Together with Gibson Dunn as lead counsel, we are pleased to have assisted Morgan Stanley Investment Management's 1GT fund in their role as lead investor in the MUSD 60 series E equity issue in Corvus Energy. 1GT led an investor consortium that includes Just Climate and J. Lauritzen.

Telenor Norge AS has agreed to acquire GlobalConnect AS' consumer business in Norway.

We have assisted Infranode AB and Lyse Fiberinvest AS with entering into an agreement to acquire Altifiber AS, a local fiber infrastructure provider present in Dalane and Agder, Norway. Subject to completion, Infranode will acquire 49% of the shares. The remaining 51% of shares will be owned by Lyse, which is increasing its ownership by 17p.p.

We have assisted Ren Røros AS with entering into a definitive agreement to divest Ren Røros Aksess AS to NEAS Konsern AS. Subject to completion, NEAS Konsern AS will acquire 100% of the shares.

We have assisted Infranode and Lyse with entering into a definitive agreement to acquire Sandefjord Bredbånd AS for an enterprise value of NOK 1,012 million. Subject to completion, Lyse will acquire 10% of the shares, and Infranode, the remaining 90%, from Sandefjord municipality.

We have assisted DIF Capital Partners (via its DIF Infrastructure VII Fund) and EDF Invest (the investment arm of the EDF Group in real assets) with entering into a definitive agreement to acquire Fjord1, the largest owner and operator of ferries in Norway. Subject to closing of the transaction, Fjord1 will be acquired from Vision Ridge Partners and Havila Holding. Vision Ridge and Havila Holding have been investors in Fjord1 since 2019 and 2011, respectively.

We have assisted Dwellop AS with its contemplated business combination with Phuel Oil Tools Limited. Dwellop is Norwegian-based supplier of well intervention solutions within the oil & gas sector and is listed on the NOTC. Phuel Oil Tools also provides solutions within the same sector, with its main base in Scotland and operations in Scotland, Norway, USA and Saudi Arabia.

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Partner, Head of Corporate Finance and Transactions

Ole Henrik is Head of the firm's Corporate, Finance and Transactions group. His main areas of practice relate to M&A and equity capital markets transactions. He is one of the most active lawyers in the Norwegian transaction market and has been head lawyer and responsible for a number of M&A and equity capital markets transactions the last years. Prior to the role as head of the corporate practice, he was head of the firms M&A group.  From 2015-2017, Ole Henrik  was in charge of the corporate division of the firm in the London market. He is a recommended lawyer in international publications such as Chambers,  Legal 500 and IFLR1000. He is also top ranked M&A lawyer in the Norwegian Financial Daily's annual lawyers survey. Ole Henrik has broad experience as lecturer in company law at the University of Oslo. 

From Chambers: 

"He has very strong negotiation skills with a commercial edge that is key to execute transactions. He is always available and on the ball."

"He provides very high-quality advice."

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Ole Henrik is Head of the firm's Corporate, Finance and Transactions group. His main areas of practice relate to M&A and equity capital markets transactions.

Ole Henrik Wille

Partner, Head of the firm's Corporate Finance and Tax practice