{"id":7569,"date":"2026-04-07T08:34:34","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T08:34:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haavind.no\/en\/?p=7569"},"modified":"2026-04-07T08:34:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T08:34:35","slug":"haavind-recognised-in-chambers-europe-2026-and-the-legal-500-emea-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haavind.no\/en\/haavind-recognised-in-chambers-europe-2026-and-the-legal-500-emea-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Haavind recognised in Chambers Europe 2026 and The Legal 500 EMEA 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<div class=\"template-post 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<h1 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">Haavind recognised in Chambers Europe 2026 and The Legal 500 EMEA 2026<\/h1>\n\n\n<p>Haavind is pleased to share strong new results in two leading international legal directories,\u00a0Chambers and Partners Europe 2026\u00a0and\u00a0The Legal 500 EMEA 2026. We are grateful for the trust our clients place in us and for the feedback that underpins these recognitions.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"info-small\">07 April, 2026 \u00b7 3 min. reading time<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\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=\"alignleft wp-block-haavind-byline\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-tag\">Contact persons<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"authors\"><a href=\"https:\/\/haavind.no\/en\/people\/preben-brecke\/\" class=\"t2-byline__author-link\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"author-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"author-inner__image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"233\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/haavind.no\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/06\/Preben-Brecke_slips-233x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/haavind.no\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/06\/Preben-Brecke_slips-233x300.jpg 233w, https:\/\/haavind.no\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/06\/Preben-Brecke_slips-768x989.jpg 768w, https:\/\/haavind.no\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/06\/Preben-Brecke_slips.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 233px) 100vw, 233px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"name\">Preben Brecke<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Managing Partner<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/haavind.no\/en\/people\/katrine-hverven-sontum\/\" class=\"t2-byline__author-link\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"author-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"author-inner__image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"233\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/haavind.no\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/Katrine-Sontum-233x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/haavind.no\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/Katrine-Sontum-233x300.jpg 233w, https:\/\/haavind.no\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/Katrine-Sontum-768x989.jpg 768w, https:\/\/haavind.no\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/Katrine-Sontum.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 233px) 100vw, 233px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"name\">Katrine Hverven Sontum<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>COO\/Lawyer<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"topics\">\n\t\t\t\t<span><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-legal-500-emea-2026-top-tier-rankings-and-broad-individual-recognition\">The Legal 500 EMEA 2026: Top Tier rankings and broad individual recognition<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In\u00a0The Legal 500 EMEA 2026, Haavind is ranked\u00a0Top Tier in eight practice areas. We are also proud to see significant individual recognition across the firm:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>35 of our lawyers are ranked\u00a0across the Hall of Fame, Leading Partners, Next Generation Partners, and Leading Associates categories<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>71 lawyers are mentioned\u00a0in total as \u201cRecommended lawyers\u201d in the guide<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>We also want to extend special congratulations to two colleagues who are ranked for the first time:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Christopher Gr\u00f8vdal R\u00f8nbeck, newly ranked as\u00a0Next Generation Partner\u00a0in\u00a0Fishing and aquaculture<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bj\u00f8rn Gisle Gr\u00f8nlie, newly ranked as\u00a0Leading Associate\u00a0in\u00a0Offshore construction<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more about The Legal 500 results <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legal500.com\/firms\/11649-advokatfirmaet-haavind-as\/c-norway\/rankings\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-chambers-europe-2026-band-1-rankings-and-new-individual-entries\">Chambers Europe 2026: Band 1 rankings and new individual entries<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Haavind has once again achieved strong results in\u00a0Chambers and Partners Europe 2026. We are proud to have\u00a016 ranked departments, including the highest distinction,\u00a0Band 1, in\u00a0seven categories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Managing Partner\u00a0Preben Brecke\u00a0comments:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur clients\u2019 feedback is deeply valued. These rankings recognise how we work every day: combining specialist expertise with close collaboration to deliver practical, high-quality advice.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are also pleased to note new individual entries in this year\u2019s rankings:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>B\u00e5rd Sandstad\u00a0in\u00a0Corporate\/M&amp;A<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Andreas B. Bernt\u00a0in\u00a0Intellectual Property<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Christoffer Johansen Baisg\u00e5rd\u00a0in\u00a0Restructuring\/Insolvency<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>You can read more about our\u00a0Chambers Europe 2026\u00a0results\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/chambers.com\/law-firm\/advokatfirmaet-haavind-as-europe-7:1812\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-thank-you-to-our-clients\">Thank you to our clients<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>We sincerely appreciate our clients for recognising the quality of our services and legal expertise. These results reflect the commitment of our teams and the collaboration we build with clients across matters and industries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/haavind.no\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/Copy-of-Intranett-forsidebilde-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7570\" style=\"width:1450px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/haavind.no\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/Copy-of-Intranett-forsidebilde-2.png 960w, https:\/\/haavind.no\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/Copy-of-Intranett-forsidebilde-2-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/haavind.no\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/Copy-of-Intranett-forsidebilde-2-768x432.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"sector":[],"speciality":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.2 (Yoast SEO v24.2) - 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