Global Guide 2026 : Norway
Ranked Individual
Provided by Selmer
Our oil and gas lawyers have extensive experience and bring inside industry knowledge and long-term industry relationships to help achieve a successful outcome.
Selmer has advised clients in the largest transactions, negotiations and disputes on the Norwegian continental shelf in recent years. We are recognized for our superior counsel provided in projects such as the unitisation of the giant Johan Sverdrup field, the tariff dispute in the Gassled case, the handling of the failed Yme project, the transfer of licenses in fields such as Goliat and Yme and infrastructure such as Gassled.
We have extensive experience with international assignments in which one or more of the parties are located outside Norway, and have accumulated considerable international expertise which puts Selmer in a sole position to assist foreign clients in establishing operations and executing acquisitions on the Norwegian continental shelf.
We also have considerable experience in providing legal advice to the service industry in Norway related to transactions, EPC and fabrication agreements, shipbuilding agreements, rig agreements and other contractual assignments.
In January 2019, Selmer announced its merger with Kyllingstad Kleveland, one of the leading law firms in Norway within oil, offshore and shipping industries. The new department, Selmer Energy, unites two of Norway's leading legal specialist groups within oil and gas, oil services, shipping and renewable energy to Norway's largest energy practice.
Provided by Chambers
Selmer has a full-service practice advising E&P and oil services companies on a range of exploration and field development mandates. The law firm is particularly strong in the sale and acquisition of participation interests, as well as corporate transactions and joint ventures. It also offers notable regulatory expertise and dispute resolution capabilities.
Provided by Chambers
Selmer represented Stockholm Exergi in its negotiations for a carbon storage agreement with Northern Lights.
Provided by Chambers
We appreciate Selmer's commercial mindset and extremely high degree of responsiveness.
The team at Selmer is very skilled and delivers high-quality and timely work.
Selmer is intellectually very sharp, not only on the legal side but also on the commercial aspects. The team understands what we want to achieve.
The team thinks from the client's perspective.
Selmer's lawyers understand our business almost as good as ourselves, they have always impressed us with their ability to provide legal assessments in our commercial context.
Provided by Chambers
Øyvind Olimstad represents E&P and oil and gas services companies in a range of contentious and non-contentious mandates, including regulatory topics.
Øyvind Olimstad provides excellent and broad legal advice.
Øyvind Olimstad provides an exceptional service and has great commercial awareness in a new market.
Øyvind Olimstad is a very good business lawyer with commercial thinking skills. He is an extremely helpful person to have on board.
Øyvind doesn't only look at things from a legal perspective and has a broad picture.
We highly appreciate our key point of contact, Øyvind. His combination of top-tier legal skills and highly commercial approach is truly impressive.
Energy: Oil & Gas
Provided by Selmer
Martin Tandstad Ege
Hildegunn R. Lundbakk
Christian Steen Eriksen
Liv Monica Stubholt
Nicolai Myren
Thomas Michelet
Head of Department
Øyvind Olimstad
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