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Fisheries and Aquaculture 

Wikborg Rein is a leading legal advisor to the seafood industry. Our lawyers have extensive industry knowledge and assist seafood companies in all legal fields, including fisheries and aquaculture law, transactions, and dispute resolution.

Wikborg Rein is a full-service provider of legal services to businesses in the seafood industry. We have an extensive team of lawyers who continuously assist many of the Norway's largest and leading seafood companies. 

We are experts in both the regulatory frameworks for fisheries and aquaculture, and the specific contracts within the sector. We are also continuously involved in all types of transactions within the seafood industry, as well as financing of seafood companies.

Our strength within shipping and shipbuilding makes us a solid partner for the construction and contracting of ships, boats, and installations for the seafood industry. We also support negotiations and draft of contracts for projects such as slaughterhouses, fish processing, and land-based aquaculture facilities.

Our international presence with offices in London, Shanghai, and Singapore, and lawyers practicing English law, allows us to offer a one-stop shop for seafood companies abroad, and for international investors seeking to invest in Norwegian seafood companies. In addition, we have a commercial and cultural understanding and approach that benefit our clients.

We offer

assistance with:

  • Fisheries and aquaculture regulations
  • Transactions
  • Financing
  • Operations and supplier agreements
  • Shipbuilding contracts
  • Construction contracts
  • Tax
  • Corporate law
  • Dispute resolution
  • Government relations
  • Crisis management
  • Compliance
  • EU/EEA and competition law
  • Sustainability
  • Tech and intellectual property law
  • Employment law
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Awards
2025
Band 1
Chambers and Partners, Europe
2025
Tier 1
Legal 500

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