Advokatfirmaet Thommessen AS

Chairman: Hans Cappelen Arnesen
Managing Partner: Sverre Tyrhaug
Number of partners: 55
Number of other lawyers: Approx. 135
Languages: English, Danish, Dutch, German, French, Norwegian, Swedish

Firm Overview:
Established in 1856, Thommessen is considered to be one of Norway’s leading commercial law firms. The firm has offices in Oslo, Bergen, Stavanger and London. The firm provides advice to Norwegian and international companies as well as organisations in the public and private sectors, ranging from SMEs to large multi-national corporations. Thommessen covers all business related fields of law.

Main Areas of Practice:
Thommessen assist businesses with transactions, complex projects and contentious matters in all areas of commercial law. Their robust professional legal expertise is combined with in-depth industry knowledge, and their lawyers stay abreast of trends and developments on an ongoing basis in order to provide advice which facilitates long-term value creation.

Asset Management:
Contact: Marius Holm Rynning
Tel: +47 414 55 657
Email: [email protected]

Banking & Financing:
Contact: Ellen Teresa Heyerdahl
Tel: +47 996 47 416
Email: [email protected]

Compliance & Investigations:
Contact: Hugo-A. B. Munthe-Kaas
Tel: +47 936 42 214
Email: huk[email protected]

Construction:
Contact: Jacob F Bull
Tel: +47 480 52 421
Email: [email protected]

Data Protection & Cyber Security:
Contact: Christopher Sparre-Enger Clausen
Tel: +47 930 53 854
Email: [email protected]

Debt Capital Markets:
Contact: Einar Grette
Tel: +47 911 55 284
Email: [email protected]

Dispute Resolution:
Contact: Kristine Hyldmo Bjørnvik
Tel: +47 994 67 423
Email: [email protected]

Employment:
Contact: Stein Kimsås-Otterbech
Tel: +47 414 20 515
Email: [email protected]

Equity Capital Markets:
Contact: Solveig F Bugge
Tel: +47 480 12 199
Email: [email protected]

EU/EEA & Competition Law:
Contact: Siri Teigum
Tel: +47 909 12 355
Email: [email protected]

Finance Regulation:
Contact: Tore Mydske
Tel: +47 916 20 911
Email: [email protected]

FinTech:
Contact: Christopher Sparre-Enger Clausen
Tel: +47 930 53 854
Email: [email protected]

Fishery & Aquaculture:
Contact: Mons Alfred Paulsen
Tel: +47 480 12 142
Email: [email protected]

Insolvency & Restructuring:
Contact: Kristoffer Hegdahl
Tel: +47 920 57 178
Email: [email protected]

Insurance:
Contact: Andreas Meidell
Tel: +47 917 88 344
Email: [email protected]

Intellectual Property & Marketing Law:
Contact: Camilla Vislie
Tel: +47 992 69 142
Email: [email protected]

Life Sciences & Health Care:
Contact: Magnus Hauge Greaker
Tel: +47 958 17 168
Email: [email protected]

M&A:
Contact: Christian Grüner Sagstad
Tel: +47 930 95 240
Email: [email protected]

Oil & Gas:
Contact: Christian Hals
Tel: +47 476 21 405
Email: [email protected]

Oil Service:
Contact: Pål Lieungh
Tel: +47 992 65 577
Email: [email protected]

Private Equity:
Contact: Christian Grüner Sagstad
Tel: +47 930 95 240
Email: [email protected]

PropTech:
Contact: Christopher Sparre-Enger Clausen
Tel: +47 930 53 854
Email: [email protected]

Public Procurement:
Contact: Eivind J Vesterkjær
Tel: +47 909 66 843
Email: [email protected]

Real Estate:
Contact: Christian Müller
Tel: +47 934 99 656
Email: [email protected]

Renewable Energy & Infrastructure:
Contact: Jens Naas-Bibow
Tel: +47 924 64 030
Email: [email protected]

Retail:
Contact: Eivind J Vesterkjær
Tel: +47 909 66 843
Email: [email protected]

Shipping:
Contact: Mads Haavardsholm
Tel: +47 980 09 765
Email: [email protected]

Sustainability & Climate Risk:
Contact: Tore Mydske
Tel: +47 916 20 911
Email: [email protected]

Tax & Duties:
Contact: Finn Backer-Grøndahl
Tel: +47 934 19 804
Email: [email protected]

Technology & Digitalisation:
Contact: Espen A Werring
Tel: +47 997 97 676
Email: [email protected]

Venture Capital:
Contact: Christian Grüner Sagstad
Tel: +47 930 95 240
Email: [email protected]

International Work:
Thommessen represent non-Norwegian businesses in Norway, as well as Norwegian businesses internationally. Thommessen has a London office, supplemented by an extensive international network. Thommessen’s team members have comprehensive international experience, and their lawyers have argued numerous cases before international courts and tribunals. Thommessen is also the Norwegian member of Lex Mundi.

Innovation:
Top-of-class project management is a hallmark of the Thommessen approach, and both the firm and their clients experience considerable time savings and improved communication flows in projects where Thommessen’s digital project management solutions are used. Thommessen use a leading tool for interaction and collaboration on their projects and have developed proprietary project management tools. With their own internal digitalisation department at the firm, Thommessen have a short route from idea to product. Teamwork and new forms of collaboration have helped Thommessen establish an innovation culture which they believe has put them on the path towards creating the law firm of the future.