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Our expert team for restructuring and insolvency combines in-depth expertise and broad experience to provide advice and assistance to all types of businesses, owners, suppliers, lenders and financial institutions encountering financial difficulties.

Our most important task is to assist clients with clear and highly-effective advice when they are in a distressed situation, whether the matter is resolved through a restructuring or liquidation.

We are at the forefront of restructuring and insolvency work and has been involved in the majority of the largest restructuring and liquidation cases in Norway over the past 25 years, either as a representative of the company or its owners, on behalf of significant creditors, banks or contracting partners, or as court appointed liquidator. Through our extensive experience we have developed a series of high-quality solutions from an insolvency law perspective. Our goal is to maximise the possibilities for ongoing business operations, partially or as a whole. 

Our restructuring and insolvency expert team consists of 20 highly-skilled lawyers. We are committed to building a team with unrivalled expertise and experience to achieve pragmatic and innovative outcomes for our clients.

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What the Team is Known For

Wikborg Rein has an exceptional restructuring and insolvency team with a significant international footprint. The team has a strong offering in financial restructuring mandates, including bond and loan restructuring as well as in-court reconstruction matters. The practice is very active in the offshore and shipping sectors, as well as in Nordic restructurings and cross-border projects involving the Asia-Pacific markets through its offices in Singapore and Shanghai. Wikborg Rein also advises clients in the aviation, banking, manufacturing, real estate and retail sectors.

Work Highlights

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  • Wikborg Rein assisted Solstad Offshore and its subsidiaries with the refinancing of the group’s secured debt of NOK11.4 billion as global lead counsel. 

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Leif Petter Madsen
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Leif Petter Madsen
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Senior Statespeople
Leif Petter Madsen handles large-scale debt restructuring mandates, court-led reconstruction proceedings and substantial Norwegian bankruptcies.

Leif is always on time and provides excellent advice. He couldn't be better.

Leif is a well-recognised lawyer within the insolvency sector.

Kaare Christian Tapper
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Kaare Christian Tapper
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Kaare Christian Tapper heads the department and handles a broad range of debt restructurings, representing both lenders and debtors in proceedings.

Everything is always perfect. He understands our position quickly and understands different industries.

Tapper is known for his ability to think quickly and provide wise and swift advice.

He offers solid support all the way.

Sofie Vikse
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Sofie Vikse
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Sofie Vikse often advises clients on financial restructurings and acts as trustee in bankruptcy cases.

I would really like to highlight Sofie; she's a young star.

Vikse stands out as a colourful person with great legal knowledge. She handles difficult and complex legal matters in an impressive way.

She's great at handling large cases and is strong on the commercial side as well.

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Leif Petter Madsen
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Leif Petter Madsen
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Senior Statespeople
Kaare Christian Tapper
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Kaare Christian Tapper
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Sofie Vikse
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Sofie Vikse
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