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Advokatfirmaet Haavind AS

Banking & Finance

Europe Guide 2026 : Norway

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Advokatfirmaet Haavind AS

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Banking and finance is one of Haavind’s prioritised practice areas. Our highly qualified lawyers have extensive experience from various areas of banking and finance law and our team members complement each other in terms of skills and experience.

Our Banking & Finance team has three main focus areas:

  • Asset-based financing (vessels, rigs, aircrafts, real estate and project financing within the renewable energy sector)
  • Corporate financing (acquisition financing, general corporate financing and refinancing, financial restructuring, bond financing, and leasing)
  • Financial regulatory matters

Haavind’s Banking & Finance team has been significantly revitalized and strengthened the last years and have succeeded in building a strong portfolio of major players within the Norwegian market.

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Banking & Finance - Norway

Band 4

What the Team is Known For
The team at Haavind frequently advises on project, acquisition and real estate finance transactions, as well as refinancing mandates. The department is also knowledgeable in regulatory matters, assisting financial institutions with a range of compliance topics.
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Strengths

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  • The lawyers are efficient and easy to work with.

    Banking & Finance respondentEurope

  • They are easy to work with and straightforward, with very good people skills.

    Banking & Finance respondentEurope

  • The team is extremely knowledgeable about our company and sector.

    Banking & Finance respondentEurope

  • Haavind is hands-on, agile and pragmatic.

    Banking & Finance respondentEurope

  • Haavind has industry knowledge and a proactive team.

    Banking & Finance respondentEurope

Notable Practitioners

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  • Kasper Formo Asplin
    Kasper Formo Asplin

    Kasper Formo Asplin

    Kasper Formo Asplin advises financial institutions on a range of compliance and transaction-related mandates.

    • He provides timely advice in an understandable format, taking the recipient and how the advice will be used into account.

      Banking & Finance respondentEurope

    • Kasper Formo Asplin is easy to approach.

      Banking & Finance respondentEurope

    • He always stays up to date with the latest regulatory trends and developments, and makes sure to provide guidance that includes potential future implications due to incoming regulations.

      Banking & Finance respondentEurope
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  • Hans-Christian Donjem
    Hans-Christian Donjem

    Hans-Christian Donjem

    Hans-Christian Donjem advises on acquisition and project finance deals as well as refinancing mandates.

    • He is responsive, knowledgeable and fun to work with.

      Banking & Finance respondentEurope

    • Hans-Christian Donjem delivers an overall fantastic performance.

      Banking & Finance respondentEurope

    • He always finds the time and a way to handle the task at hand. He is very proactive and easy to deal with.

      Banking & Finance respondentEurope

    • Hans-Christian is pragmatic and solution-oriented, with a clear sense of which points are market standard and where it is worth spending time and capital.

      Banking & Finance respondentEurope

    • From a client-service perspective, he is extremely reliable, easy to reach and very good at keeping us informed. We always know where we stand on a matter, what the next steps are and when we can expect deliverables.

      Banking & Finance respondentEurope
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Norway

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