The rating is described in the following way by IFLR: 

“The Rising Stars Awards Europe provides law and professional services firms recognition for the effort of their up and coming practitioners in the legal profession. A Rising Star is defined as an associate or of counsel (or a recently raised partner), with up to fifteen years professional experience, are under forty years old, and have been acting at a partner level. The awards cover both jurisdictional categories and practice area categories. Winners are judged on their professional accomplishments, advocacy and influence within their specialism between 01 January to 31 December of the preceding year, as well as peer review and referee commentary.” 

- I am truly honored to be ranked as one of three rising stars in Norway regardless of practice area, states Agathe Løwenborg. Its inspirational to see that the work our team does for our clients receive this kind of recognition. 

Agathe Løwenborg has been with our firm since 2010 and made partner in 2017. She is part of our market leading employment law department and primarily provides legal assistance to employers and employees in evaluations, negotiations and procedure regarding dismissals, restructuring and transfer of undertakings.

Agathe Løwenborg wins IFLR Rising Stars Award

Frode Martin Toftevåg

Steffen G. Rogstad

Mira Tengesdal Torstenbø

Norwegian employment regulation is constantly evolving — and becoming increasingly complex. Providing sound advice requires deep insight into both national developments shaped by social partners and government, and international obligations under EEA and public international law. Missteps can lead to missed opportunities, workplace issues, costly disputes and reputational harm.

The right advisors provide confidence — and tangible value. For over 30 years, Arntzen has been a market leader in employment and pensions law in Norway.

 in a lawsuit brought by its former General Counsel

 with redundancies and union negotiations with the Norwegian Union of Journalists

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The sale of Edison Norge AS includes the oil fields Dvalin (10 %) and Nova (15 %), two development assets planned to start production in the near future. Dvalin is a subsea tie-back to Heidrun and will export natural gas through the Polarled pipeline, and Nova is a tie-back to the Gjøa platform. Both assets are low-emission development projects. More information about the transaction is available in the 

 on the transaction.

Arntzen de Besche acts for Edison in connection with the transaction. The core advisory team at Arntzen de Besche is led by Anders Rødland (E&P/M&A) and Jens Baumann Melberg (M&A/E&P), and also includes Rune Tjomsås Andersen (tax) and Frode Martin Toftevåg (employment law). The assignment is the latest addition to a long list of previous deals in the oil and gas sector on which Arntzen de Besche has advised, and reflects the firm’s strong presence as advisor on both seller and buyer positions in the E&P transaction market.

Arntzen de Besche represents Edison Spa in sale of Edison Norge

As settlement for the transaction, Kverva and EBE Eiendom combined will receive approximately 153 million shares in Storm Real Estate, making them the two largest shareholders in Storm Real Estate. As a result of the transaction, both Kverva and EBE Eiendom are required to, and intends to make a mandatory offer to acquire all outstanding shares in Storm Real Estate not already owned by the companies. 

At the time of the completion of the transaction, KMC Properties will own 39 industrial properties with a combined value of approximately NOK 3 billion and which are located in six countries. In connection with the transaction, Storm Real Estate intends to implement a NOK 300 million private placement directed towards certain shareholders of the company and new investors, by issuing up to 42 million new shares. Furthermore, Storm Real Estate intends to issue a secured bond of NOK 1,850 million in the Nordic bond market, divided into one or two tranches. The transaction is subject to a number of conditions, including among other the approval by the extraordinary general meeting of Storm Real Estate, which is expected to be held in mid-December, as well as the approval by the Oslo Stock Exchange for continued listing following completion of the transaction. 

The transaction is expected to be completed no later than the end of January 2021. 

The core team from Arntzen de Besche has consisted of André Michaelsen, Vidar Løhre and Gro Elin Sønderland.

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Agathe Løwenborg wins IFLR Rising Stars Award

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Arntzen de Besche represents Edison Spa in sale of Edison Norge

Arntzen de Besche assists KMC Properties AS in transaction

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