{"id":1381,"date":"2016-04-27T12:31:38","date_gmt":"2016-04-27T10:31:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/haavind.local\/en\/?person=kjetil-hardeng"},"modified":"2026-01-16T12:50:40","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T12:50:40","slug":"kjetil-hardeng","status":"publish","type":"person","link":"https:\/\/haavind.no\/en\/people\/kjetil-hardeng\/","title":{"rendered":"Kjetil Hardeng"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<div class=\"template-person alignwide wp-block-dekode-hero\">\n\t\t<div class=\"hero__inner\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"hero__inner_blocks\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"1030\" src=\"https:\/\/haavind.no\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/Kjetil-Hardeng.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"object-fit:cover\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><h1 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">Kjetil Hardeng<\/h1>\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-role wp-block-post-terms\"><a href=\"https:\/\/haavind.no\/en\/role\/partner\/\" rel=\"tag\">Partner<\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"card-info wp-block-t2-people-meta\"><div class=\"card-info__post-meta meta-key-people_email\"><a href=\"mailto:k.hardeng@haavind.no\">k.hardeng@haavind.no<\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-info__post-meta meta-key-people_phone\"><a href=\"tel:+47 480 12 274\">+47 480 12 274<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\t\t<div class=\"haavind-block-person-vcard wp-block-haavind-block-person-vcard\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"v-card-link\" href=\"#\" data-name=\"Kjetil Hardeng\" data-role=\"Partner\" data-email=\"k.hardeng@haavind.no\" data-tel=\"+47 480 12 274\">Download v-card<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n<div class=\"haavind-block-person-meta alignleft wp-block-haavind-block-person-meta\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"person-taxonomies taxonomy-speciality\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3>Expertise<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/haavind.no\/en\/kompetanse\/fagomrade\/corporate\/\" rel=\"tag\">Corporate M&amp;A<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/haavind.no\/en\/kompetanse\/fagomrade\/energy\/\" rel=\"tag\">Energy<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/haavind.no\/en\/kompetanse\/fagomrade\/stock-exchange-capital\/\" rel=\"tag\">Stock exchange and capital markets<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/haavind.no\/en\/kompetanse\/fagomrade\/data-centers\/\" rel=\"tag\">Data Centers<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"person-taxonomies taxonomy-speciality\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3>Industry<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/haavind.no\/en\/kompetanse\/bransje\/private-equity\/\" rel=\"tag\">Private equity<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/haavind.no\/en\/kompetanse\/bransje\/renewable-energy\/\" rel=\"tag\">Renewable energy<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Kjetil specialises in domestic and international corporate transactions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kjetil works with planning and execution of transactions, both structured auction processes and bilateral negotiations. 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