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In 100 years, we have gone from being a maritime law firm to becoming one of Norway's largest full-service business law firms. In a time of great turbulence and much uncertainty, and in a business environment with high demands for adaptation, having good advisors is important. In the midst of this stands Wikborg Rein as a full-service law firm with expert knowledge - ready to find good solutions to your challenges.
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WR Asset Management: Establishment of funds - Key documentation
Fund establishment requires careful preparation and drafting of relevant documentation. The extent of the documentation varies considerably and depends, among other things, on the intended fund structure, jurisdiction, asset class, type of target investors and the regulatory conditions under which the fund and manager operate.
WR ESG Alert: Another landmark ruling on climate change and human rights, and rules to protect against forced labour and abusive court proceedings
In this month's ESG alert, we highlight the recent landmark climate judgment from the European Court of Human Rights, as well as legislative developments in the EU, including new rules on free allocation of emission allowances, protection of persons who engage in public participation, a revision of the Industrial Emissions Directive, and the approval by the European Parliament of the Forced Labour Regulation.
We have assisted Infranode and Lyse with their acquisition of Sandefjord Bredbånd
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.
Recent developments, including new US sanctions restricting imports of aluminium, copper and nickel and wind-down of General License on Venezuela
In this sanctions alert we seek to summarise recent developments relating to Norwegian, EU, UK and US sanctions, including US and UK prohibitions on import of certain Russian-origin metals, wind-down of transactions related to oil and gas sector operations in Venezuela, EU's minimum rules for prosecution of and penalties for violating EU sanctions, and the implementation of the EU's 12th and 13th package of sanctions against Russia into the Norwegian Ukraine Regulation.
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