BAHR‘s ’highly professional and dedicated team’ has well-established capabilities, advising its noteworthy portfolio of clients on tax issues spanning a broad range of industry sectors, with particular specialisms in petroleum, real estate and shipping-related tax matters. Knut Ekern has expertise in hydropower investment and structuring project cases, while Camilla Jøtun has strong shipping capabilities. Transfer pricing is also an area of specialism, with Jan Jansen and team head Joachim Bjerke both leveraging expertise in this space. Additionally, the group is active in litigation, with Simen Skjold Søgaard a standout name. Nils Flesland Bull is also noteworthy for his indirect tax and VAT knowledge. Ekern and Flesland Bull both arrived from Harboe & Co AS in January 2024, while Camilla Hammer Solheim  departed to Advokatfirmaet Thommessen AS in September 2024.
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  • ‘BAHR has a highly professional and dedicated team. Combined with their excellent understanding of our business, they always deliver timely and high-quality support. The working relationship we have with the team translates into value.’

  • ‘Jan Jansen has deep industry knowledge and is a key professional in the industry. He is very good at seeing matters from different angles. Simen Skjold Søgaard is an experienced and excellent adviser. His judgement is always well-founded. Joachim Bjerke is extremely diligent and has an eye for key details and always provides credible advice. All are a pleasure to work with.’

  • ‘Strong professional capabilities - excellent communication and deliverables.’

  • ‘Working with BAHR was seamless and easy. The team was responsive and timely on every communication.’

  • ‘We worked with Nils Flesland Bull and I would highly recommend him. He delivered exceptional service on a complicated tax matter and his dedication to our position and case was solid and impressive. He was a trusted adviser throughout the entire engagement. He was able to pick up a messy legal tax issue quickly and thoroughly and provide solutions and a path forward.’

  • ‘BAHR is a renowned firm known to provide legal advice of very high quality. The team has broad and in-depth business understanding enabling the team to provide to the point legal advice of excellent quality.'

  • 'The team is well-known in the market and in demand. In my view no other firm in the Oslo area can compete with the BAHR team when it comes to knowing the Norwegian power system.’

  • ‘Knut Ekern has an outstanding business knowledge of the Norwegian power system. He is proactive, very much hands-on, and delivers timely and to-the-point legal advice. He is a highly valued external adviser who is well-known in the market for his excellent business knowledge within the renewable energy sector and Norwegian power system.'

Kernmandanten

  • Aker BP
  • Shell
  • Awilhelmsen
  • HitecVision
  • Equinor
  • Turnstone Asset Management
  • Norvestor
  • Explore Equity
  • DNB Scandinavian Property Fund
  • Equip Capital

Highlight-Mandate

  • Advised HitecVision Advisory AS on a cross-fund divestment and restructuring of ownership in Vår Energi ASA to HitecVision SpringPoint.
  • Represented a client in a dispute regarding the deduction of input VAT on rent and operation of movable housing units for construction workers.
  • Assisting various clients in relation to the new resource rent taxation regime applying to both the aquaculture and onshore wind farm sectors introduced by the Norwegian government in September 2022.

Anwält*innen

Hall of fame

Die Anwält*innen an der Spitze ihres Berufsstands, die aufgrund ihres langjährigen Engagements in marktführender Arbeit von Wettbewerbern und Mandanten gleichermaßen geschätzt und anerkannt werden.

Führende Partner*innen

Die stärksten Partner*innen ihres Praxisbereichs, die eine führende Rolle in signifikanten Mandaten einnehmen und weitreichende Anerkennung unter Wettbewerbern und Mandanten genießen.

Partner*innen der nächsten Generation

Juniorpartner*innen, die im Markt von Mandanten und Wettbewerbern anerkannt werden und in einigen Mandaten eine Schlüsselrolle einnehmen.

Praxisleitung

Joachim Bjerke

Weitere Kernanwält*innen

Jan Jansen; Simen Skjold Søgaard; Nils Flesland Bull; Knut Ekern; Anne Sofie Bjørkholt; Peter Hammerich; Camilla Jøtun; Helge Olav Bugge; Kristine Golten