Advokatfirmaet Thommessen AS is ‘capable, pragmatic and solution oriented’ and is sought after for its expertise in public and private cross-border M&A work, particularly in combination with equity issues and debt financings. Practice head Christian Grüner Sagstad acts for a variety of private equity companies and other clients on M&A and equity capital markets transactions. Hans Cappelen Arnesen  is a capital markets and M&A expert, who advises a variety of corporate clients, private equity houses and investment banks; and Anders Arnkværn is highly experienced in public and private M&A and capital market transactions. The group also includes Ervin Auren, who advises on national and international M&A and capital markets transactions; and Baard Bale, who acts in numerous public and private M&A and capital markets transactions. Tore Mydske, who has great ‘commercial skills’, and Solveig Fagerheim Bugge are also key contacts.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘The Thommessen team has a great combination of availability, legal and commercial skills.’

  • ‘The team is very capable, pragmatic and solution-oriented. Strong team. One of the best (if not the best) in Norway.’

  • ‘Competency, availability, market and sector knowledge, and legal finesse.’

  • ‘Tore Mydske is Norway's best on finance regulatory issues in combination with commercial skills.’

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

Work highlights

  • Advised Goldman Sachs Asset Management on its NOK6.6bn public takeover of Frøy ASA.
  • Advised Glitre Energi in connection with the merger with Agder Energi AS.
  • Assisted Danske Bank with the cross-border business combination between the Danish leading digital wallet, MobilePay, and the Norwegian wallet Vipps.

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Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Christian Grüner Sagstad

Other key lawyers

Hans Cappelen Arnesen, Anders Arnkværn, Ervin Auren, Baard Bale, Tore Mydske, Solveig Fagerheim Bugge