Kaare Oftedal leads the energy team at DLA Piper, which handles M&A, debt offerings, project finance work, and regulatory mandates for clients in the wind and hydropower sectors. Oftedal has a broad practice with a focus on transactional work relating to renewables, including asset sales, M&A, project financings and investments. Siren Skalstad Ellensen has extensive experience advising domestic and international renewables and infrastructure players on M&A, equity transactions, and reorganisations.
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Key clients
- GE Vernova
- Swiss Life Asset Manager AG (SLAM)
- Norsk Vannkraft
- Repvåg Kraftlag
- Ljustjok Kraftlag
- Nordkynn Kraftlag
- Aqualung Carbon Capture
- STX Group
- Biopower
- Arbaflame
- RaKon
- Ming Yang Wind Power Group
- Odal Vindkraftverk
- Renantis (Falck Renewables)
- Nordic Wind Power
- Energy Infrastructure Partners
- Cloudberry Clean Energy
- Cube Infrastructure Managers
- Cube Energy III
- Frevar
- OX2 Wind
- Emerging Acquisitions
- Gassnova
- Credit Suisse
- Sarpsborg Avfallsenergi
Work highlights
- Advised GE Vernova’s Digital Business on the acquisition of 100% of the shares in Greenbird Integration Technology AS.
- Advised Cloudberry Clean Energy on the sale of Åmotsfoss, Selselva and Nessakraft hydropower plants to Norsk Vannkraft AS.
- Advising Repvåg Kraftlag, Ljustjok Kraftlag and Nordkynn Kraftlag on the potential merger between the three companies, becoming a major energy player in the northern part of Norway, and handling the following merger between their grid company subsidiaries.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Kaare Oftedal