Advokatfirmaet Haavind AS

Firm Details:

Chairman: Johnny Johansen

Number of partners: 48

Number of Lawyers: Appr. 160

Languages: English, Italian, French, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian

Firm Overview:

Haavind is one of Norway’s leading law firms. The firm is located in central Oslo and provides legal services to businesses, covering all aspects of commercial law. Haavind is a full-service law firm with several of the largest companies in Norway, as well as public sector, as clients. The firm’s goal is to create added value for its customers by offering legal advice of the highest quality combined with comprehensive industry knowledge. That is why Haavind organises its teams by sector and specialisation. Haavind has 160 lawyers providing guidance and assistance to important business clients, both in Norway and internationally. There are two principles that are central to its work: The firm’s clients always come first and every challenge has a solution.

Main Areas of Practice:

Corporate/M&A:

Experienced and well proven team for public and private domestic and cross border M&A, JVs and restructuring, with a dedicated and well reputed private equity practice serving both PE funds, infrastructure funds and specialist funds. Clients include blue chip, private equity, corporates and government agencies across sectors, but focused on energy, offshore, oil and gas, tech/telecom and real estate.

Contact: Kjetil Hardeng

Tel: +47 480 12 274

Email: [email protected]

Banking & Finance:

Advises across the full spectrum of banking and finance law, including asset financing, project financing, acquisition financing, bonds, derivatives, trading operations, financial restructuring, PPAs, compliance, license applications, regulatory issues, product development, insurance, UCITS and alternative investment funds, implementation issues related to EU directives, regulations and guidelines within the financial sector.

Contact: Hans-Christian Donjem

Tel: +47 950 54 868

Email: [email protected]

Capital Markets:

Advises on the whole range of capital markets transactions, including IPO’s, rights issues, private placements bond issues as well as regulatory work. It is particularly known for its work on public takeovers and has advised on some of the largest public to private transactions completed on the Oslo Stock Exchange in recent years.

Contact: Cornelius Sogn Ness

Tel: +47 906 43 417

Email: [email protected]

Competition/Antitrust:

Advises clients across the spectrum of competition matters including merger control, joint ventures, cooperation agreements, dominance issues and state aids. The lawyers represent clients in court and during investigations as well as in leniency processes.

Contact: Simen Klevstrand

Tel: +47 980 76 340

Email: [email protected]

Public Procurement:

The public procurement team is recognised as one of the biggest and strongest in its field. The team assists both clients and suppliers in all stages of the procurement process.

Contact: Goud Helge Homme Fjellheim

Tel: +47 920 39 717

Email: [email protected]

Technology:

With a core team of 17 lawyers, we are the preferred advisor when large businesses implement complicated outsourcing projects and technology companies buy, sell or implement other company transactions – our skilled and experienced lawyers know the challenges facing you. We have comprehensive experience within all areas of law relevant for technology, ensuring that you are given advice by a strategic team experienced in all areas of the law.

Contact: Kari Gimmingsrud

Tel: +47 922 91 006

Email: [email protected]

Dispute Resolution:

Particularly recognised for its litigation work within the field of construction, offshore, IPR, media and technology, employment, real estate, renewable energy and public procurement in addition to a substantial general litigation practice.

Contact: Henning Nordtvedt

Tel: +47 911 46 894

Email: [email protected]

Aquaculture and Fisheries:

Haavind's team has specialist expertise in all areas of fisheries and aquaculture law, which allows the lawyers to provide accurate advice with real value to all players in the industry. Haavind has for a number of years been the external legal counsel for the Norwegian Seafood Federation.

Contact: Bjørn Sørgård

Tel: + 47 970 89 528

Email: [email protected]

Employment:

One of the largest employment and pensions departments in Norway. The team assists in all aspects of employment and pension law, with special focus on restructuring, downsizing, transfers of undertaking, employee terms and benefits and collective labour issues.

Contact: Pål Kvernaas

Tel: +47 906 07 838

Email: [email protected]

Electricity:

Covers all aspects of the renewable energy sector, including inter alia wind and hydro projects, grid projects, engineering, project development, concessions, land acquisitions, PPAs, financing etc., in addition to transactions and energy litigation.

Contact: Aksel S. Tannum

Tel: +47 900 22 765

Email: [email protected]

Oil & Gas:

Serves the industry on all areas of required legal services. The team has particular experience with various offshore and onshore development projects, dispute resolution, HR-related matters and transactions within the oil and gas industry.

Contact: Mikal Brøndmo

Tel: +47 936 77 222

Email: [email protected]

Intellectual Property:

Assistance within all areas of IPR. Particularly strong within IP litigation in the field of patents, unfair business practice/know how and copyright. Substantial experience within both contentious and non-contentious trademark matters.

Contact: Vebjørn Krag Iversen

Tel: +47 909 15 129

Email: [email protected]

Real Estate:

A true full service department, covering all matters related to real estate, focusing on transactions (financing, structuring and corporate issues), real estate development and public issues (planning, land acquisitions) and infrastructure (railroads, airports, harbours etc).

Contact: Erling M. Timm

Tel: +47 920 42 471

Email: [email protected]

Construction:

Norway's largest firm within construction. Assistance in relation to drafting of contracts, negotiations, contract discussions and litigation for a wide range of clients.

Contact: Johnny Johansen

Tel: +47 928 07 826

Email: [email protected]

Restructuring/Insolvency:

Covers all aspects of insolvency, including debt negotiations and restructuring, creditor representation and board liability issues and litigation. Also acts on appointments from Oslo bankruptcy and probate court.

Contact: Ellen Schult Ulriksen

Tel: +47 975 05 432

Email: [email protected]

Tax:

Assistance in all tax and VAT issues. In-depth experience in international tax issues. Considerable litigation experience, including before the Supreme Court.

Contact: Espen Nordbø

Tel: +47 489 90 055

Email: [email protected]