Johan Astrup Heber

Senior Lawyer

About Johan Astrup Heber

Johan Astrup Heber is part of the firm's insolvency and restructuring practice.

He has extensive experience with bankruptcies, corporate and financial restructurings, reconstruction proceedings, M&A, contract and company law, as well as banking and securities law. He was the network leader for insolvency law at JUC during 2021-2023, has written a number of articles, and has worked on secondment in Toronto at Blake, Cassels & Gaydon, Canada's biggest law firm.

 Johan has been a key member of all the major restructuring and insolvency cases Wikborg Rein has worked with over the last 10 years, including as project manager. He has considerable expertise on all relevant areas of areas.

Work experience
  • 2020 -

    Senior Lawyer, Wikborg Rein, Oslo

  • 2017 - 2019

    Senior Associate, Wikborg Rein, Oslo

  • 2017

    Secondment, Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, Toronto, Canada

  • 2014 - 2017

    Senior Associate, Wikborg Rein, Oslo

  • 2010 - 2013

    Associate, Wikborg Rein, Oslo

  • 2009

    Associate, Poulsson, Sibbern & Trosdahl

Education
  • 2012

    Practising certificate

  • 2010

    Master of Laws (LL.M. in European Law), King's College London

  • 2008

    Master of Laws, University of Oslo

Directorships
  • 2021 - 2023

    Network Leader for Insolvency Law - JUC

Honor awards
  • 2021

    "Johan Astrup Heber is a hard-working lawyer with excellent legal skills, always aiming for correct, practicable and easy-to-handle solutions.", Legal 500