Chambers and Partners and Legal 500 are two of the most important rating agencies for law firms and individual lawyers. Their assessment of which law firms and lawyers are the most proficient in a variety of categories is based on interviews and conversations with the law firms’ clients and business partners.

Extensive competence

For many years, Arntzen de Besche has been among the highest rated Norwegian law firms. We achieve strong scores within the fields of business, banking and finance, capital markets, commercial property, corporate transactions/M&A, dispute resolution, electricity and renewable energy, European and competition law, intellectual property, insurance, offshore construction and shipbuilding, oil and gas, restructuring and insolvency, shipping, tax and TMT.

The last time Chambers and Partners awarded the prize “Client service law firm of the year” to a Norwegian law firm, it was Arntzen de Besche they selected for that honour. The prize is awarded to firms which stand out for the quality and breadth of their service offering to clients.

Close cooperation with the client

In addition to ranking law firms and lawyers, Legal500 and Chambers and Partners publish quotes that show what clients say about Arntzen de Besche. We are proud of the fact that our clients said the following about us in 2019:

• Outstanding service and straight-to-the-point advice, as well as its very good knowledge of the client's business and the relevant markets
  
  
• They take into account all possible outcomes of the risks involved. It gives us better comfort when we close the transaction, that the inherent risks are manageable.
  
  
• Extremely reactive and responsive
  
  
• Exhibits excellent commercial insight
  
  
• In a class of its own
  
  
• Outstanding quality in preparatory work, as well as in court proceedings
  
  
• We were very impressed by every member of their team due to great response time, on-point advice, their knowledge, experience and professional approach
  
  
• They are proactive and excellent in finding good solutions
  
  
• They are always focused on getting the deal through, whilst keeping their client's interest in focus
  
  
• Extremely responsive and commercially focused
  
  
• Impressive, first-class, professional competencies
  
  
• Deep insight into the legal issues at hand and an in-depth knowledge of its clients' industries
  
  
• Extremely knowledgeable
  
  
• Practical and professional dealmakers
  
  
• Genuine industry expertise and a commercial outlook