Selected recent deals

  • Advising the Norwegian State by the Ministry of Trade and Industry on the sale of the State’s 50% ownership interests in BaneTele AS to Bredbåndsalliansen AS (which held the remaining 50% of the shares).
  • Advising Glitnir Bank ASA on Sparebank1-Gruppen’s acquisition of the bank after the bankruptcy of the Icelandic parent bank.
  • Advising CGG Veritas SA in connection with it’s take-over of the OSE-listed Wavefield Inseis ASA, in a deal valuing Wavefield at NOK 2 billion.
  • Advising Norvestor Equity AS in connection with its acquisition of the OSE-listed Intelecom Group ASA, in a deal valuing Intelcom at NOK 173 million.
  • Advising Securitas Direct AS in connection with its acquisition of Hafslund’s home alarm business.
  • Advising China Oilfield Services Limited in connection with its acquisition of the OSE-listed Awilco Offshore ASA, in a deal valuing Awilco at € 2.4 billion.
  • Advising COOP NKL BA in connection with its acquisition of Smart Club.

 

  • Advising Teekay Corp. on its acquisiton of major minority stake in Oslo-listed Teekay Petroljarl ASA in a deal valuing the company ar € 551 million, with subsequent squeeze-out proceedings and delsiting.
  • Advising Investor AB (publ) on its acquisition of a 50 % stake in Lindorff Group AB from Altor Equity Partners in a deal valuing Lindorff at € 1.16 million (together with Mannheimer Swartling out of Stockholm).
  • Advising Trico Marine Services on its acquisition of a 51.5 % stake in OSE-listed Deep Ocean ASA and a mandatory offer for the remaining share capital of Deep Ocean in a deal valuing Deep Ocean at € 441 million.
  • Advising HitecVision Private Equity on its acquisition of a controlling stake in Spring Energy Norway AS at an undisclosed evaluation of Spring Energy Norway with a total equity commitment of USD 120 million.
  • Advising Reitangruppen AS on its acquisition of Lidl’s 50 retail stores in Norway for an undisclosed consideration.
  • Advising JB Ugland Holding AS on its sale of JB Ugland Shipping to Siva Ventures for USD 300 million.
  • Advising AP Möller-Maersk on its acquisition of a 37.5 % stake in Höegh Autoliners from Leif Höegh & Co Ltd for an undisclosed consideration in a deal combining the parties’ car carrier business.
  • Advising Nokia Oyj on its acquisition by voluntary offer and squeeze-out of shares not acquired in the offer of OSE-listed Trolltech ASA for a consideration of € 92 million.
  • Advising Aker Capital AS, a subsidiary of Aker ASA, in its offer for Aker Drilling ASA in a deal valuing Aker Drilling at € 451 million.
  • Advising Schlumberger Limited in its initial acquisition of a 64.9 % stake in Eastern Echo Holding Plc and follow-on mandatory offer and squeeze-out for the remaining shares in a deal valuing the equity of Eastern Echo at € 469 million.
  • Advising JP Morgan Europe Ltd and Union Bank of Switzerland, financial advisors to Storebrand ASA, in connection with Storebrand’s acquisition of SPP Livsförsäkring AB from Svenska Handelsbanken for a consideration of € 1.9 billion.
  • Advising Wavefield Inseis ASA on its proposed merger with TGS-Nopec Geophysical Company ASA in a deal valuing Wavefield at € 848 million and the combined entity at € 2.2 billion.
  • Advising Aker ASA on the four-party transaction among Aker, the Norwegian state, Investor AB (publ) and Saab AB (publ) to create Aker Holding ASA, as a jointly held parent company of Aker Solutions AS (formerly Aker Kvaerner AS).