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Elise Johansen, Tonje Hagen Geiran, and Mads K. Haugse from our ESG team have written a newsletter on the Deforestation Regulation (2023/1115/EU), including the recent postponements of obligations to 30 December 2025. Read more about how to prepare for these upcoming changes: https://lnkd.in/dbQJRCg7 This regulation aims to reduce deforestation, forest degradation, greenhouse gas emissions, and global biodiversity loss by imposing documentation and due diligence requirements on relevant entities. The regulation requires companies to ensure that products such as cattle, cocoa, coffee, oil palm, rubber, soy, and wood, or products containing these, are deforestation-free and lawfully produced. Larger companies have until 30 December 2025 to comply, and micro and small enterprises until 30 June 2026. Businesses across various industries, including food retail, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, and transport, should use this period to establish compliance systems and routines. #EURegulation #Sustainability #Compliance #Deforestation #EnvironmentalLaw #LegalUpdate

Førstkommende onsdag ønsker vår fullmektig Vilde Hordnes og Edvard Hamer Rojahn fra Wiersholm velkommen til en ny samling for unge konkurranserettsentusiaster. Vi ser frem til å høre fra Julie Andrea Nesse og Knut Alexander Johnsen, begge legal officers i ESAs konkurranseavdeling, snakke om innholdet i Kommisjonens utkast til retningslinjer for håndhevingen av Artikkel 102 TEUV på utestengende misbruk av dominerende foretak. Samlingen finner sted hos Wikborg Rein - meld deg på her: https://lnkd.in/daTwsuXm

Små og mellomstore forvaltere kan ha god nytte av EuVECA-regimet. Karoline Angell, Karoline Ulleland Hoel og Daniel Nygaard Nyberg beskriver dette nærmere i Wikborg Reins nyeste temabrev innen kapitalforvaltning. Les mer på våre nettsider: https://lnkd.in/dPwatA3N

Are you a new parent looking to stay ahead with insights on how AI can shape your workday? Worried about AI negatively impacting privacy and data protection?   We are delighted to welcome you and your baby to an engaging lecture featuring Wikborg Rein's Chief Digital Officer, Rolf Brustad, and Managing Associate, Kristina Nesset Kjerstad.   📅 Date: November 28, 2024 🕙 Time: 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM 📍 Location: Dronning Mauds gate 11, Oslo   🎟️ Sign up here: https://lnkd.in/gKJnw2vT   This event, organized in collaboration with the HIVE Community, offers valuable insights into using AI as a workplace tool and highlights potential legal pitfalls.   Rolf will introduce AI/LLM (Large Language Models) and showcase the potential of our AI tool, WR Assist. Kristina will discuss the use of Microsoft Co-Pilot and explore privacy considerations.   Following the talks, there will be time to mingle and network in a baby-friendly environment.   This is a fantastic opportunity to discover the benefits of AI, connect with others, and find inspiration within a supportive parent community.

We are pleased to announce that, together with Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP (STB) and Vinge, we have assisted KKR and its affiliate Abacus BidCo Oy in the SEK 2.4 billion acquisition of ERP-related subsidiaries and assets from the 24SevenOffice Group.   Earlier this year, KKR acquired Accountor Software, a leading business software provider in Finland and Sweden. The newly acquired 24SevenOffice subsidiaries and assets will be combined with Accountor to create a leading financial management and HR software company serving the Nordics.   The transaction is subject to clearance from the relevant competition authorities and is expected to close by year-end.   We extend our congratulations to all parties involved in this landmark transaction, and express our thanks to KKR for their trust and to Vinge and STB for their excellent cooperation throughout the process.   Our core transaction team included Andreas Ihle, Mathias K. Hauglid, Fredrik Hals, Leif Eirik Thrane, Preben Milde Thorbjørnsen, and Ole Henrik Wille.

Kjenner du en jusstudent som kunne tenke seg et helt unikt trainee-opphold?   Da bør du tipse om vår International Intern-ordning. Vi tilbyr erfaring med spennende internasjonale saker på tvers av fagområder hos Wikborg Rein i Oslo og London, og med handelspolitikk og utforming av det globale handelssystemet hos Norges WTO-delegasjon i Genève (Permanent Mission of Norway in Geneva). Jusstudenter fra og med tredje studieår kan søke.   Les mer og søk her innen 29. november: https://lnkd.in/drj_6y8S

We are pleased to have assisted Pareto Securities as sole lead manager in connection with the new EUR 50m Senior Secured Bond Issue by Nordwest Industrie Finance GmbH (a part of Nordwest Industrie Group GmbH). Congratulations to all parties involved!   Wikborg Rein's transaction team consisted of Alexander Wroll Owesen, Andreas K. Lund, Stine H. Barstad, Thea A. Sørensen and Andrea Brække.

Wikborg Rein is pleased to have assisted ABG Sundal Collier in connection with the USD 100 million Senior Secured Bond Issue by Forum Energy Technologies Inc. Congratulations to all parties involved! Wikborg Rein's core transaction team consisted of Stian Tande Mortensen, Stine H. Barstad, Mikkel L. Johansen and Ola Marin Abrahamsen.

Hva skjer med egenkapitalbeviset?   Dette er blant spørsmålene vårt panel vil besvare når vi torsdag den 21. november kl. 09.00 til 10.00 inviterer til webinar om konsekvensene av Sparebankutvalgets anbefalinger. Utvalget offentliggjør sin rapport den 18. november: https://lnkd.in/dR2-tTiP   Meld deg på vårt webinar her: https://lnkd.in/dktvUgNy   I løpet av webinaret vil eksperter fra noen av landets fremste sparebankinvestor- og analytikermiljøer gjennomgå dette:   📊 Sparebankutvalgets anbefalinger ved Joar Johnsen (medlem av sparebankutvalget/Eksfin/tidligere Finans Norge)   📈 Hva vil anbefalingene bety for investorene? ved Magnus Vie Sundal, CFA  (Forvalter av egenkapitalbevisfondet Borea Utbytte)   📉 Reksjoner fra markedet ved Johan Ström (Analysesjef, Carnegie Investment Bank   🔮Veien videre ved Jens Christian Werring-Westly (Wikborg Rein)    Velkommen!

Daniel Nygaard Nyberg, Karoline Ulleland Hoel, Ole Andenæs and Jens Fredrik Bøen have written the Norwegian chapter in Chambers and Partners guide to Alternative Funds 2024. The guide provides the latest legal information on fund structures, regulatory and tax regimes, disclosure/reporting requirements, the roles of fund managers and investors, the rules concerning permanent establishments, the marketing of alternative funds, FATCA/CRS compliance, AML/KYC regimes and security and privacy concerns. Swipe and read below or download the chapter here: https://lnkd.in/d7fbJMya