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Key contacts
Managing Partner: Thomas K. Svensen
Quick facts
# Partners

79

# Other qualified practitioners

330

# Total number of practitioners (worldwide)

350

Key practice areas
Banking and finance
Capital markets
Capital markets : Debt
Capital markets : Equity
Financial and corporate
M&A
Energy and infrastructure
Project development
Firm overview
Established in 1966, BAHR ranks amongst Scandinavia's leading law firms. With offices in Norway, Sweden and Denmark, the firm provides full-service capabilities across all major practice areas and is recognised for its deep industry insight and high-end expertise, with particular strength in domestic and international transactions, strategic advisory work and dispute resolution.

More than half of the firm's work involves international matters, reflecting strong cross-border capabilities and extensive experience in complex, multi-jurisdictional transactions and disputes.

Driven by a consistent one-firm approach, BAHR is committed to delivering integrated, high-quality legal services across Scandinavia, ensuring consistency across borders and offering clients a single, trusted point of access to leading legal expertise throughout the region.
Key practice areas
  • Asset finance
  • Banking
  • Capital markets: Debt
  • Capital markets: Derivatives
  • Capital markets: Equity
  • Capital markets: High yield
  • Competition
  • Covered bonds
  • Financial restructuring
  • Financial services regulatory
  • Hedge funds
  • Investment funds
  • M&A
  • Private equity
  • Private equity funds
  • Project bonds
  • Project development
  • Project finance
  • Real estate finance
  • Real estate funds
  • Restructuring and insolvency
  • Securitisation
  • Structured finance/securitisation
  • Trade finance
Sector expertise
  • Accounting
  • Banking
  • Energy
  • Financial services
  • Fisheries and aquaculture
  • Insurance
  • Investment management
  • Oil and gas
  • Real estate
  • Shipping
  • Technology and telecommunications
Other offices

Marmorvej 1
2100 Copenhagen
Denmark
W: https://bahr.no/

Birger Jarlsgatan 16
SE-114 34 Stockholm
Sweden
W: https://bahr.no/

Address:
Tjuvholmen allé 16
Oslo, 0252
Norway
Tel:+47 21 000 050 Email:Contact Us Web Address:https://bahr.no/
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Linked Reviews
Financial and corporate
BAHR is one of the largest law firms in Norway. The firm, established in 1966, has offices in Oslo and Bergen. The firm has high quality work in all areas of financial and corporate work ranging from banking and finance, capital markets, M&A, project development and restructuring and insolvency. The public M&A and capital markets teams, led by Camilla Iversen and Lars Knem Christie, advised CMB.TECH in its acquisition of Hemen’s 40% majority stake in Gold Ocean Group, and then a subsequent merger with Golden Ocean Group. The transaction was highly complex, involving four different regulated markets, and was shortlisted for IFLR’s 2026 Europe Awards M&A Deal of the Year. Key clients of the firm include Aker Group, DNB Group, Ocean Yield, Macquarie Bank, Nordea Bank Group, Hitec Vision, ABG Sundal Collier, BlueNord, Pareto Securities, Nordic Trustee, CMB.TECH, Okeanis Eco Tankers, Salmar, Norvestor Equity, Schibted Media, and Equip Capital.

Testimonials
‘Top-tier transactional capability and depth in high-profile deals.’ (Banking & Finance)
‘Solution oriented.’ (Capital Markets)
‘Consistently delivering legal advice to a high standard.’ (Financial Services Regulatory)
‘Christian Haug is talented and forward leading.’ (M&A)
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Deal Highlights
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Deal Name Deal Date Firm Name Jurisdiction Deal Type Lawyer Names Client Names Client Role
Heimstaden Bostad AB - Bond Issue
2021-04-01
BAHR
Sweden
Bond issue
Heimstaden Bostad AB
Issuer
SpareBank 1 BV - Bond Issue
2021-01-01
BAHR
Norway
Bond issue
SpareBank 1 BV
Issuer
Rikshem AB - Bond Issue
2021-01-01
BAHR
Sweden
Bond issue
Rikshem AB
Issuer
Banco Santander - Bond Issue
2021-01-01
BAHR
Norway
Bond issue
Crédit Agricole, Danske Bank Corporate Finance, Nordea, Barclays, Goldman Sachs, Banco Santander, Groupe BPCE, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Nykredit, Royal Bank of Scotland Group, Svenska Handelsbanken, Deutsche Bank, BNP Paribas, DNB Bank ASA, Société Générale, HSBC, Citigroup, SEB - Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB, ING Bank, Swedbank, UniCredit
Underwriter
Vasakronan AB - Bond Issue
2021-08-01
BAHR
Sweden
Bond issue
Nordea Bank Finland Oyj
Underwriter
Spar Nord Bank A/S - Bond Issue
2021-05-01
BAHR
Denmark
Bond issue
SEB - Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB, Nykredit, Danske Bank Corporate Finance, Spar Nord Bank A/S
Underwriter
Société Générale - Bond Issue
2021-03-01
BAHR
France
Bond issue
Société Générale
Issuer
Société Générale - Bond Issue
2021-05-01
BAHR
France
Bond issue
Société Générale
Issuer
Société Générale - Bond Issue
2021-04-01
BAHR
France
Bond issue
Société Générale
Issuer
SpareBank 1 BV - Bond Issue
2021-09-01
BAHR
Norway
Bond issue
SpareBank 1 BV
Issuer
Société Générale - Bond Issue
2021-02-01
BAHR
France
Bond issue
Société Générale
Issuer
Vasakronan AB - Bond Issue
2021-03-01
BAHR
Sweden
Bond issue
Vasakronan AB
Issuer
Vasakronan AB - Bond Issue
2021-09-01
BAHR
Sweden
Bond issue
Vasakronan AB
Issuer
Société Générale - Bond Issue
2021-06-01
BAHR
France
Bond issue
Société Générale
Issuer
Société Générale - Bond Issue
2021-08-01
BAHR
France
Bond issue
Société Générale
Issuer
Société Générale - Bond Issue
2021-09-01
BAHR
France
Bond issue
Société Générale
Issuer
Banco Santander - Bond Issue
2021-04-01
BAHR
Spain
Bond issue
Banco Santander, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, BNP Paribas, Deutsche Bank, Crédit Agricole, Credit Suisse, JP Morgan Chase, Citigroup, Barclays, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Commerzbank, HSBC, Groupe BPCE, Société Générale, Mizuho Bank, UBS, Nomura, UniCredit, Royal Bank of Scotland Group, Wells Fargo
Underwriter
Vasakronan AB - Bond Issue
2021-02-01
BAHR
Sweden
Bond issue
Vasakronan AB
Issuer
Eika Boligkreditt AS - Bond Issue
2021-06-01
BAHR
Norway
Bond issue
Eika Boligkreditt AS
Issuer
More Boligkreditt AS - Bond Issue
2021-03-01
BAHR
Norway
Bond issue
More Boligkreditt AS
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