Practice Areas
Bård Sandstad assists clients with legal and strategic advice in relation to M&A/corporate assignments, and has long experience with advising companies within the oil & gas, offshore and shipping sectors.
He has extensive experience with advising both public and private companies with i.a. acquisitions of shares and assets, mergers/de-mergers, share issues and other equity transactions. He has also been a key advisor in voluntary and mandatory public offers, stock exchange listings with related equity and bond financing, and several complex legal and financial restructurings. He also assists with general corporate- and security law.
Bård has long international experience and has worked with projects in i.a. USA, U.K., Russia and West Africa.
Career
2017-present Partner, Advokatfirmaet Haavind AS
2012-2017 Partner, Kyllingstad Kleveland Advokatfirma DA
2010-2012 Senior Lawyer, BAHR AS
2002-2009 Associate/Lawyer, BAHR AS
Awards
Notable Practitioner, M&A
IFLR1000
2025
Next Generation Partner, Commercial, corporate and M&A
Legal500
2026
Band 4, Corporate/M&A
Chambers & Partners Global
2026