Siril Visnes

Practice Areas

Siril Visnes assists Norwegian and international banks and financial institutions with financing and restructuring processes across a variety of business sectors. She has several years’ experience of working in the legal department of a bank. She also assists borrowers in connection with the negotiation and conclusion of loan agreements.

Visnes assists with everything from simple bilateral financing agreements written in Norwegian to comprehensive international financing agreements involving major bank syndicates and complex intercreditor issues. She works with all kinds of financing arrangements in all business sectors.

With in-depth knowledge of the whole range of products that banks typically offer in connection with the establishment of loan agreements, Visnes can advise on the entire value chain of products that financial institutions offer their borrowers. This also includes financing of accounts receivable products, factoring agreements, overdrafts, cash management products and leasing agreements.

Visnes focuses on developing a good working relationship with her clients and is keen to provide a high level of service and a fast response time. Through her years of experience as an advisor to financial institutions, she has developed good instincts for what is important and less important for her clients. She is therefore an effective advisor who inspires confidence. She is keen to balance legal matters against commercial considerations and provide each client with advice that is both practical and usable.

Career

2020 -

Arntzen de Besche

Partner

2017 - 2020

Advokatfirmaet Thommessen AS

Managing Associate

2009 - 2017

DNB Bank

Attorney, Legal department

2007 - 2009

Advokatfirmaet BAHR AS

Associate