Susanne Munch Thore

Susanne Munch Thore is the Managing Partner of Wikborg Rein and based in the firm's Oslo office. She is part of the firm's Corporate group. 

Munch Thore has assisted both foreign and Norwegian entities in connection with mergers and acquisitions (M&A), capital market transactions including stock exchange listings, as well as transactions pertaining to company law and securities law. Munch Thore assists Private Equity and Venture Capital firms, with portfolio-, public-to-private-, and exit transactions. Before Munch Thore joined Wikborg Rein, she worked as a lawyer at the Oslo Stock Exchange (1992 – 1993). Clients include private equity companies, stock-listed companies, Norwegian and foreign investment banks, and non-listed entities

Munch Thore has headed the Norwegian Bar Association's permanent advising group in corporate law from 2002 to 2006. Munch Thore was in 2009 recommended by Chambers and Partners and Legal 500 as "Leaders in their field" in the category Corporate M&A and Capital Markets.

Curriculum Vitae

Work experience:

• 1993 - Partner, Wikborg Rein, Oslo (Managing Partner 2011 -)
• 1992-1993 Lawyer, Oslo Stock Exchange
• 1988 Visiting lawyer, Jones Day Reavies & Pogue, New York
• 1987-1991 Associate, Wikborg Rein, Oslo
• 1983-1984 Assistant Lecturer, Scandinavian Institute of Maritime Law, University of Oslo
  

Directorships:

• Member of the Board Oslo Areal AS
• Member of the Board of Unifor
• Chairperson of the Norwegian Bar Association's permanent advisory group in securities law

Education:

• 1989 Master of Laws (L.L.M.), International law, Georgetown University
• 1987 Cand. jur., University of Oslo
• 1985 Diploma of International Affairs, John Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, Bologna