International & Cross-Border Capabilities
Global Guide 2024 : Norway
Band 1
About
Provided by Wiersholm
Wiersholm is a local law firm with an international orientation. Our network, our lawyers’ international experience and our cooperation with actors in other countries give us an international focus that benefits our clients.
Our international strategy is driven by the value that complex transactions require top tier legal expertise rooted in a deep knowledge of local practice, customs and culture. From our office in Oslo, we assist our clients wherever they are in the world. In this regard, we often use our extensive international network of law firms and partners, which covers the whole world and is the result of systematic work with long-term relationships. The network consists exclusively of top tier companies, and is administered and followed up regularly by our international committee.
Through our network, we can offer local advice in more than 100 different jurisdictions. The international partners are either organized through networks such as Club de Abogados, or the respective networks of a number of our top tier contacts, such as Freshfields, Linklaters and Allen & Overy. In the jurisdictions where we do not have a current partner, we will quickly be able to find a suitable partner through our international relations.
We can coordinate and manage the work conducted by our partners as subcontractors. We cooperate seamlessly across borders and are happy to take on the role as project manager to offer our clients a clear and uniform interface.
Chambers Review
Wiersholm is one of the top-end full-service law firms in Norway and offers local strength together with good overseas connections to coordinate cross-border work. The law firm assists Norwegian companies investing and expanding abroad, as well as multinationals headquartered in Norway on cross-border matters in the Nordic region. It has experience acting in a lead counsel role for clients coordinating the work of foreign firms. It also regularly acts on inbound instructions, partnering with leading global law firms and other independent practices overseas.
The law firm is especially active coordinating matters on behalf of private equity funds, insurance and energy companies, as well as banks from the Nordics and across Europe and the USA. It often acts in a local counsel role on global instructions involving Latin America, the Middle East and APAC. Its expertise ranges from cross-border corporate/M&A, finance and compliance through to litigation.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Wiersholm are very experienced in cross-border matters."
"Wiersholm are good at handling matters with extensive cross-border aspects."
"Wiersholm are very experienced in cross-border matters."
"Wiersholm are good at handling matters with extensive cross-border aspects."
Industries
Provided by Wiersholm
Acquisition and disposition of Norwegian entities
Antitrust
Bankruptcy and international creditors' issues
Capital market transactions
ESG
Employment and pensions
Executive compensation and estate planning for international corporate executives
Financing transactions
Government relations, including foreign government issues
Human rights
Intellectual property, including patent registration
Real estate
Renewable energy
Tax
Technology transfers and joint ventures