Kristoffer GjesdahlSenior Associate
Kristoffer Gjesdahl assists clients primarily with corporate and securities law issues, including acquisitions, investments, mergers/de-mergers and other equity transactions, and issues concerning general corporate and contract law.
Practice areas
Background
Senior Associate, CLP (2022-)
Associate, CLP (2018-2021)
Education
Master of Law, University of Bergen (2018)
Bachelor of Law, University of Agder (2016)
Investment from Climate Fund Managers in Release Solar
CLP advised Climate Fund Managers (CFM), in the investment of USD 102 million in Norwegian renewable energy company Rele...
CLP has assisted Liwlig Group Oy in its acquisition of a majority stake in Gyro Holding AS
CLP has assisted Liwlig Group Oy (LIWLIG – Nordic Events Group) in its acquisition of a majority stake in Gyro Holding A...
CLP advises Nordic Nanovector in acquisition of Thor Medical
Nordic Nanovector, listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange, has entered into an agreement for a business combination between N...
CLP has advised Volue ASA on its acquisition of Enerim Oy’s Wholesale Markets business line
CLP has advised Volue ASA on its acquisition of Enerim Oy's Wholesale Markets business line. The transaction is structur...
CLP has advised on the sale of Teknograd AS
CLP has assisted the shareholders of Teknograd AS with the sale of 100% of the shares in the company to Norvestor backed...
CLP has advised on the sale of CICERO Shades of Green AS
CLP has assisted the shareholders of CICERO Shades of Green with the sale of 100% of the shares in the company to S&...
CLP advise DLTx on transformational transaction
CLP is advising Oslo Børs-listed DLTx ASA on its business combination with Blockchain Moon Acquisition Corp, a blank che...
Longship and Northern Lights: Carbon Capture, Transportation and Storage in Norway
Building on Norway's experience with carbon capture and storage (CCS) from the 1996 Sleipner project, the Norwegian Gove...
CLP has assisted Credo Partners AS with establishing a new chain of fitness centres
CLP has assisted Credo Partners AS with the investment in the fitness centre chains Nr1 Fitness, Sprek365, Toten Trening...
CLP assisted Wittusen & Jensen in the sale of WJ Business Partner
CLP has assisted Wittusen & Jensen AS in the sale of 100% of the shares in WJ Business Partner AS to Johs Olsen Hand...
CLP has assisted Arendals Fossekompani ASA in its acquisition of IPT Technology GmbH
CLP has assisted Arendals Fossekompani ASA in its acquisition of IPT Technology GmbH, a German company developing wirele...
CLP advised Morrow Batteries in its EUR 100 million Private Placement
CLP acted as legal advisor to Morrow Batteries AS in its EUR 100 million private placement with Siemens Financial Servic...
CLP has advised on the sale of Arcasa Arkitekter AS
CLP has assisted the shareholders of Arcasa Arkitekter AS with the sale of 100% of the shares in Arcasa Arkitekter AS to...
Utleiesenteret sold to IK Partners backed Renta Group Oy
CLP has assisted the shareholders of Utleiesenteret with the sale of Utleiesenteret to Renta, an IK-Partners backed cons...
CLP has assisted Arendals Fossekompani in its acquisition of a majority stake in the German energy storage specialist Commeo GmbH
CLP has assisted Arendals Fossekompani ASA in its acquisition of a majority stake in Commeo GmbH, a German company which...
Aktiv Veidrift and Aktiv Veidrift Utleie sold to Green Landscaping Group
CLP has assisted the shareholders of Aktiv Veidrift AS and Aktiv Veidrift Utleie AS with sale of the companies to Green...
CLP has assisted ECO STOR in forming a joint venture with Li-Cycle and Morrow Batteries
CLP has assisted ECO STOR in forming a joint venture with Li-Cycle and Morrow Batteries to construct a lithium-ion batte...
CLP has assisted Segulah-backed Francks Kylindustri on the acquisition of Therma Industri, Invent and HB Kuldetjeneste
Therma Industri AS is the leading provider of industrial heating and cooling solutions in Norway. The acquisition marks...
CLP has assisted Agder Energi AS on its sale of Nordgröön Energie GmbH
Nordgröön provides services within energy optimization, synchronization and integration of renewable energy sources to t...
Kid – JV for new central warehouse
Kid ASA has through its Norwegian wholly owned subsidiary Hemtex Logistikk AS, entered into a commercial cooperation wit...
CLP has assisted Jolt Capital and Lightrock with investments in the wood supplier Kebony
Kebony has patented a technology that gives pine the same properties as tropical timber, and the planks are used, among...
Byggmax acquires Right Price Tiles
CLP has assisted Byggmax in its acquisition of Right Price Tiles, a Norway-based retail company within sale of tiles and...
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CLP has assisted Credo and SYSCO’s other owners in the combination of Cegal and SYSCO
By the combination of Cegal and SYSCO the ambition is to create a leading, international technology company for the ener...
Jordanes acquires Umoe Restaurants
CLP has assisted Jordanes AS, owner of the branded consumer goods company Scandza, in its acquisition of 100% of the sha...
CLP has advised Alliance Venture in connection with its investment in Equality Check AS
Alliance Venture has invested in Equality Check AS. Equality Check is a digital platform that catalyses equal opportunit...
CLP has advised the shareholders of 99x Technology Limited
CLP has advised the shareholders of the Sri Lankan software development company 99x Technology Limited in the restructur...
CLP has advised Volue AS in connection with its acquisition of ProCom GmbH
Volue AS has entered into an agreement for the acquisition of 100% of the shares in ProCom GmbH. The acquisition will st...
CLP has advised Morrow Batteries
CLP has together with DNB Markets and Arctic Securities assisted the battery manufacturer Morrow Batteries in the equity...
CLP advised APCOA Holdings GmbH on EUR 765 million refinancing
CLP has together with Kirkland & Ellis and other counsel advised APCOA Parking Holdings GmbH on the successful place...
CLP has advised Arendals Fossekompani ASA with the sale of Cogen Energia
Arendals Fossekompani ASA (AFK) has entered into an agreement with the European energy company MET Group for the sale of...
CLP has advised on the sale of Resight AS
CLP has advised Teleplan Globe AS and the other shareholders with selling 100% of the shares in Resight AS to Embriq AS....
Viking Venture establishes the first Norwegian SPAC
Viking Venture, the Nordic Software investor, has recently announced the establishment of the first Norwegian SPAC (Spec...
Mercell acquires Cloudia Oy
CLP has assisted Mercell Holding ASA in its acquisition of 100% of the shares in the leading Finnish e-Tendering provide...
CLP advises Atlantic Sapphire on USD 121 million private placement
Atlantic Sapphire ASA has recently raised USD 121 in a private placement. The private placement attracted very strong in...
CLP congratulates Element Logic with a sale of a majority stake in the Element Logic group to Castik Capital
CLP congratulates Element Logic and Kjell and Dag-Adler Blakseth with a sale of a majority stake in the Element Logic gr...
CLP one of the most active law firms for M&A transactions in Q1 2021 in Norway and the Nordics
Mergermarket league tables for Q1 2021 were recently published. M&A activity remains high in the Norwegian and Nordi...
CLP congratulates Ørn Software with private placement and listing on Euronext Growth
On 29 March 2021, Ørn Software Holding AS became listed on the Euronext Growth Oslo. The listing followed shortly after...
CLP assists NattoPharma ASA in connection with voluntary cash offer by Compagnie des Levures Lesaffre
NattoPharma ASA has since June 2020 carried out a strategic review of the company, and on 15 February 2021, NattoPharma...
CLP with top rankings in the yearly election of lawyers in Norway
Finansavisen has presented the yearly election of lawyers in Norway, and CLP had the following rankings in 2020: CL...
Element to acquire the cryptocurrency company Distributed Ledger Technologies Ireland, LLC
CLP has acted as legal advisor to Element ASA in connection with its acquisition of all the shares in Distributed Ledger...
Mercell acquires Visma Commerce
CLP has assisted Mercell Holding in its acquisition of the shares in Visma Commerce AB and Visma Commerce AS from the Vi...
Hofseth BioCare raises NOK 200 million and intends to transfer to Oslo Børs
Hofseth BioCare ASA has recently announced the successful private placement of 24,691,358 shares at a price per share of...
House of Control completes private placement and targets Merkur Market listing
House of Control Group AS has recently announced the successful private placement of 30,950,000 shares at a price per sh...
CLP congratulates Arribatec on a contemplated reversed takeover of Hiddn Solutions ASA
Arribatec is a fast-growing software & consulting company delivering next generation postmodern ERP solutions sold e...
CLP advises Atlantic Sapphire on USD 100 million private placement
Atlantic Sapphire ASA, the pioneer within land-based salmon farming, has recently raised USD 100 million in a significan...
CLP congratulates Nordic Semiconductor on USD 125 million private placement
Nordic Semiconductor, a fabless semiconductor company specializing in wireless technology that powers the Internet of Th...
Mercell Holding completes private placement and targets Merkur Market listing
Mercell Holding AS has recently announced the successful private placement of 126 million shares at a price per share of...
CLP assisted Nysnø in its cornerstone investment in Alliance Venture Delta
Alliance Venture recently launched its new venture fund Alliance Venture Delta AB, targeting early- stage founders and s...
Columbia Threadneedle European Sustainable Infrastructure Fund (ESIF) acquires majority stake in Lefdal Mine Datacenter AS
CLP has acted as legal advisor to Lefdal Mine Datacenter AS and its owners in connection with the divestment of a majori...
Atlantic Sapphire listed on Oslo Stock Exchange
Atlantic Sapphire ASA is the pioneer within Bluehouse® (land-raised) salmon farming with an aim to transform protein pro...
CLP assisted Atlantic Sapphire AS with new debt financing
CLP has assisted Atlantic Sapphire AS with its successful execution of a $210,000,000 amended and restated credit facili...
CLP with top rankings in the yearly election of lawyers in Norway
CLP is proud of the company’s acknowledgements in the yearly election of the best lawyers in Norway facilitated by Finan...
CLP assists Funcom on a voluntary offer from Tencent
The Chinese IT giant Tencent has announced an intention to put forward a voluntary offer for purchase of all shares in F...
CLP has assisted in three parallel transactions
CLP has assisted in three parallel transactions whereby the owners of Arktis AS, Nolliplan AB and Micro Aided Design Oy...
CLP assisted Agder Energi in the establishment of the joint venture OSS Norge AS with Glitre Energi AS
The new joint venture is a result of the merger of Agder Energi's Flyt project and Glitre Energi's OSS initiative. Ag...
CLP assisted Fortum Corporation and Nordic Wind B.V. in the expansion of the shareholder base of Fortum’s Nordic wind portfolio
CLP has acted as legal advisor for Fortum Corporation and Nordic Wind B.V. in the sale of a 80% stake in Fortum's Nordic...
CLP assists Data Respons ASA on a voluntary offer from Akka Technologies
Akka Technologies SE has announced an intention to put forward a voluntary offer for purchase of all shares in Data Resp...
Standout Capital invests in VisBook
CLP has acted as legal advisor for Standout Capital in their investment in Visbook AS, a Norwegian provider of cloud-bas...
CLP has assisted eSmart Systems
CLP has assisted eSmart Systems in its successful capital raise of USD 18 million. Equinor Energy Ventures leads the ro...
Transaction / Franchise – New European hotel operator
Flying Elephant AS has entered into a business combination agreement with Kilmont AS and Stranden Company AS for the mer...
poLight ASA listed on Oslo Børs
poLight ASA has developed a new autofocus lens which "replicates" the human eye for use in mobile devices and other appl...
CLP has acted as legal advisor for Sparebank1 Gruppen
CLP has acted as legal advisor for Sparebank1 Gruppen in its agreement with DNB regarding the merger of their insurance...
CLP has acted as legal advisor for Stamina Group AS
CLP has acted as legal advisor for Stamina Group AS as the seller of all of the shares in Stamina Trening Holding AS to...
CLP assists Nordic Semiconductor in NOK 815 million private placement
Nordic Semiconductor has recently raised NOK 815 million in a private placement towards Norwegian and international high...
CLP assists Atlantic Sapphire in its NOK 600 million private placement and Merkur Market listing
Atlantic Sapphire AS recently raised NOK 600 million in a private placement with Arctic Securities, DNB Markets and Pare...
CLP assists Team Tankers in USD 206 million transaction
Team Tankers International has recently entered into an agreement to acquire each of Anglo-Atlantic Steamship Company an...
Technology and renewable energy transactions
With Brexit talks, the election of Trump and elections in several EU member states, 2017 has been a year where global po...
Funcom enters into joint venture and secures financing in a private placement
Funcom has recently entered into an agreement with Cabinet Group LLC, a Los Angeles based entertainment group, to establ...
Listing of Self Storage Group ASA
Self Storage Group ASA has now successfully carried out an initial public offering and listing of its shares on the main...
Intex Resources secures convertible loan facility
CLP has assisted Intex Resources ASA in securing a NOK 50 million convertible loan facility with connected warrants from...
Initial public offering of Webstep ASA
CLP has acted as legal advisor for Arctic Securities, Sparebank1 Markets and Sparebank1 SR-Bank, Markets in the initial...
Closing of the restructuring of the Hafslund ASA group
CLP has assisted Fortum in connection with the closing of the restructuring of the Hafslund ASA group, one of the larges...
CLP acts as legal advisor to Swix Sport
CLP acts as legal advisor to Swix Sport in its acquisition of all the shares in the outdoor gear manufacturer Helsport....
Techstep ASA – Approval of prospectus and listing of new shares
CLP has assisted Techstep ASA in connection with several acquisitions during the winter, the completion of a NOK 100 mi...
CLP has assisted Fortum in the Hafslund transactions
CLP has assisted Fortum in its agreement with the City of Oslo (Oslo kommune) regarding the ownership and future co-oper...
Intex Resources raises equity for investments in Canada
Intex Resources ASA has raised NOK 11.25 million in a private placement directed towards both existing shareholders and...
CLP congratulates Techstep ASA
CLP congratulates Techstep ASA with its successful fully underwritten private placement, raising approximately NOK 100 m...
Standard Drilling raises equity and makes investments
CLP congratulates S.D. Standard Drilling Plc with its three successful private placements, all completed since the middl...
CLP has assisted Fusetools AS
CLP has assisted Fusetools AS in executing a private placement raising approx. NOK 100 million in new equity. Fusetools...
eSmart Systems AS raises NOK 100 million from Kongsberg Digital AS in a private placement
A team of CLP lawyers, lead by Jakob Villum, has assisted eSmart Systems AS in executing a private placement towards Kon...
Restructuring of Olympic Ship
CLP has assisted Clarksons Platou, Nordic Trustee and certain key bondholders in the restructuring of Olympic Ship. The...
CLP has assisted Agder Energi Venture AS
CLP has assisted Agder Energi Venture AS, the venture arm of the Agder Energi group, in connection with its acquisition...
Hofseth BioCare and Hofseth International
CLP has assisted Hofseth BioCare with its continued turnaround project consisting of inter alia an acquisition of 15 per...
Q-Free raises NOK 133.8 million in Private Placement
CLP has assisted Q-Free ASA in executing a Private Placement raising a total of NOK 133.8 million in new equity and with...
Norfund, Rabobank and FMO join forces
CLP has assisted Norfund in the establishment of a joint venture together with FMO and Rabobank for investment in financ...
poLight raises NOK 160 million in Pre-IPO funding round
A team of CLP lawyers, lead by Jakob Villum, have assisted poLight in executing a Private Placement raising a total of N...
Ferd/Mestergruppen offer to purchase all shares in Nordek
CLP has assisted Mestergruppen and Ferd with Mestergruppen's offer to purchase all shares in Nordek, a company owning th...
CLP has assisted Bionor Pharma
CLP has assisted Bionor Pharma in its NOK 1 billion acquisition of Solon Eiendom AS, and will assist Bionor Pharma in a...