Trade, Industry and Public Sector

Wikborg Rein's Trade, Industry and Public Sector group provides legal services to leading Norwegian and foreign enterprises. Our clients include both public and private companies in the traditional industrial production field as well as those involved in trade and distribution. As the matters entrusted to us are often complicated and of substantial importance to our clients, they require our lawyers to have a thorough understanding of the clients' businesses.

We assist our clients with a variety of specific business activities including:

- establishing new production units;

- procuring raw material, etc;

- contract negotiations and development of standardised agreements;

- delivery contracts and disputes regarding defects;

- licence agreements and other technology issues;

- joint ventures and other cooperative agreements;

- public licences and relationship with Norwegian authorities;

- marketing and distribution;

- compliance with competition regulations;

- corporate issues including loans, equity, acquisitions, restructuring, etc;

- pollution and other environmental issues;

- insurance and issues relating to major accidents;

- tax and revenue.

The Trade, Industry and Public Sector group is headed by partner Mads Magnussen.