Real Estate and Construction
We appreciate their in-depth knowledge of real estate. We are in very good hands, they know how best to contribute to transactions and protect clients' needs and interests.
BAHR – real estate and construction advice from the ground up
Whether you’re planning a major investment in real estate, selling property assets or devising a prestigious development, BAHR can help you take the project from the drawing board to concrete reality.
BAHR’s team is a clear market leader in Norway and has been ranked number 1 in Norway under the categories “Real Estate” and “Construction” in the prestigious TNS Prospera survey in 2018, 2019 and 2020, demonstrating our longstanding reputation in the Norwegian market. Our team is also consistently ranked as a leader by independent rating agencies as Chambers and Legal 500.
Our experienced team and has played a key role in many of Norway’s largest and most complex real estate developments and transactions, such as:
- Advising on the NOK 6.5 billion sale of Entra’s entire Trondheims-portfolio to Reitan – the largest acquisition in the Norwegian market so far in 2024.
- Assisting a Nuveen Real Estate managed fund with the NOK 5 billion purchase and subsequent de-listing of Self Storage Group – this was the largest real estate transaction in Norway in 2023.
- Advising CBRE Investment Management on the NOK 1 billion sale of Karl Johans gate 12, a landmark high street building located in the bustling heart of Oslo.
- Assisting Merkantilbygg Holding with the sale of several property companies and portfolios with an aggregate value of more than NOK 2 billion.
- Assisting Schage Eiendom with the headline development project involving the extension and upgrading of Stortorget 7, a new landmark property in central Oslo, as well as the sale of the property for more than NOK 2.5 billion.
- Acting as legal counsel to City of Oslo, Department of Water and Sewage on its multi-billion NOK project for developing Oslo’s new reserve water supply. This key public infrastructure project is expected to be completed in 2028.
- Acting as legal counsel to AVA Eiendom in its development of new premises for Høyskolen Kristiania in Kirkegata 23-25 in Oslo. This complex development project, situated in the city center, is an important step in the revitalization of Oslo’s Kvadraturen area.
Our dedicated real estate experts advise on everything from major sale and leaseback transactions, innovative real estate financing and complex development agreements, to resource-intensive construction or real estate disputes. In all of these areas we provide our clients with first-class, business-focused legal advice in line with industry best practice – best practice that we have often helped to define.
For more information on how we can help you, please get in touch with one of our key points of contact.