Arntzen de Besche

Arntzen de Besche Advokatfirma AS is a Norwegian business law firm employing more than 130 lawyers. The firm serves Norwegian and international clients within the private and public sectors alike. Arntzen de Besche provides services in all areas of corporate law: EU and competition law, labour law, real estate, mergers and acquisitions and capital markets, petroleum law, tax law, company law, contract law and litigation.[1] The company is headquartered in Oslo, with branch offices in Trondheim and Stavanger.

Arntzen de Besche Advokatfirma AS
IndustryLaw
Founded2001
Headquarters Oslo, Norway
Key people
Håvard Sandnes (Managing partner)
ProductsLegal Services
Revenue410 MNOK (2018)
Number of employees
170 (2019)
Websitewww.adeb.no/eng

The company has close to 170 employees - who together make up one of Norway's largest law firms.

The company has in 2014-2019 been involved in transactions with a total value of approx NOK 347 billions and was in 2018 nominated by MergerMarket as "Norway M&A Legal advisor of the year". The dispute resolution and litigation team includes nine attorneys with the right to appear before the Supreme Court of Norway.

In January 2021 the Supreme Court of Norway convicted Arntzen de Besche of negligent counselling of Polaris Media and sentenced the firm to pay damages of NOK 100 million.[2]

History

Arntzen de Besche was founded in 2001 through a merger of the law firms Arntzen, Underland & Co and de Besche & Co while the firm's origins goes back to 1870.

Offices

Arntzen de Besche has three offices with more than 130 lawyers of which 59 are partners.

Oslo

The headquarters in Oslo is centrally located in Bygdøy allé 2, and has more than 90 lawyers, of whom 38 are partners, and secretarial staff and management of approximately 30 employees.

Trondheim

The Trondheim office, with about 25 lawyers, is the city's largest law firm and became part of Arntzen de Besche in 2009 after an incorporation of the former Trondheim office of Schjødt.[3] The office is located at Beddingen 16 at Solsiden. The company's history dates back to the year 1915.

Stavanger

The Stavanger office is centrally located at Kongsgårdbakken 1 with 10 lawyers. The office is a result of the incorporation of Advokatfirma Smedsvig Heitmann DA.[4]

Awards

In recent years Arntzen de Besche has received very positive reviews in a number of rankings.[5][6][7]

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-03-14. Retrieved 2010-06-09.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Advokatfirma må betale Polaris Media 100 millioner kroner I erstatning". Adresseavisa. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2010-03-16.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2011-01-04.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. https://chambers.com/law-firm/arntzen-de-besche-advokatfirma-as-europe-7:3423
  6. http://www.legal500.com/firms/10029/offices/11048
  7. http://www.iflr1000.com/JurisdictionFirm/2184/6/Arntzen-de-Besche.html
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