Simen's practice focuses on capital market transactions, general company law and securities law. He has considerable experience with assisting Norwegian and international companies and managers in connection with listing processes on the Oslo Stock Exchange and Euronext Growth. Simen also provides advice on acquisitions of listed companies, public offerings, private placements and other transactions. He has international experience from working with capital market transactions in a leading international law firm.
Chambers and Partners and IFLR1000 have ranked Simen as one of Norway's most prominent experts on stock exchange and securities law. He is also ranked as one of Norway's leading lawyers on share issues and stock exchange listings in the Norwegian Financial Daily's annual lawyers survey.
He is a very strong and experienced capital markets lawyer.
Selected projects
Work experience
Partner, Wiersholm, 2013
Secondment, Latham & Watkins, 2011
Lawyer, Wiersholm, 2005
Higher Executive Officer, Ministry of Finance, 2003
Education
Cand. Jur., University of Oslo, 2002
Partial studies, University of New South Wales, 2002
Honours and awards
Band 3, Chambers Global, Capital Markets: Equity, 2024
Band 3, Chambers Europe, Capital Markets: Equity, 2024
Lovende talenter, Advokatundersøkelsen, Finansavisen, Share issues and IPOs, 2024
Topp 10, Advokatundersøkelsen, Finansavisen, Issuance and IPOs, 2023
Highly regarded, IFLR1000, Capital markets and M&A, 2023
Band 3, Chambers Europe, Capital Markets: Equity, 2023
Band 3, Chambers Global, Capital Markets: Equity, 2023
Band 3, Chambers Global, Capital Markets: Equity Norway, 2022
Band 3, Chambers Global, Capital Markets: Equity Norway, 2021
Highly regarded, IFLR1000, M&A, 2019
Up and coming, Chambers Europe, Capital Markets, 2019