Europe Norway Restructuring/Insolvency

Thommessen has a premier restructuring practice assisting banks and creditors as well as debtors and bond issuers. The law firm is active in restructuring mandates in the shipping and offshore sectors. The legal team remains heavily involved in cross-border restructuring cases, often representing large bank syndicates and other clients from the financial sector. The practice possesses expertise in foreign insolvency procedures.

BAHR has an impressive practice reputed for its capabilities in restructuring matters. The law firm handles issues relating to corporate reorganisation, financial restructuring and recoveries. The legal team is particularly well known for representing bondholders, as well as debtors, banks and distressed companies. The practice advises on contentious cases, including cross-border enforcement proceedings. The department is further experienced advising on bankruptcy estates.

Kvale has a highly accomplished bankruptcy and insolvency group with an impressive reputation for acting as bankruptcy trustee over distressed entities, debt settlement and recovery. The law firm is experienced in contentious matters including cross-border proceedings. The legal team regularly acts for an array of impressive clients, including major financial institutions, as well as energy suppliers and retail clients.

Ro Sommernes has an exceptional insolvency practice, handling reconstruction plans and liquidation mandates. The law firm serves as bankruptcy trustee and administrator for a range of clients including bondholders, management and creditors. The team is also experienced in advising on the sale and purchase of distressed assets.

Wikborg Rein has an exceptional restructuring and insolvency team with a significant international footprint. The legal team has a strong offering for financial restructuring mandates, including bond and loan restructuring, in court-led reconstruction matters. The practice is very active in the offshore and shipping sectors, as well as in Nordic restructurings and cross-border projects involving the Asia-Pacific markets through its offices in Singapore and Shanghai. Wikborg Rein also advises clients in the aviation, banking, manufacturing, real estate and retail sectors.

Haavind has a respected practice assisting clients with a range of matters in both restructuring and insolvency, including multi-jurisdictional financial restructurings. The law firm regularly acts as trustee for bankruptcy estates and also represents industrial creditors and board members. The firm offers in-depth expertise on board liability cases, acting for clients in the financial services, transportation and TMT industries.

Schjødt has a strong restructuring team with particular experience within the oil and gas, aviation and natural resources sectors, along with activity in the retail sector. The law firm advises both lenders and borrowers on complex financial restructuring mandates, and is especially known for its bond restructuring work and experience advising bondholders. The practice has particular strength acting on the debtor's side for banks, institutional investors and global hedge funds, as well as receiving appointments by the court as administrator.

DLA Piper has a solid restructuring and insolvency team which is often active on cross-border matters, with overseas clients benefiting from the firm's international network. The practice advises clients in a range of industries including insurance, investment funds, manufacturing and technology, and frequently works as a trustee in bankruptcies as well as handling liability claims.

With offices spanning the country and a roster of clients in the banking and finance, construction and energy sectors, Simonsen Vogt Wiig is well regarded for its expertise in handling bankruptcy estates and regularly advises on related contentious claims. The law firm also participates in restructurings in the shipping, oil and offshore sectors. The legal team regularly acts as administrator or trustee on large-scale insolvency cases.

Arntzen de Besche acts as administrator and trustee on bankruptcy proceedings, in addition to representing banks and creditors in connection with refinancing mandates. The law firm also provides transactional advice and assists with distressed M&A, debt and corporate restructuring mandates. The practice frequently acts for clients in the offshore, construction, finance and insurance sectors.

Wiersholm often advises distressed companies and bondholders, as well as assisting companies with the purchase of distressed assets, including both domestic and cross-border transactions. The legal team acts for clients in a range of industries, including construction, aviation and the shipping and offshore sectors.

Selmer has an established practice advising financial institutions and distressed companies on both domestic and cross-border restructuring cases. The law firm regularly advises on corporate and debt restructuring matters, and has experience in matters relating to the shipping and offshore sector. The practice offers further experience in the construction and manufacturing industries. The team works closely with the firm's reputable banking and finance practice.

Bull provides restructuring and insolvency legal advice in the Norwegian market, representing both debtors and creditors. Team members are regularly appointed as administrators. The firm takes on various assignments involving companies in the hospitality, manufacturing and construction sectors, among others. It also handles restructuring matters with white-collar crime elements.

CMS Kluge assists clients from the banking sector with restructuring matters, particularly handling matters for companies experiencing financial distress and market difficulties. The law firm is heavily involved in matters within the energy, shipping and construction sectors. The legal team also has experience in dealing with assignments in connection with disputes regarding liability matters.

Ræder Bing Law Firm is particularly notable for bankruptcy work and is regularly appointed to act in relation to bankruptcy estates and insolvency cases by the courts. The law firm also works with debtors, creditors and corporate boards on debt settlement and restructuring, and handles directors' liability matters.