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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/
2027 Edition
Asset finance
12 firms ranked
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Tier 1

BAHR
8 practice areas
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Thommessen
8 practice areas
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Wiersholm
8 practice areas
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Wikborg Rein
7 practice areas
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Tier 2

Arntzen Grette
8 practice areas
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Schjødt
8 practice areas
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Simonsen Vogt Wiig
8 practice areas
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Tier 3

DLA Piper
3 practice areas
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Haavind
8 practice areas
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Selmer
8 practice areas
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Notable

Ro Sommernes
2 practice areas
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SANDS
7 practice areas
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Banking and finance
15 firms ranked
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Tier 1

BAHR
8 practice areas
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Thommessen
8 practice areas
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Wiersholm
8 practice areas
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Wikborg Rein
7 practice areas
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Tier 2

Arntzen Grette
8 practice areas
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Schjødt
8 practice areas
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Simonsen Vogt Wiig
8 practice areas
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Tier 3

CLP
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Haavind
8 practice areas
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Selmer
8 practice areas
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Tier 4

CMS Kluge
6 practice areas
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DLA Piper
3 practice areas
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SANDS
7 practice areas
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AGP Advokater
3 practice areas
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Kvale
4 practice areas
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Capital markets : Debt
12 firms ranked
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Tier 1

BAHR
8 practice areas
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Thommessen
8 practice areas
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Wiersholm
8 practice areas
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Wikborg Rein
7 practice areas
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Tier 2

Arntzen Grette
8 practice areas
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Schjødt
8 practice areas
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Tier 3

Selmer
8 practice areas
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Simonsen Vogt Wiig
8 practice areas
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AGP Advokater
3 practice areas
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CLP
8 practice areas
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Haavind
8 practice areas
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SANDS
7 practice areas
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Capital markets : Equity
12 firms ranked
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Tier 1

BAHR
8 practice areas
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Schjødt
8 practice areas
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Thommessen
8 practice areas
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Wiersholm
8 practice areas
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Wikborg Rein
7 practice areas
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Tier 2

CLP
8 practice areas
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Haavind
8 practice areas
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Simonsen Vogt Wiig
8 practice areas
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Tier 3

AGP Advokater
3 practice areas
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Arntzen Grette
8 practice areas
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Selmer
8 practice areas
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SANDS
7 practice areas
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M&A
18 firms ranked
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Tier 1

BAHR
8 practice areas
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Schjødt
8 practice areas
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Thommessen
8 practice areas
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Wiersholm
8 practice areas
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Wikborg Rein
7 practice areas
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Tier 2

CLP
8 practice areas
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Haavind
8 practice areas
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Selmer
8 practice areas
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Tier 3

Arntzen Grette
8 practice areas
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DLA Piper
3 practice areas
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Simonsen Vogt Wiig
8 practice areas
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Tier 4

AGP Advokater
3 practice areas
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Aabø-Evensen & Co
7 practice areas
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CMS Kluge
6 practice areas
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SANDS
7 practice areas
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Bull & Co View profile
Hjort
2 practice areas
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Kvale
4 practice areas
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Project development
17 firms ranked
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Tier 1

BAHR
8 practice areas
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Haavind
8 practice areas
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Thommessen
8 practice areas
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Wiersholm
8 practice areas
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Wikborg Rein
7 practice areas
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Tier 2

Arntzen Grette
8 practice areas
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CMS Kluge
6 practice areas
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Schjødt
8 practice areas
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Tier 3

CLP
8 practice areas
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Selmer
8 practice areas
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Simonsen Vogt Wiig
8 practice areas
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Notable

Føyen
2 practice areas
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Glittertind Law Firm View profile
Kvale
4 practice areas
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Lund & Co
2 practice areas
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SANDS
7 practice areas
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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
Castellum Aktiebolag publ - M&A
BAHR
Norway
M&A
Robin Bakken, Lars Knem Christie
Castellum Aktiebolag publ
Acquirer
Salmar ASA - M&A
BAHR
Norway
M&A
Robin Bakken, Arne Tjaum
Salmar ASA
Acquirer
Aker Carbon Capture ASA - IPO
BAHR
Norway
IPO
Arne Tjaum
Aker Carbon Capture ASA
Issuer
Aquila Capital - Secondary share offering
2022-02-24
BAHR
Norway
Secondary share offering
Magnus Tønseth
Aquila Capital
Issuer
Aker Carbon Capture AS - Project development
2022-02-24
BAHR
Norway
Project development
Morten P Smørdal
Aker Carbon Capture AS
Project company
Aquila Capital (Alceda Fund Management SA) - Project development
2022-02-24
BAHR
Norway
Project development
Jon Christian Thaulow, Morten P Smørdal
Aquila Capital (Alceda Fund Management SA)
Sponsor
Edda Wind AS - Project development
2022-02-24
BAHR
Norway
Project development
Geir Gustavsson
Edda Wind AS
Project company
Fortum Oslo Varme - Project development
2022-02-24
BAHR
Norway
Project development
Rune Svoren
Fortum Oslo Varme
Bidder
Freyr AS - Project development
2022-02-24
BAHR
Norway
Project development
Jon Christian Thaulow, Svein Gerhard Simonnæs
Freyr AS
Project company
Njordr AS - Project development
2022-02-24
BAHR
Norway
Project development
Jon Christian Thaulow
Njordr AS
Project developer
Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (NAS) - Restructuring
2022-02-24
BAHR
Norway
Restructuring
Richard Sjøqvist
Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (NAS)
Debtor
PGS ASA - Restructuring
2022-02-24
BAHR
Norway
Restructuring
Lars Knem, Christie Geir Gustavsson, Richard Sjøqvist, Robin Bakken
PGS ASA
Debtor
Statsbygg (The Norwegian Government’s agency that manages central parts of its real estate portfolio and construction projects for the Government) - Project development
2022-02-24
BAHR
Norway
Project development
Jan Einar Barbo
Statsbygg (The Norwegian Government’s agency that manages central parts of its real estate portfolio and construction projects for the Government)
Project developer
Vattenfall AB - Joint venture
2022-02-24
BAHR
Norway
Joint venture
Jon Christian Thaulow, Henrik Bjørnebye
Vattenfall AB
Joint venture partner
Spacemaker AS - M&A
2022-02-24
BAHR
Norway
M&A
Øystein Guvåg, Lars Kristian Sande
Spacemaker AS
Seller
Freyr AS - M&A
2022-02-24
BAHR
Norway
M&A
Svein Gerhard Simonnæs, Jon Christian Thaulow
Freyr AS
Merger party
Montel AS - M&A
2023-01-30
BAHR
United Kingdom
M&A
Montel AS
Buyer
NTS AS - M&A
2023-06-05
BAHR
Norway
M&A
NTS AS
Seller
Neptune Energy Group Ltd. - M&A
2023-06-23
BAHR
United Kingdom
M&A
Thomas Svensen, Trond Lingaas
Neptune Energy Group Ltd.
Seller
AMSC ASA - M&A
2023-08-22
BAHR
United States (National)
M&A
AMSC ASA
Seller
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