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Europe Guide 2023

Ranked in 2 Practice Areas
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Corporate/M&A
17 Years Ranked
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Provided by Anders Arnkværn

Europe

Practice Areas

Capital markets, private equity, mergers and acquisitions and corporate Law.

Anders joined the firm in 2000, has been a transaction partner since 2002 and was the chairman of Thommessen from 2010 to 2014. His practice includes a wide range of M&A and equity capital markets work as well as financial restructuring, acting for corporate clients, PE firms and leading investment banks. Anders is consistently ranked in tier 1 in Norway within both Corporate/Capital Markets and M&A.

Career

2002- Partner, Oslo office, Thommessen; 2000-02 Senior Associate, Oslo office, Thommessen; 1999 Member of the CEO Task Force, Kværner, London; 1996-98 Company Secretary and in-house lawyer, Kværner ASA and Kvaerner PLC in London; 1994-96 Associate, Kværner ASA, Oslo; 1992-93 Research Assistant, Department of Private Law, University of Oslo.

Professional Memberships

Norwegian Bar Association

Publications

2002: "Mister aksjeeieren sine organisatoriske rettigheter ved inngåelse av opsjoner og andre finansielle instrumenter", Tidsskrift for Forretningsjus (2002) nr. 2, (Arnkværn, Berge og Haugstad)

1992: "Rettsforholdet mellom deltakerne i et lånesyndikat"

Education

University of Oslo

Candidate in Jurisprudence

1987 - 1994

Awards

Market Leader, Capital Markets

IFLR1000

2021

Market Leader, Private Equity

IFLR1000

2021

Band 1, Corporate/M&A

Chambers & Partners Global

2021

Band 1, Capital Markets: Equity

Chambers & Partners Global

2021

Hall of Fame, Commercial, Corporate and M&A

The Legal 500

2021

Leading Individual, Capital Markets

The Legal 500

2021

2nd Place, M&A

The Norwegian Financial Daily's annual Lawyer survey

2021

Top 10, Issues and IPOs

The Norwegian Financial Daily's annual Lawyer survey

2021

Recommended, Capital markets: Debt and equity

Who's Who Legal

2021

Strengths

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Mons Alfred Paulsen
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