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Wikborg Rein Advokatfirma AS

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Wikborg Rein Advokatfirma AS

About

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We are a full service international law firm and leading specialist within the shipping, offshore and ocean sectors. Our headquarters are based in Norway, home to one of the world's largest and most active maritime clusters. With offices around the world, the firm's maritime practice works within Norway and globally on projects and disputes across the shipping, offshore and sectors.

We pride ourselves on adding value to our clients' commercial activities and providing up to date solutions that are adaptable to rapidly changing market conditions. Many of our lawyers are leaders in their fields and are treated as trusted advisors by our clients.

One of our core strengths comes from the substantial development of our English law practice, which enables us to match industry expertise with both Norwegian and English law capability across our offices.

We offer a full service within the shipping, offshore and ocean sectors, and are uniquely positioned to provide full service support in large cross border projects and disputes.

We have an established global presence with offices in Oslo, Bergen, London, Shanghai and Singapore. We have been in Asia since 1965 and through our alliance with one of Brazil’s leading law firms, Vieira Rezende, we are also well established in Brazil.

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Band 3

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What the Team is Known For
Wikborg Rein has an outstanding Norwegian shipping practice with additional expertise in the key European and Asian shipping hubs of London, Singapore and Shanghai. The law firm offers:

• Expertise in handling sophisticated and high-value financing transactions for a variety of renowned clients.

• Strong capabilities on the contentious side, with experience handling casualty, shipbuilding and cargo matters.

Strengths

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  • Wikborg Rein are very proactive and solution oriented with strong commercial knowledge.

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  • They put the client's needs first and find pragmatic solutions for complex situations.

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  • They are global so always have some available expert resource they can draw upon.

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Members

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  • Jonathan Goldfarb

  • Shawn Kirby

  • Herman Steen

  • Chris Grieveson

  • Baptiste Weijburg

  • Renaud Barbier-Emery

  • Matt Illingworth

  • Rob Jardine Brown

  • Andreas Fjærvoll-Larsen

  • Nick Shepherd

  • Jonathan Page

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