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Following the recent turmoil in the financial markets, and the severe effects resulting therefrom, BA‑HR has established a task force to deal with financial restructuring matters. We are pleased to offer a team with unique expertise and experience from testing times in the past:
With insolvency experts like Ole Lund, Anders Eckhoff and Geir Mikalsen, finance specialists Richard Sjøqvist and Rolf Johan Ringdal, business experts like Bjørn Gabriel Reed (finance and industry), Rune Svoren (energy), Geir Gustavsson (shipping), Svein Gerhard Simonnaes (IKT) and Haakon Flaatten (real estate), in combination with former Arthur Andersen head Finn Berg-Jacobsen’s unique expertise within accounting and finance, our team is equipped with extraordinary abilities to advise and negotiate in complex restructuring matters. Adding leading practitioners within niches such as company law (Gudmund Knudsen and Asle Aarbakke), insolvency and collateral issues (Arne Tjaum) and insolvency litigation (Karstein Espelid), BA‑HR can muster a team capable of handling all legal and procedural aspects of a financially demanding restructuring.
Experience and overview is critical in a financial crisis. BA‑HR was at the forefront in the most complex financial restructuring undertaken in Norway in recent times, pertaining to the Aker Kværner group and involving significant international aspects. In previous downturns, BA‑HR was heavily involved in landmark cases such as the restructuring/insolvencies of Tofte Cellulosefabrikk, Horten Verft, Kongsberg Vaapenfabrikk and Fearnley & Eger. Our experienced and hard-working lawyers know what it takes, and are prepared to take on tasks on short notice within this demanding field.
Please do not hesitate to contact Geir Mikalsen or Richard Sjøqvist to discuss how we can be of assistance.