NORWAY Law and Practice Contributed by: Markus Nilssen, Vanessa Kalvenes and Marcus Cordero-Moss, BAHR
BAHR is one of the best-known firms in Nor - way, and has been successfully advising lead - ing Norwegian and global clients since 1966. The firm has, on multiple occasions, assisted Norwegian and foreign clients with questions regarding securitisation, and the firm assisted in the first ever securitisations under Norwegian law by a Norwegian bank and by a Norwegian bank’s foreign branch. Moreover, in 2024, BAHR acted as sole Norwegian legal adviser on the first ever synthetic securitisation by a Norwe -
gian bank. BAHR’s banking and finance team, with over 40 specialists, advises banks and bor - rowers on many of the largest and most innova - tive transactions in the region. The firm assists financial institutions, including investment and retail banks, insurers, asset managers, invest - ment funds and leasing companies, as well as borrowers, on the full range of financing trans - actions. This is supported by one of the region’s leading financial regulatory practices.
Authors
Markus Nilssen is a partner in BAHR with a special focus on capital markets (in particular structured finance transactions) and financial regulations. He regularly advises clients on
Vanessa Kalvenes is a managing associate with BAHR and regularly advises on capital markets transactions and all aspects of financial regulations. She has broad experience on
various regulatory matters and corporate finance transactions in the DCM and ECM markets. Markus is an expert on Norwegian covered bonds legislation and regularly acts for several of Norway’s largest covered bond issuers. He also has a broad experience from advising on various types of corporate and financial arrangements and transactions, including securitisation and other structured finance transactions, factoring, public M&A, corporate restructurings and general corporate finance work.
various regulatory matters, capital management and transactions in the debt capital markets. Vanessa specialises in capital requirements for banks, regulatory capital and various forms of securitisation. She also advises on covered bonds legislation and frequently acts for Norway’s largest covered bond issuers. She has experience from advising on various types of finance and capital markets transactions, including traditional and synthetic securitisations, syndicated bank loans, bond loans and mergers and acquisitions of prudentially regulated financial entities.
Marcus Cordero-Moss is a senior associate at BAHR specialising in banking and finance, with a particular emphasis on financial services regulation and structured finance.
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