{"id":6675,"date":"2024-10-01T08:46:06","date_gmt":"2024-10-01T08:46:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haavind.no\/en\/?post_type=person&#038;p=6675"},"modified":"2026-04-16T16:30:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T16:30:24","slug":"kaare-oftedal","status":"publish","type":"person","link":"https:\/\/haavind.no\/en\/people\/kaare-oftedal\/","title":{"rendered":"Kaare Oftedal"},"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=\"1051\" height=\"1350\" src=\"https:\/\/haavind.no\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/11\/Kaare-Oftedal.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\">Kaare Oftedal<\/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.oftedal@haavind.no\">k.oftedal@haavind.no<\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-info__post-meta meta-key-people_phone\"><a href=\"tel:+47 916 13 838\">+47 916 13 838<\/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=\"Kaare Oftedal\" data-role=\"Partner\" data-email=\"k.oftedal@haavind.no\" data-tel=\"+47 916 13 838\">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\/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\/offshore-and-industries\/\" rel=\"tag\">Offshore and industries<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/haavind.no\/en\/kompetanse\/bransje\/renewable-energy\/\" rel=\"tag\">Renewable energy<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/haavind.no\/en\/kompetanse\/bransje\/technology\/\" rel=\"tag\">Technology<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Kaare Oftedal is specialised in transactions and corporate advisory, and has extensive experience with M&amp;A and venture capital-related work, including investments, acquisitions, reorganisations, and equity transactions, both nationally and internationally. 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