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The Norwegian government today introduced a proposal to subject aquaculture to a new source rent taxation regime. Until now, the industry has only formed part of the ordinary corporate income tax regime (in addition to a certain minor special duties).

We are proud to have assisted as legal advisers to the 25 municipal owners in Agder Energi, in the merger with Glitre Energi. Today, an extraordinary general meeting was held at the companies, where the owners approved the merger between the companies.

The results from ITR reveals that Arntzen de Besche will advance to Tier 1 within Energy Tax. We also retain the strong placements from last year, where we are ranked in Tier 1 within Shipping and Transactional Tax, and Tier 2 within General Corporate Tax, Indirect Tax and Tax Controversy.

The results for IFLR 1000 2022 are clear. Arntzen de Besche is ranked in Tier 2 in all five categories, in addition to the fact that 12 lawyers have been individually ranked this year.

We are proud to have acted as legal advisers to Lime Petroleum in this sale and purchase agreement with KUFPEC Norway AS. Lime Petroleum acquires a 10 percent interest in the producing YME field on the Norwegian North Sea. The total transaction value is USD 68.053 million, and will be paid in cash on completion of the transaction.

We are delighted to announce that our tax team has been shortlisted for ITR EMEA Tax Awards 2022 in two categories: "Norway Tax Firm of the Year" and "Norway Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year".

We are pleased to have assisted Abilia, a subsidiary to MedCap, in their agreement to acquire the company Cognita AS. The transaction will further strengthen Abilia’s position in the Nordics within digital assistive products.

Today AnaCap announced their agreement with with Nets, part of Nexi Group, for the acquisition of EDIGard, a leading platform provider of distribution and payment services in the Nordic. We are proud to act as legal advisor for AnaCap in this agreement.

Today The Norwegian Competition Authority approved Nortura's acquisition of a controlling stake in the hatchery company Steinsland &Co. AS. The authority's decision comes after a four month long process.

We are pleased to have acted as legal advisors to EG in entering into a transaction agreement with Ørn Software whereby EG Norge AS intends to launch a voluntary offer for all outstanding shares in Ørn Software Holding AS. Through a successful completion of the voluntary offer, EG Norge AS will acquire all outstanding shares of Ørn Software Holding AS at a price of NOK 6.25 per share.

We are proud to welcome Gro Amdal as a new partner at our office in Stavanger. She is one of Norway's foremost specialists in procurement law, and with more than 25 years of experience in this field of law, she will contribute to further strengthening our procurement and competition law department.

Arcasa Arkitekter has 70 employees and had a turnover of NOK 125 million in 2021. With this acquisition, Sweco's architecture division will become the country's third largest architectural office with 180 employees under the brand name Sweco Architects.

The renowned legal rating agency Legal 500 has published the results from its 2022 edition. We consolidate our position as one of Norway’s leading law firms and are rated in 18 of 20 practice areas. We obtain Tier 1 and Tier 2 ratings within 13 practice areas. 47 of our lawyers have been recognized within their respective areas of expertise.