Norway

Aabø-Evensen & Co

Firm overview

Aabø-Evensen is a law firm specializing in mergers, acquisitions (M&A) and capital market transactions. Our assignments are carried out with small teams of highly skilled and experienced lawyers. Our goal is not to become a large law firm. Our goal is to keep the flexibility of a smaller company, and deliver quality in line with or better than major international companies. Aabø-Evensen represents both national and international clients. This includes both European and global private equity funds, real estate and infrastructure funds, family offices and venture capital funds. In addition, we also represent entrepreneurs, investors as well as listed and unlisted companies. The partnership in Aabø-Evensen is characterized by an "entrepreneurial spirit" in our way of thinking and acting, and international in our training and practice. Since our firm’s inception in 2002, we have established a broad international network of leading international law firms.

Thommessen

Firm overview

Established in 1856, Thommessen is considered to be one of Norway’s leading commercial law firms. The firm has offices in Oslo, Bergen, Stavanger and London. The firm provides advice to Norwegian and international companies as well as organisations in the public and private sectors, ranging from SMEs to large multi-national corporations. Thommessen covers all business related fields of law.

Thommessen assists businesses with transactions, complex projects and contentious matters in all areas of commercial law. Their robust professional legal expertise is combined with in-depth industry knowledge, and their lawyers stay abreast of trends and developments on an ongoing basis in order to provide advice which facilitates long-term value creation.

Wiersholm

Firm overview

Wiersholm is an internationally oriented firm of lawyers, dedicated to covering the needs of the business community for strategic advice on business law, operational legal assistance and legal proceedings. The firm’s services are based on top legal competence combined with efficiency and understanding of how business works. Our lawyers and business support staff work in a focused and determined way to perform beyond the client’s expectations.

Wikborg Rein

Firm overview

Wikborg Rein is a full service international law firm and our lawyers have expert knowledge within a wide range of competence areas and industries. Providing clients with first-class legal assistance is firm's top priority. Our purpose is to develop the best team to provide the best advice – today and in the future. We are a Norwegian law firm with Norwegian and international law operations through our offices in Oslo, Bergen and Stavanger, its branch office in Shanghai and offices through its subsidiaries in London and Singapore (this constitutes the group). The group mainly offers legal advice, including litigation and transaction advice, to Norwegian and international businesses. Wikborg Rein has 382 employees including partners, with the split across our various offices as follows: Oslo 234, Bergen 59, Stavanger 5, London 64, Shanghai 12 and Singapore 8.

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Capital markets : Debt

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