Simonsen Vogt Wiig is a Norwegian law firm with a history stretching back to 1894. The firm has offices in Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim, Stavanger, Kristiansand, Tromsø and Singapore.
Focusses / specialisms
The firm is a strong performer in Norway across the spectrum of financial and corporate work.
The firm excels within the banking area, where it works for borrowers and lenders on a variety of cross-border issues from complex and bespoke syndicated loans to regulatory matters. The banking team is recognised for its market-leading strength in export, project, aviation and ship finance.
The firm’s equity capital markets practice advises on the full spectrum of transactions across both private and public capital markets.
M&A has been an area of recent growth, with the firm increasingly becoming more capable of acting on the market’s largest mandates.
In project development the firm covers a wide range of Norwegian sectors and does high volumes of work in electricity and renewable energy, oil and gas and infrastructure.
Key clients
Key recent clients include Prime Capitalm, RWE Wind Norway, Norwegian Export Credit Guarantee Agency, NAEV Solventus, Gassnova, SkagerakNett, HRS, Helse Fonna, Norwegian Telecom Regulator, Zwipe, Norwegian Air Shuttle, Huddly, Play Magnus, Skitude Holding, Inviso, HBK Holding, FSN Capital, Håndverksgruppen, Adelis Equity, Core Equity and Nordlo.
Research period review: 33rd edition (2023/2024)
During the research period, the firm was active in banking and finance, equity capital markets, M&A and project development.
In terms of banking and finance work, the firm has attracted clients from industries such as energy, financial services, fisheries and aquaculture and aviation.
In equity capital markets the firm advised on IPOs and secondary share offerings for technology and consumer goods companies.
In the realm of M&A, the firm was active in technology, financial services and consumer goods.
In project development the firm’s clients came from the financial services, energy and power sectors.
Deal highlights: 33rd edition (2023/2024)
AKA $48 million senior secured bond issue
Hima Seafood $ 250 million private placement
Unicare group $18 million credit facilities agreements
Client Feedback: 33rd edition (2023/2024)
Capital markets
"Very good specialist competence, giving high priority to clients, and ensure timely reponse"
"Commercially oriented, always available, pleasant to work with, highly valuable speaking partne.r"
M&A
"They have helped us both with big acquisitions and small and knows what level of help we need. They have relevant questions, feedback and suggest relevant advice in next course of action."
"They are experts in oil & gas and deliver good quality work product."
"Overall I’m very satisfied with SVW. They’re skilled professionals who understand the nordic market."
"Proactive, Efficient, available"
"Understand our business.”
Amund Fougner Bugge
"Skilled. Likeable. Hard working."
"Available, Proactive, Problem Solving"
"Splendid on delivering the appropriate solution in a timely manner, avoiding entering into legal discussions irrelevant to the task at hand."
"He understands our business well and what counsel we need. He is very easy to get hold off and is listening on what we want the outcome to be and applies that to his advice."
"Very knowledgeable regarding our business."
Gunnar Espeland
"I think the best thing about Gunnar is how he makes it easy to work with him. He connects on a personal level and really listens to our needs."
Christian Berg Meland
"Strong legal skills and relevant experience combined with a strong commercial mindset."
