SANDS
More informationThe energy team at SANDS has a multidisciplinary offering that spans M&A, project financing and development, dispute resolution, and regulatory expertise. Lars Berge Andersen has a ‘large pool of practical experience and understanding of industry processes’ and heads up the firm’s oil and gas team; Andersen focuses on upstream oil and gas mandates, including international offshore projects, contentious mandates, and transactional work for asset owners and suppliers. Alf Øystein Skudal leads the renewables team and is a key contact for hydropower and grid sector clients.
Testimonials
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‘Sands is great within this area.’
‘Lars Berge Andersen stands out.’
‘Professional and always responds on time.’
‘I work with Lars Berge Andersen, who is my contact in Sands. He is very professional in practice and has structural thinking. He always gives me valuable advice when I raise questions and concerns.’
‘Skilled and know segment well.’
‘High availability and efficient solutions.’
‘Working with Sands related to several projects and frame agreements has proved to be a positive experience. The coverage of all questions has been very helpful in steering our discussions with suppliers and customers around potential pitfalls and has as such been beneficial to our company.’
‘Lars Berge Andersen has been one of the most receptive and responsive people in the legal trade that I have been working with in the last 20 years. His guidance, based on ample experience, has been extremely beneficial. It is evident that Lars draws from a large pool of practical experience and understanding of industry processes.’
Key clients
- Login Vinterbro AS
- Captiva Capital
- Kraftanmelding AS
- Gudbrandsdal Energi
- Dønnesfjord Vindpark AS
- Kraftia Energi AS
- Vesterålskraft AS
- Aventus Green Technology AS
- Sira Kvina Kraftselskap
- Ren Røros AS
- Småkraft AS
- Buskerud Salg
- Energihuset Marked AS
- GNP Energy AS
- Marwil Energy
- DeepOcean AS
- OSM Thome
- Dakarnave Shipyard
- Ezone
- Biomarine S.r.l
- Hammerfest Industriservice
- Scana ASA
- DeepOcean Group
- Archer ASA
- Høegh LNG
- Atlantica Tender Drilling
- Borealis/Australis Maritime
- Empower Oilfield Services
- Global Green Capital
- Sensorlink
- Frydenbø Group
- Safelink
- Umoe Group
- Managed Pressure Operations
- MHWirth (now part of HMH, a JV with Baker Hughes)
- Nekkar ASA
- PG Flow Solutions
- Data Gumbo
Work highlights
- Advised Akastor ASA (listed subsidiary of Aker ASA) on the sale of global oil service provider AGR Group to ABL.
- Advised listed Scana ASA, and its subsidiaries on a wide range of national and international project assignments.
- Advised Höegh LNG, the leading global provider of Floating LNG solutions on the tendering, contact negotiation and structuring and post-execution work of a long range of international projects related to the provision of floating LNG storage and regasification units.
Lawyers
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Alf Øystein Skudal, Lars Berge Andersen