
Kitron
Europris

Work highlights

Advised Sequoia Capital China (Sequoia) on its acquisition/IBO of Holzweiler Holding, a fashion and lifestyle label, in Sequoia’s first investment in Norway.
Advised Solør Bioenergi Varme on its acquisition of shares in Oplandske Bioenergi, a Norway-based production company of biochar-based products.
Advised NTI Group on the sale of the business to Axcel Management, a Nordic private equity company.