We are happy to announce that BAHR was named “Norway Tax Firm of the Year” at the ITR Awards 2024.

The ITR Awards celebrate the exceptional achievements and developments of tax professionals, acknowledging their significant contributions over the past year.

Partner Simen Skjold Søgaard and Managing Associate Henrik Brødholt accepted the award on behalf of BAHR.

Additionally, ITR World Tax has recognized BAHR as the only Norwegian law firm with tier 1 rankings across all of the seven categories. Read more about the rankings here!

BAHR has been awarded Tier 1 rankings across all categories by International Financial Law Review (IFLR). This continued acknowledgement reflects the dedication of our entire team, demonstrated by a record number of our individual lawyers achieving top-tier recognition for their accomplishments over the past year.

Tier 1 categories:

• Banking and Finance
• Capital Markets: Debt
• Capital Markets: Equity
• M&A
• Project Development

Read all of BAHR’s rankings in IFLR 1000, 2024 here.

• General corporate tax
• Transactional tax
• Indirect tax
• Tax controversy
• Transfer pricing
• Energy
• Shipping

Alongside the firm’s recognition, 10 of our lawyers have won recognition within their respective areas of expertise:

Joachim M. Bjerke

• WT – Highly Regarded
• World TP – Highly Regarded

Jan B. Jansen

• WT – Highly Regarded

Anne Sofie Bjørkholt

• WT – Highly Regarded
• Women in Tax Leader

Peter Hammerich

• WT – Highly Regarded

Ole Andreas Dimmen

• WT – Highly Regarded

Camilla Jøtun

• WT – Highly Regarded

Simen Skjold Søgaard

• WT – Highly Regarded

Knut Ekern

• WT – Highly Regarded

Nils Flesland Bull

• WT – Highly Regarded

Henrik Brødholt

• WT – Rising Star

BAHR is once again ranked amongst the leading law firms in Europe in The Legal 500’s EMEA guide for 2024. Both our practices and individual lawyers have received top-tier rankings based on their achievements over the past 12 months. 

BAHR has achieved rankings across the board in the guide, with receiving the prestigious Tier 1 ranking for their outstanding work in fourteen practice areas: Banking and Finance, Capital Markets, Commercial, Corporate and M&A, Dispute Resolution, Employment, Energy: Electricity & Renewable Energy, Energy: Oil & Gas, EU and Competition, Insolvency and Corporate Recovery, Insurance, Maritime Law, Offshore Construction and Shipbuilding, Real Estate and Tax.

Also within Construction, Fishing and Aquaculture, Intellectual Property and Regulatory, Compliance & Investigations, high rankings have been obtained in the form of Tier 2.

32 of BAHR’s lawyers have received individual rankings.

Read all of BAHR’s rankings in Legal 500 EMEA here. 

BAHR is once again ranked amongst the leading law firms in Europe by Chambers and Partners Europe 2024 rankings. Both our practices and individual lawyers have received top-tier rankings based on their achievements over the past 12 months. We are especially proud to see that many of our lawyers have received individual rankings for the first time this year.

BAHR is ranked Band 1 and Band 2 in the total of 16 categories:

Band 1

• Capital Markets: Equity
• Competition/Antitrust
• Corporate/M&A
• Energy: Oil & Gas
• Real Estate
• Restructuring/Insolvency
• Tax

Band 2

• Banking & Finance
• Capital Markets: Debt
• Construction
• Corporate Compliance & Investigations
• Dispute Resolution
• Employment
• Energy: Renewables
• Intellectual Property
• Shipping

Read all of BAHR’s rankings in Chambers Europe 2024 here. 

Chambers Europe ranks lawyers and law firms across Europe. Chambers and Partners rankings are based on in-depth analysis gathered by experienced team of researchers. We thank our clients for their trust and reviews.

Chambers and Partners has released their 2024 Global Guide, an esteemed directory recognizing the world’s foremost law firms.

BAHR is proud to be ranked in all categories.

• Capital Markets: Equity
• Corporate/M&A
• Energy: Oil & Gas
• International & Cross-Border Capabilities
• Banking & Finance

• Capital Markets: Debt
• Dispute Resolution
• Intellectual Property

Vi har gleden av å ønske Nils Flesland Bull velkommen som Specialist Partner i BAHR. Bull er en av landets fremste kapasiteter innen indirekte beskatning, med merverdiavgift og særavgifter som hovedfelt. Han har omfattende erfaring med å bistå virksomheter og offentlige kunder i komplekse problemstillinger knyttet til merverdiavgift, momskompensasjon og særavgifter, samt avgiftsrettslig rådgivning og selskapsrettslig organisering ved utvikling, drift og kjøp/salg av fast eiendom.

Bull er rangert som en av Norges aller fremste eksperter på indirekte skatt av de anerkjente ratingbyråene Chambers and Partners og Legal 500.

Vi har gleden av å ønske Knut Ekern velkommen som Specialist Partner i BAHR. Ekerns tiltreden innebærer en styrking av BAHRs skattekompetanse, særlig innen fornybar energi.

Ekern har mer enn 25 års erfaring som rådgiver innen skatt og tilgrensende områder for større private og offentlig eide industriforetak, spesielt innen fornybar energi og annen infrastrukturbasert virksomhet. Med omfattende kompetanse og erfaring fra større prosjekter, er han en høyt verdsatt rådgiver og anerkjent av bl.a. Chambers Europe og World Tax for sin ekspertise.

BAHR was named “Norway M&A Legal Adviser of the Year” on Tuesday evening at the Mergermarket European M&A Awards ceremony in London.

The Mergermarket European M&A Awards recognise excellence in corporate, private equity, banking and legal mergers and acquisitions (M&A) expertise across a number of European jurisdictions.

Nominations are reviewed by a panel of editors from Mergermarket, as well as European industry experts, who analyse how innovative structures are applied to M&A transactions.

In Mergermarket’s M&A overview for 2022, BAHR was ranked number one among Norwegian law firms with the most transactions (128).

Øystein Guvåg and Kamilla Kristiansen represented BAHR at the awards ceremony.

Eirik is the head of BAHR’s IP practice and deputy head of BAHR’s Technology group. Eirik has substantial experience with IP disputes and litigation. He has proved himself to be an eminent patent litigator and has acted as lead counsel on high profile cases in recent years. Eirik’s practice is primarily focused on contentious matters and advice relating to technology, including technology development, R&D agreements, license agreements, as well as the acquisition and divestment of technology companies. He advises Norwegian and international clients within a range of sectors, including energy, fisheries and aquaculture, life sciences, IT and digital innovation.

Eirik holds a Master of Law from the University of Oslo (2013), where he wrote his masters thesis on indirect patent infringement, which was later published in the peer reviewed Nordic intellectual property law review NIR (Nordiskt Immaterielt Rättsskydd).