Renewable energy

Our team of legal and industry experts is one of the strongest in Norway, giving legal and strategic advice to all areas of the energy sector.

The lawyers have experience from the industry, as lawyers and from working at the Ministry of Oil and Energy.

In addition we are considered among the most experienced law firms within dispute resolution, counselling for the main parts of the most important energy cases in the Supreme Court since 2010.

Our lawyers have published the commentary edition to the Water Resources Act and the Energy Act and were co-authors of Vassdrags- og Energirett (Watercourse and Energy Law) and have written the comments to the Energy Act in Norsk Lovkommentar (online legal bulletin and reference work).

We advise on

Legal framework conditions for the industry
Regulatory issues relating to the production, sale and transmission of energy, including licenses
Development and upgrading of power plants, regulation systems and grid installations
Acquisition of rights, appraisals and dispute resolution
Physical and financial energy trades
Regulatory issues and contracts relating to district heating generation
Organisation of power plants, ownership structures and cooperative agreements
Transactions, restructuring and start-ups
Power plant taxation and tax issues relating to energy consumption