Corporate M&A

“The lawyers have excellent technical legal skills combined with a highly commercial and pragmatic approach. They also provide excellent client support and turnaround.”

Chambers Europe 2023

BAHR – excellence as standard

Mergers can make or break companies. So it’s vital that your advisors have first class legal knowledge – vital but not enough: they also need deep understanding of clients’ industries and goals, allowing them to deliver creative, pragmatic advice and anticipate challenges. Sizeable resources are a must, as is skill in a range of ancillary areas, from finance and tax to IP and employment.

Consistently top ranked by legal directories and research organisations like Mergermarket, BAHR has all these things. From bolt-on acquisitions for private equity portfolio companies to major international M&A, we bring together appropriately sized teams with the right skills to guide our clients smoothly through all stages of the deal. Over time we have built a track record of success in significant transactions, such as:

  • Advising Aker and Aker BP in connection with Aker BP’s NOK 125 billion acquisition of Lundin Energy Norway.
  • Acting for Adevinta on its acquisition of eBay Classifieds Group for a value of USD$9.2 billion.
  • Assisting Aker Solutions with entering into agreements with SLB (formerly Schlumberger) and Subsea7 to combine Aker Solutions’ and SLB’s subsea oil and gas businesses into a joint venture to be owned by Aker Solutions, SLB and Subsea 7.
  • Advising SalMar on one of the largest and most complex public M&A transactions ever to be executed in Norway, involving five listed companies, and resulting in a major structural change to some of Norway’s, and the world’s, largest salmon farming companies.

BAHR’s corporate lawyers operate in a wide range of sectors, advising leading players on IPOs, mergers, demergers, corporate restructurings, share issues, takeovers and bids, and are particularly known for their expertise in large, complex multijurisdictional transactions.

For more information on how we can help you, please get in touch with one of our key points of contact.

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