The Managing Partner takes the floor

MP TAKES THE FLOOR Paving the way for world-class performance

In 2020, BAHR made some hard choices and emerged stronger from necessary renewal processes. We laid the foundations for the BAHR of the future just as the world around us was changing fundamentally. This has paid off. We have shown our mettle in 2020 and the first half of 2021.

International competition

Nothing stays the same. These last two pandemic years have brought this home. BAHR does not stay the same. We are always on the lookout for renewal and improvement, to best serve our clients. It is of crucial importance that we are open to new ways of thinking. Competition is intensifying. Not only from our Norwegian competitors, but also from international players that are increasingly targeting our markets in a globalising world. This sharpens our focus and spurs us on.

BAHR is facing international competition head on. This requires world-class performance on our part. We need to keep honing our specialist skills and expertise. We also need to be efficient and effective – both in delivering for our clients and in interacting with them. We have made great strides in 2020 and the first half of 2021. Both by refining our own processes and by investing in digital solutions. We are even more nimble and switched on, and we get things done.

Thomas K. Svensen Managing Partner i BAHR

Leading advisors Our annual BAHRinsight publication is an opportunity for us to showcase the achievements and thinking of some of our expert advisors.

In this year’s edition, you can read about Ida Marie Windrup, who has returned to BAHR and our Finance group after many years with Watson, Farley & Williams in London. Another BAHR returnee is Pernille Woxen Burum. After five years as an Oslo Stock Exchange lawyer, where she was in charge of the entire market surveillance regulation process, she is now handling a large number of Oslo Stock Exchange listings together with Lars Knem Christie and our Finance team.

As in previous years, the Chair of BAHR’s Asset Management & Private Equity group, Peter Hammerich, reflects on industry developments. The group is growing fast and boasts marketleading expertise. We have surged ahead of our Nordic competitors quite some time

We have consolidated our position in Norway and are better placed than ever to offer our clients world-class performance.

MP TAKES THE FLOOR

ago and are now one of the main providers in Europe.

Norwegian lawyers are second to none. This is exemplified by the key role BAHR played in the restructuring of the airline Norwegian, says Richard Sjøqvist, Chair of BAHR’s Finance group.

Helge Stemshaug, Chair of our Competition & EU Law group, tells us about demanding competition law cases, and he is joined by several of his group colleagues in examining the Hurdal Platform and its significance for EEA law in Norway.

Our Energy & Environment group, chaired by Jon Christian Thaulow, is busier than ever on new energy, climate technology and green industry engagements. BAHR is the sum total of everything – all our people as individuals and as a group. We make each other and our clients better, also when faced with additional requirements and higher expectations from those around us and not least from ourselves. We will stay ahead of the curve on legal developments and on the quality of the advice we provide to our clients.

I am optimistic about the future when looking at what my BAHR colleagues are capable of and what we have achieved together. We have consolidated our position in Norway and are better placed than ever to offer our clients world-class performance.

Never been stronger