Peter Aall Simonsen specialises in renewable energy projects, banking and finance transactions and restructurings.
Peter is head of SVW’s infrastructure and renewable energy practice. He is recognized as a top-tier infrastructure, project development and finance lawyer, with a track-record of wind, hydropower, biomass and interconnector projects, offtake agreements and complex cross-border project financings. He advises investors, project developers, lenders, export credit agencies and other relevant parties.
Peter additionally has considerable experience with financing, with a particular focus on assisting lenders with asset based financing, restructuring and distressed debt. He is regularly appointed as adviser or board member for companies in distressed situations.
Chambers and PartnersHe has tons of experience and knowledge.
Chambers and PartnersHe is an outstanding lawyer.
Chambers and PartnersPeter Aall Simonsen is a very knowledgeable, experienced, commercial and well-informed lawyer.
Legal 500Peter Simonsen has very good knowledge of renewable energy in Norway. Knows a thing or two about the industry and about us as a client.
Work experience
2007 | - | (today) | Partner, Advokatfirmaet Simonsen Vogt Wiig |
2001 | - | 2006 | Associate/ Senior Associate/ Senior Lawyer, Advokatfirmaet Simonsen Vogt Wiig |
1998 | - | 2001 | Advisor, legal department, Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate |
1996 | Trainee, the law firm Kjær & Co, Kristiansand | ||
1995 | Trainee, legal department, Stolt Parel Tankers Inc., shipowners, Greenwich, Connecticut, USA | ||
1994 | Trainee, O-J. Libæk & Partners, shipbrokers, Oslo | ||
1993 | Trainee, H. Clarkson & Co, shipbrokers, London, United Kingdom |
Education
1998 | Cand. Jur., University of Oslo |
Appointments
2023 | - | (today) | Chairman of the board, Advokatfirmaet Simonsen Vogt Wiig |
2022 | - | (today) | Member of the election committee, Fornybar Norge |
2014 | - | 2022 | Chairman of the board, the Norwegian Wind Energy Association (NORWEA) |
2014 | - | 2021 | Member of the Norwegian Bar Association's advisory law committee on banking, financing and currency |
2013 | - | 2023 | Board member, Advokatfirmaet Simonsen Vogt Wiig |
2012 | - | (today) | Board member, Stiftelsen Bogstad Gård |
Various other board appointments |
- Commentary to the Industrial Concession Act which regulates acquisition and ownership to hydropower production(2001), Gyldendal
- Various articles on energy law matters