Aabø-Evensen & Co Law Firm

Chairman: Ole Kristian Aabø-Evensen

CEO: Torstein Schroeder

Languages: English, Scandinavian languages 

Firm Overview: 

Aabø-Evensen is a Norwegian boutique law firm with particular focus on M&A and capital markets. The firm’s mission is to find the best solutions to its client’s legal and commercial challenges and to secure their business transactions. Aabø-Evensen & Co represents Scandinavian and Global private equity firms, financial institutions, investors, private and listed corporations with their M&A and capital markets transactions. A large amount of Aabø-Evensen’s work relates to cross-border transactions and the firm’s approach to international work is driven by the principle that complex transactions require first-class independent legal expertise, rooted in local practice, procedures and culture. The firm focuses on maintaining a high academic level, and contributes to the world’s leading legal guides every year.

Main Areas of Practice: 

Mergers & Acquisitions: 

Aabø-Evensen specialises in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) work. It represents a significant proportion of the firm’s activity, covering the full range of M&A work, frequently with a cross-border and multi-jurisdictional perspective. The firm has a broad network of law firms which enables it to quickly establish a competent cross-border team. It has been a part of many of Norway’s most significant transactions in recent years. Practice includes assisting clients in the acquisition of both listed and private companies, advising on issues related to structuring transactions, planning and conducting due diligence, structuring the financing and evaluating competition issues. The team is known for a highly commercial approach and extensive marked knowledge.

ECM, IPO, Public M&A: 

Aabø-Evensen’s practice advises on issues related to both debt and equity capital markets, including securities and securities offerings. The firm’s capital markets and public M&A lawyers have extensive experience within domestic and cross border capital markets transactions and covers equity, debt, regulatory capital and equity-linked (convertible and exchangeable) bond issues, structured finance transactions and the full range of derivative and securitised products.

Key Contacts:  

■ Ole Kristian Aabø-Evensen  

Tel: +47 909 95 470

Email: [email protected]

■ André Høgdahl 

Tel: +47 477 98 304

Email: ah@aaboevensen.com

■ Henning Raa  

Tel: +47 917 86 479

Email: [email protected]

■ Torstein Schroeder  

Tel: +47 982 23 030

Email: [email protected]

Recent Work Highlights:  

■ Legal advisor to Vauban Infrastructure Partners in relation to their acquisition of Boreal.

■ Legal advisor to the sellers in connection with NCAB Group AB acquisition of Norwegian company Elmatica AS.

■ Legal advisor to SAR Gruppen AS and Stirling Square Capital Partners in connection with the recapitalization of SAR Gruppen including in the sale of parts of its business

■ Local legal advisor to nShift in connection with its acquisition of Webshipper.

■ M&A tax advisors to Azrieli Group Ltd. in connection with the acquisition of Green Mountain.

■ Legal advisor to ProData Consult and Polaris, a Nordic investment company located in Copenhagen, in connection with ProData Consult's acquisition of Bragd Consulting Network.

■ Legal advisor to EG in connection with their acquisition of Norwegian SaaS company, Front Systems AS.