Norway

Simonsen Vogt Wiig is a Norwegian law firm with a history dating back to 1894. The firm has offices in Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim, Stavanger, Kristiansand, Tromsø and Singapore. The firm has 180 lawyers and is led by managing partner Mona Søyland.

Highlights

The firm has a strong presence in Norway’s financial and corporate sectors with recognizable reputation in banking and finance, M&A, project development and capital markets.

In banking and finance, the firm acted as lead counsel to DNB Bank for a syndicate, consisting of four commercial banks and Export Finance Norway, in the financing and construction of two purpose-built wind turbine installation vessels under construction in a Chinese shipyard. 

Project highlights also include advising on an ongoing basis for the long-time client RWE Wind Norway, a Branch of RWE Wind Norway, a leading global investor-owned electric utility service providers and one of the largest offshore wind power developers in the world. The firm was most recently advising RWE in connection with the bidding for two areas for offshore wind power. The projects are of significant national importance in Norway’s sustainable agenda plans.

Testimonials

“Always available, proactive and hands on.”  (Capital markets client)

“SVW has lawyers that are extremely skilled within all the regulatory and legal challenges within operating a power utilities company in Norway. In deliveries to Lede AS, SVW has delivered swiftly, with a very high quality of work and always within agreed deadlines. As the preferred legal council for a number of utilities companies in Norway, SVW has an in-depth knowledge of best practice within the sector that I believe benefits all parties. At a reasonable hourly rate compared to competitors, SVW delivers legal council at an extremely high value for money.” (Financial service regulatory client)

Key clients

DNB Bank, Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken, Tibber, Pareto Bank, SpareBank 1 SR-Bank, Arctic Securities, Spotlio (listed on Euronext Growth Oslo), Huddly (listed on Euronext Growth Oslo), Næringsbanken, Zwipe (listed on Euronext Growth Oslo and Nasdaq First North, Stockholm), RWE, Vestas, Eksfin (Export Finance Norway), Société Générale, Kingsrose Norway