Commercial, corporate and M&A

Advokatfirmaet Thommessen AS

Client Satisfaction

Fielding a ‘very strong and highly competent’ team, Advokatfirmaet Thommessen AS advises an impressive client roster across the aquaculture, renewable energy, oil and gas, telecoms and biotech sectors. Practice head Christian Grüner Sagstad acts for a variety of private equity companies and other clients on M&A and equity capital markets transactions, while Hans Cappelen Arnesen is an M&A specialist who acts for private equity firms and investment banks, and Anders Arnkværn has proven experience in public and private M&A and capital market transactions. Other key names for M&A are Ervin Auren, Baard Bale, Sverre Tyrhaug and Solveig Fagerheim Bugge, while Lars Eirik Gåseide Røsås aptly advises on securities law and corporate law.

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Testimonials

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‘This is the go-to firm for all contracts and commercial negotiations as well as financial industry competence.’
'Anders Arnkværn is a very experienced and skilled negotiator who creates trust between parties.’
‘Solution oriented, flexible and straight forward. Excellent execution and pleasant to cooperate with.’
‘Efficiency, project management and internal cooperation.’
‘Very strong and highly competent team. ’
‘Knowledgeable, experienced and always available.’
‘They have the right resources to get the job done in due course with relevant expertise.’

Key clients

Altor Equity Partners
Triton Partners
Ferd
HitecVision
Norvestor
Storebrand
Kongsberg Gruppen
EQT
DNB
Bain Capital
Goldman Sachs
Det Norske Veritas Holding / DNV GL AS
Nordic Capital
KLP
Odfjell Drilling Ltd.
INEOS
BW Group
Oslo Børs VPS Holding
Belships ASA
CapMan
CBRE Caledon
Pioneer Property Group ASA
Reiten & Co.
Accel Management
Mercell Holding
Lyse
Komplett ASA
Accent Equity Partners AB
Assemblin AS
DSD AS
TD Veen AS
SpareBank 1 SR-Bank Markets/SpareBank 1 SR-Bank ASA
DNO ASA
EXP Group AS
EMK Capital
KLAR Partners
Nekkar ASA
eBay

Work highlights

Assisted the acquirer (the Tinius Trust/Blommenholm Industrier) in connection with the carve-out of the media business of Schibsted and acquisition of such business.
Acted for Altor Equity Partners AB on Norwegian law in public takeover of Oslo Stock Exchange listed Meltwater NV by Altor Equity Partners AB and M Marlin Management Co LLC through a jointly owned Dutch Bidco.
Advised Goldman Sachs Asset Management on its NOK6.6bn public takeover of Frøy ASA.

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