Aquaculture and Fisheries

About

Provided by Wikborg Rein Advokatfirma AS

We are a leading law firm within legal advice to the sea food industry. Our lawyers have expertise in all aspects of fisheries and aquaculture law and also possess extensive industry knowledge.

We provide legal assistance in the following areas:

• Regulatory advice relating to legal framework, license and general terms
• Application procedures involving public authorities
• Appeals on administrative decisions (orders, violation fines, enforcement damages, etc.)
• Cooperation agreements between aquaculture organizations and other private-law agreements
• Negotiations and contracts with customers and suppliers
• Dispute and proceedings, including criminal procedures
• Transactions, m&a, capital market, due diligence etc.  

We are the only law firm in Norway ranked in Tier 1 in Chambers and Partners. Our lawyers in this group are also top ranked in other categories. 

Within traditional fishing as well as within aquaculture law we work closely with our teams within dispute resolution and transaction / M&A. We have lawyers in our corporate department highly specialized with the seafood industry. Our international presence (London, Shanghai and Singapore) also enables us an edge in cross border issues.