Area of expertise
- Compliance, Risk Management & Privacy,
- Corporate M&A,
- Energy and Climate Change
Morten P. Smørdal has extensive experience from the energy and oil services sectors and specialises in Corporate M&A and Contract Law. Smørdal has previously served as Legal Director of Aker Kværner and Kværner Oil & Gas, as well as in-house lawyer at Telenor. He has been research assistant at the University of Oslo and deputy judge of the Kristiansand District Court.
“He really knows his client's activity and decision-making processes.”
Work experience
- 2006 - present - Partner, BAHR
- 2002 - 2005 - Senior Associate, BAHR
- 2002 - Legal Director, Aker Kværner
- 1999 - 2002 - Legal Director, Kværner Oil & Gas
- 1998 - 1999 - Lawyer, Kværner ASA
- 1997 - 1998 - Lawyer, Telenor AS
- 1996 - 1997 - Deputy judge, Kristiansand city court
- 1994 - 1996 - Associate, Law firm Hjort DA
- 1992 - 1993 - Research assistant, University of Oslo
Education
- 1994 - Cand.jur, University of Oslo
- 1993 - Master of Law (LLM), University of Edinburgh
- 1990 - One-term course, Université de Savoie
- 1989 - Political Science, intermediate level, University of Oslo
- 1989 - Political Science, elementary level, University of Oslo