Sverre has extensive experience with IPOs, and other capital market transactions, public and private M&A transactions as well as advising on general company and securities law matters. He has advised on a long list of large and complex M&A transactions. He has advised on more than 70 listings on Oslo B\u00f8rs\/Euronext Growth.<\/p>\n
Sverre is consistently ranked among Norway’s leading capital markets and M&A lawyers. He is ranked in Band 1 by Chambers, as a market leader by IFLR 1000, among the top 2 Norwegian capital markets lawyers by Finansavisen and as a “thought leader” within M&A and governance by WWL. He is a member of the Norwegian Bar Association’s expert committee for securities law and JUS’ expert group for company law.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"editor_notices":[],"employee_title":"Partner","employee_mobile":"+47 91 62 69 58","employee_landline":"+47 21 02 10 54","employee_email":"ss@wiersholm.no","_employee_initials":"ss","_employee_user_id":"5c2c8a3efd90963a2965d322","_employee_cv_id":"5c2c8a3efd90963a2965d323","_employee_synced":"1776189478","employee_work_experiences":[{"description":"Partner","employer":"Wiersholm","year_from":"2003"},{"description":"Lawyer","employer":"Wiersholm","year_from":"1996"}],"employee_educations":[{"degree":"Cand. 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