Selmer
The ‘strategic and clever’ group at Selmer handles a broad mix of renewable energy and oil and gas mandates, including M&A, licensing transactions, contract work, and development projects. Instructions relating to hydropower, solar power, and wind power, both onshore and offshore, form core pillars of work on the renewables side, overseen by practice head Håkon Sandbekk. Other key names on the renewables front include electricity sector expert Liv Monica Stubholt and Martin Tandstad Ege, who focuses his practice on advising clients in the supplier industry. Thomas G. Michelet leads the oil and gas team and handles corporate, licensing and transactional mandates. Michelet works alongside regulatory specialist Øyvind Olimstad as well as Nicolai Myren, who is also recommended for cross-border work.
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Testimonials
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‘Top legal skills, strategic and clever.’
‘Thomas Michelet offers the kind of legal advice you want and need in difficult M&A negotiations. His eye for detail goes beyond most lawyers. Øyvind Olimstad is the perfect match for Thomas with his in-depth understanding of the regulatory regime on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. With his straightforward, "devil's advocate" attitude, Øyvind differentiates himself from many other lawyers.’
‘Highly skilled lawyers.’
‘I have worked with several legal practices in Norway on oil and gas transactions over the past decade and Selmer stands out. Definitely my go-to advisers.’
‘For us, Selmer covers all relevant legal areas. As an oil and gas client, we find their team and support best in class.’
'Nicolai Myren has a long term relationship with our Company. In our clear opinion, Myren is the most valuable lawyer, also in our region of Norway. He brings in-depth legal knowledge combined with commercial understanding.'
‘We enjoy working with Selmer, especially in the oil and gas areas. They have very good skills and experience. And most of all these people are very innovative, come up with creative solutions.’
‘The individual we work with most is Thomas Michelet. He is a very dynamic person with overwhelming knowledge from the energy sector.’
Key clients
- Statnett
- Statkraft
- BKW Energie
- Solør Bioenergy
- Havfram
- Varanger Kraft
- Å Energi (formerly Agder Energi)
- Norseman Wind
- Iberdrola
- Morrow Batteries
- Green Ammonia Berlevåg
- EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg
- Corio Generation
- Dragefossen
- Ny Energi
- Finnmark Kraft
- Renewables Consulting Group Nordic
- Wind Catching Systems
- Norwegian Export Credit Agency (GIEK)
- SR Bank
- Yantai CIMC Raffles Offshore
- Stena Drilling
- COSL (China Oilfield Services)
- TechnipFMC
- Hafslund Oslo Celsio
- Haliburton
- OKEA
- Petrolia NOCO
- Ocean Installer
- Vår Energi
- Rosenberg Worley
- IKM Gruppen
- WellConnection
- Swire Energy Services
- Semi
- HitecVision/Moreld
- Carbon Circle
- Gasum
- KANFA
- Intelligent Mud Solutions
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Work highlights
- Advised Hafslund Oslo Celsio on its carbon capture and storage (CCS) project at the waste-to-energy plant at Klemetsrud, which is one of two large-scale CCS projects in Norway developed in conjunction with and in its initial phase co-funded by government financial support.
- Advised a consortium consisting of Å Energi and Corio Generation on, among others, a joint venture set-up; and bid preparation in the first allocation round for floating offshore wind projects in Norway.
- Representing KANFA in relation to a project for the construction of a new topside for a major FPSO currently under construction in China, which is to be delivered to one of the major FPSO owners and operators.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Håkon Sandbekk, Thomas G. Michelet