This area of expertise covers hydropower and other renewable energy. We have long and extensive experience in legal watercourse and energy issues in the power industry in both the public and private sectors. The composition of our client portfolio gives us broad industrial experience and insight into the legal issues facing our clients.
Based on our work in the field, this area of expertise and several of our partners have been ranked as leaders in Norwegian and international rankings, such as Chambers, and Legal 500.
Our firm has published commented editions of the Watercourse Act and the Energy Act. We are also co-authors of Vassdrags- og Energirett (Watercourse and Energy Law) and have written comments on the Energy Act in Gyldendal Rettsdata.
We provide advisory services and legal assistance to power producers, grid owners, power traders and public authorities in connection, for example, with the following areas:
- Legal regulatory framework for the industry
- Issues related to concessions related to the production, sale and transmission of power
- Development and upgrading of power plants, regulation installations, grid installations and wind power installations
- Acquisition of rights and appraisal
- Transmission of power
- Physical and financial power trading
- Organisation of power plants, small power plants, ownership structures, cooperation agreements and other contractual and company law issues
- Transactions in connection with the trading of ownership interests, restructuring and reorganisation, mergers and demergers
- Power plant taxation