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        Tor-Axel Schwerdt

        Partner | Stavanger
        Tor-Axel Schwerdt

        Tor-Axel Schwerdt

        Partner | Stavanger

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          Tor-Axel Schwerdt heads our Corporate M&A department in Stavanger and specialises in corporate law and transactions, with a focus on transactions (M&A) as well as commercial contract law, structured financing and employment law.

          Tor-Axel has significant expertise in the areas of corporate law, contract law, structured financing and employment law. He provides ongoing legal assistance in connection with transactions, including the purchase and sale of limited liability companies, shareholder agreements and shareholder disputes, negotiation of transaction agreements, investment agreements, contract disputes and employment disputes.

          Furthermore, Tor-Axel has extensive experience in the Norwegian and international oil and gas industry.

          Work experience

          2023 - (today) Partner, Advokatfirmaet Simonsen Vogt Wiig
          2021 - 2023 Partner, Advokatfirmaet Schwerdt AS
          2016 - 2021 Director/Lawyer, KPMG Law Advokatfirma AS
          2014 - 2016 Lawyer, Aker Solutions MMO
          2013 Consultant, Subsea 7 - Knarr EPCI Project
          2011 - 2013 Corporate Counsel, Seadrill Management AS
          2009 - 2011 Legal Counsel, TDW Offshore Services AS
          2008 - 2009 Associate Lawyer, Deloitte Advokatfirma DA
          2006 - 2008 Commercial Contract Advisor, Vecto Gray Scandinavia AS

          Education

          2005 - 2006 Master International Business, London Metropolitan University
          1998 - 2005 Cand. Jur., University of Bergen

          Appointments

          Various board memberships
          • Styreansvar i aksjeselskap
            Schwerdt, Tor-Axel (4/2017), Regnskap & Revisjon

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