CMS Kluge
Client SatisfactionCMS Kluge’s energy, industry and climate department handles the full range of transactional, regulatory, and contentious work across the oil and gas, renewables and electricity sectors. License transactions, E&P development projects, and offshore mandates are key areas of expertise on the oil and gas side, and a core pillar of work for the team includes advising oil and gas companies on the transition into the renewable energy space; the ‘service-minded, efficient, and experienced’ Olav Hasaas oversees the team and is a key contact for the latter. Other core individuals include litigator Asle Bjelland; Siv Madland, who takes point on upstream and oil services industry contract work, and Stig Even Jakobsen, who is the name to note for M&A deals. Kjetil Stensvik left the team in December 2022 and is now at Wiersholm and Camilla Grytten departed to Advokatfirmaet Schjødt in early 2024.
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
‘Great at communication. Good understanding of the law. Pragmatic. Fast. Result-oriented.’
‘Self-motivated and effective team members.’
‘The team has good knowledge of the renewable energy sector, and are able to draw on experience from other sectors such as oil and gas to provide advice for new sectors, such as offshore wind.’
‘Olav Hasaas is service minded, efficient and experienced.’
‘All of the partners, including Olav Hasaas, responded to our request and inquiry in very short time which made our tight process feasible in time. We appreciate their genuine dedication over the whole period of the service.’
‘Great knowledge of EU regulations important for the district heating sector in Norway.’
‘Within oil and gas, we have worked with several partners such as Olav Hasaas and Siv Madland - all delivering excellent legal advice in a time and cost efficient manner.’
Key clients
- Gassnova
- Kansai Electric Company/KPIC Netherlands
- Drammen Municipality
- KLP Pension Fund
- Hydro Rein
- CO2 Capsol
- Norsk Hydro
- Aarbakke AS
- AF Aeronmollier AS
- Densiq AS
- Endvision AS
- Gassnova SF
- LOTOS Exploration and Production Norge AS
- Optilift AS
- Petoro AS
- Pandion Energy AS
- Repsol Norge AS
- Scandinavian Fittings and Flanges AS
- The Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy
- Total E&P Norge AS
- Wellesley Petroleum AS
Work highlights
- Advising Gassnova on the Longship CCS full-scale demonstration project, subsidised by the Norwegian state.
- Advised Drammen Municipality as the majority owner of Glitre Energi on the merger between Agder Energi and Glitre Energi, two of the leading Norway-based power companies, to form Å Energi.
- Advised LOTOS Exploration and Production Norge AS on a suite of commercial agreements for the fields in the Yggdrasil (formerly NOAKA) area, the largest field development on the Norwegian Continental Shelf.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Olav Hasaas