TMT
BAHR
Client SatisfactionThe ‘very solid and competent’ TMT team at BAHR stands out for its strength in transactional work. The team is jointly led by new partner Eirik Basmo Ellingsen, whose recent caseload includes a number of digitalisation projects, and Jacob A. Møller, who joined the team in March 2023 from an in-house position in the media industry. Other key individuals include licensing and franchising expert Lars G. Norheim as well as Lars Kristian Sande, who has a particular focus on transactional work in the telecoms industry. Managing associate Kjetil Wick Sætre joined the team in January 2023, strengthening the group’s data protection offering. Are Stenvik left to become a Supreme Court justice in August 2023.
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
‘The team has experience and competence which complement each other very well and which enable them to find good solutions to the most difficult cases.’
‘The team is led by the lawyer who I feel is the most experienced in the area, at least in Norway, Jacob Møller.’
‘Friendly and responsive lawyers providing very focused, pragmatic and commercially sound advice. All based on top industry knowledge.’
‘Kjetil Wick Sætre is a very skilled managing associate who has really good insight in complex issues involving privacy, data protection and GDPR.’
‘Lars Kristian Sande is our go-to guy in complex TMT transactions. Really stands out among others as very commercial, legally skilled and experienced. Truly the lawyer you want to have at your side.’
'Very solid and competent, and always alert.'
‘Strong TMT practice with broad expertise. They have built up a strong team over time.’
‘Jacob Møller brings a wealth of experience and is particularly good in M&A transactions.’
Key clients
- Adevinta
- Cognite
- Hub Ocean Foundation
- Merck & Co
- Nets
- Nordic Entertainment Group – NENT (TV3, Viaplay, Viasat, etc.)
- REITAN (REMA 1000, 7-Eleven)
- Schibsted
- Telenor
Work highlights
- Assisted software company Kiona and its shareholders, led by Summa Equity, Byggteknikk and Pivot Invest, in connection with the sale of approximately 82.4% of the shares in the company to Carel Industries.
- Assisted software company Working Group Two and its shareholders led by Telenor and Digital Alpha, a leading digital infrastructure investment firm, in connection with the sale of 100% of the shares in Working Group Two to global communications technology company Cisco.
- Assisting Color Line, one of the leading cruise ferry operators in Europe and Scandinavia, in relation to government demands for registering and reporting personal data relating to around two million passengers annually, due to the temporary reintroduction of border controls under the Schengen Border Code.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Jacob A. Møller, Eirik Basmo Ellingsen