Sigurd Opedal

Partner

About Sigurd Opedal

Sigurd Opedal is a Partner at Wikborg Rein's Oslo office and head of the firm's M&A and private equity practice. He works primarily with M&A, private equity transactions and capital markets transactions. Opedal is ranked as one of Norway's leading lawyers within mergers & acquisition by Chambers Global, Chambers Europe, Legal 500, IFLR and Finansavisen. He is among the lawyers in the Norwegian market with most transactions reported to Mergermarket the last five years.

Work experience

  • 2007 -

    Partner, Wikborg Rein

  • 2004 - 2006

    Senior Associate, Wikborg Rein, Oslo

  • 2002 - 2004

    Associate, Wikborg Rein, Oslo

  • 2001

    Deputy Judge, Horten

  • 1999 - 2001

    Associate, Wikborg Rein, Oslo

Education

  • 2002

    Practising certificate

  • 1998

    Cand.jur., University of Oslo

  • 1992

    Business Economist, The Norwegian School of Management BI

Publications

  • Obstacles to Nordic Venture Capital Funds / Nordic Innovation Centre. – 3rd ed., Norwegian part by Sigurd Opedal and Anders Myklebust