Ratings
BAHR's consistent top rankings from leading international rating agencies, which largely base their rankings on interviews and surveys among clients, confirm BAHR's position in the Norwegian and international market.
Rankings
- Top ranked, Tier 1, in fourteen categories and Tier 2 in four categories, in The Legal 500 EMEA, 2023
- Top ranked, Band 1 in eight categories, and Band 2 in eight categories, in Chambers Europe 2023
- Top ranked, Band 1 in six categories, and Band 2 in three categories , in Chambers Global 2023
- Top ranked, Tier 1, by World Tax 2023 in all categories, Energy, Indirect tax, Tax controversy, General corporate tax, Shipping and Transactional tax
- Top ranked, Tier 1, by World TP 2023 in their category Transfer Pricing
- Top ranked, Band 1 in ten categories, and Band 2 in five categories, in Chambers Europe 2022
- Top ranked, Band 2 in six categories, and Band 2 in one category, in Chambers Global 2022
- Top ranked, Tier 1, in sixteen categories and Tier 2 in two categories, in The Legal 500 EMEA, 2022
- Only Norwegian law firm on top in all categories, Band 1, in Chambers Global 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017 and 2016
- Top ranked, Tier 1, in IFLR 1000, 2022, in the categories Banking and Finance, Capital Markets: Equity, Capital Markets: Equity and M&A, and Tier 2 in the category Project development
- Top ranked as “Elite firm” in the category ‘Competition law’ in the 2022 edition of GCR 100
- Top ranked as “Elite firm” in the category ‘Competition law’ in the 2021 edition of GCR 100
- Top ranked, Tier 1, in IFLR 1000, 2021, in the categories Banking and Finance, Capital Markets (debt/equity) and Corporate M&A
- Top ranked in The Legal 500 EMEA, 2021, with sixteen Tier 1 and two Tier 2 rankings
- Overall winner in Kantor Sifo Prospera “Tier 1 Law Firm Review Norway 2019”
- In Finansavisen’s (The Norwegian Financial Daily) annual survey of attorneys, BAHR and the firm’s partners have a long tradition of placing at or near the very top in several fields.
Awards
- “Firm of the Year: Norway”, the International Financial Law Review´s (IFLR) annual European awards 2023
- “Norway Tax Firm of the Year», ITR EMEA Tax Awards 2022
- “Patent Litigation Firm of the Year Norway”, Global IP Awards 2022
- “Corporate Firm of the Year, Norway”, IFLR Award 2021 Europe
- “Dispute Resolution Team of the Year Norway”, Benchmark Litigation 2020 Europe Awards
- “Law Firm of the Year Norway”, Benchmark Litigation 2019 Europe Awards
- “Most Innovative Law Firm of the Year Award” for Norway, IFLR European Awards 2019 and 2017
- “Patent Litigation Firm of the Year (Norway)” 2020, 2019 and 2018, Global IP Awards
- “Firm of the Year 2019 (Norway Contentious)”, Managing Intellectual Property EMEA Awards 2019
- “Firm of the Year 2018 (Norway Copyright)”, Managing Intellectual Property, IP Stars 2018
- “Norway Law firm of the Year 2018”, Chambers Europe Awards 2018
- “Norway Legal Adviser of the Year 2018”, Mergermarket European M&A Awards 2018