
Advokatfirmaet Thommessen AS
Hans Haugstad

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Banking & Finance - Norway
Band 1
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Practice Areas
Banking and financing.
Hans Haugstad started his career in Thommessen in 1994, and became partner in 2003. During 1997-2000, he worked as in-house lawyer in Kværner; the last two years also as Company Secretary out of London. Hans is a banking and finance lawyer, who predominantly acts for lenders and borrowers in larger corporate financings, as well as in acquisition finance transactions and financing of commercial real estate, and Hans is known as a leading expert in Norway within these areas. He has also worked on several large financial restructuring projects. Hans has been key in the build-up of the firm's banking and finance practice group, which is now the largest in its kind in Norway. He is also a member of the firm's group for International Relations.
Career
2003- Partner, Oslo office, Thommessen; 2000-2003 Senior Associate, Oslo office, Thommessen; 1998-2000 Attorney/Group Company Secretary, Kvaerner ASA, London; 1997-1998 Lawyer, Group Legal Department, Lysaker, Norway, Kvaerner ASA; 1995-1996 Trainee / Foreign Lawyer, Holland & Knight, New York, U.S.A.; 1994-1997 Associate, Oslo office, Thommessen
Professional Memberships
Norwegian Bar Association
Publications
2002: TFF: Mister aksjeeieren sine organisatoriske rettigheter ved inngåelse av opsjoner og andre finansielle instrumenter? (Arnkværn, Berge og Haugstad)
1996: TFF: Due diligence-undersøkelser ved avtaler om overdragelse av næringsvirksomhet (Gustavsson/Haugstad)
Awards
Market Leader, Banking
IFLR1000
2021
1st Place, Banking and Finance
The Norwegian Financial Daily's annual Lawyer survey
2021
Band 1, Banking & Finance
Chambers & Partners Global
2021
Hall of Fame, Banking & finance (incl. shipping finance)
The Legal 500
2021
Recommended Lawyer, Banking - Finance
Who's Who Legal
2021
Education
University of Oslo
Candidate in Jurisprudence
1987 - 1994
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Haakon VIIs Gate 10
PO Box 1484 Vika
Oslo
Oslo
Norway
N-0116

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