dla piper norway

What dla piper norway does

DLA Piper Norway (legal entity Advokatfirmaet DLA Piper Norway AS) is a full-service business law firm headquartered at Aker Brygge in Oslo, Norway, operating as the Norwegian member firm of the global DLA Piper network. The Oslo office houses approximately 80 lawyers covering all major business law disciplines — Corporate M&A, Banking & Finance, Tax, Employment, Litigation, Real Estate, Energy, IP/IT, Competition, Compliance, Public Procurement, and Restructuring & Insolvency — and serves Norwegian corporate clients, public authorities, and publicly owned enterprises across the Nordics and internationally. The firm is the only major global law firm with a genuine pan-Nordic platform spanning Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and Finland, and is positioned within the DLA Piper network as the world's third-largest global law firm with 6,600+ lawyers across more than 40 countries.

The firm's client base is enterprise-led, with disclosed mandates spanning clean energy and offshore wind (Cloudberry Clean Energy, TOMRA, SUSI Partners/Tonstad Vindpark), technology and SaaS (iteam, Xeneta, CAI Software/Maritech), information services (Fonecta Group), industrial inspection and certification (Apave/Trainor Group), and consumer/industrial roll-ups (Elektroimportøren, Parc Invest/JUMP House). Revenue is generated through time-based billable hours supplemented by fixed-fee arrangements for specific deliverables; the firm does not publicly disclose rates or office revenue. No proprietary technology platform or product has been disclosed; instead, the firm has invested in knowledge assets such as the Guide to Going Global (covering 50+ jurisdictions), the Investment Rules of the World (35 jurisdictions), the Nordic VC Report, and the Energy Transition M&A Outlook 2025, which serve both as thought-leadership marketing and as client-acquisition tools.

Go-to-market is relationship-driven: partners and senior counsel engage enterprise clients directly, with cross-referral and integrated team delivery across the Nordic offices for pan-regional mandates and through the global DLA Piper network for inbound international investment into Norway and outbound Norwegian expansion. Distribution is supported by content marketing (reports, webinars, newsletters, video portal, LinkedIn), but the channel itself is direct partner-to-client engagement with no intermediaries or resellers.

Name

dla piper norway

Legal name

Advokatfirmaet DLA Piper Norway AS

Website

https://dlapiper.no

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

DLA Piper Norway is a full-service business law firm based in Oslo with approximately 80 lawyers, serving Norwegian corporate clients, public authorities, and enterprises as the Norwegian member of the global DLA Piper network — the world's third-largest law firm spanning 40+ countries and a unique pan-Nordic platform across Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and Finland.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Legal Services

NAICS

Offices of Lawyers (54111), Offices of Lawyers (541110)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Litigation & Dispute Resolution (BPAHAAAB)

Keywords

• Corporate legal advisory
• Mergers and acquisitions
• Banking and finance law
• Tax advisory services
• Dispute resolution

Headquarters

HQ city

Oslo

HQ country

Norway

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Legal Advisory Services: DLA Piper Norway generates revenue through billable legal advisory services rendered to corporate clients. Fees are charged for corporate M&A, financing, tax, employment, litigation, real estate, energy, and regulatory counsel. Revenue is primarily time-based (hourly rates for lawyers) supplemented by fixed-fee arrangements for specific deliverables.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

DLA Piper Norway is a full-service business law firm operating from its Oslo headquarters at Aker Brygge, employing approximately 80 lawyers. The firm delivers legal advisory services across all business law disciplines including Corporate M&A, Banking and Finance, Tax, Employment, Real Estate, Energy, Litigation, IP/IT, Competition, and Compliance, serving corporate clients, public authorities, and publicly owned enterprises. As the Norwegian arm of the global DLA Piper network (the world's third largest law firm with 6,600+ lawyers in 40+ countries), it provides integrated Nordic and cross-border legal counsel for transactions, regulatory matters, and disputes.

Product overview

DLA Piper Norway operates as a law firm providing legal services rather than a technology product company. The firm's knowledge resources include the Guide to Going Global (covering 50+ jurisdictions for international expansion), Investment Rules of the World (covering 35 jurisdictions for investment/financing questions), and research publications such as the Nordic VC Report and Energy Transition M&A Outlook. These are informational tools supporting their legal advisory services rather than software products. The core offering consists of legal counsel across sectors including corporate M&A, technology, energy, financial services, and life sciences.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Corporate M&A
• Banking and Finance
• Tax Advisory
• Energy and Renewable Energy Law
• Employment Law
• Real Estate (Fast eiendom)
• Dispute Resolution and Litigation (Tvisteløsning og prosedyre)
• Compliance and Risk Management
• IP and Technology Law (Immaterialrett og teknologi)
• EU/EEA and Competition Law
• Restructuring and Insolvency
• Sustainability and ESG
• Construction Law (Entreprise)
• Guide to Going Global
• Investment Rules of the World

Quantifiable outcome

• Approximately 550 lawyers serving Nordic clients across all major business law disciplines
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• TOMRAcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 14 June 2023DLA Piper Norway acted as lead legal advisor to TOMRA (global sustainable technology company) on a joint venture with Plastretur to establish Norway's first dedicated plastic packaging sorting plant. The facility, with an estimated cost of EUR 50 million and capacity of 90,000 tons per year, was commissioned in Q4 2024 and fully operational by Q1 2025. DLA Piper's global client relationship was led by Dr Benjamin Parameswaran (Hamburg), with the Oslo team led by Christian P.N. Fenner and including Kjetil Haare Johansen and Fredrik Klebo-Espe.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Advokatfirmaet Wikborg Rein: One of Norway's largest full-service business law firms, headquartered in Oslo with offices in other major Norwegian cities. It directly competes with DLA Piper Norway across corporate M&A, shipping, offshore, capital markets, and dispute resolution, and shares many of the same blue-chip Norwegian corporate clients. DLA Piper Norway's former marketing head also worked at a competing firm, underscoring how closely these firms compete for talent and mandates.
• Advokatfirmaet Thommessen: Leading Norwegian full-service business law firm with a comparable Oslo-centric, partner-led model covering M&A, capital markets, energy, tax, and dispute resolution. It is one of the closest direct competitors of DLA Piper Norway for top-tier Norwegian corporate mandates, including several of the same sector specialties (renewable energy, private equity).
• Advokatfirmaet BAHR: Major Norwegian full-service business law firm based in Oslo, with strong practices in corporate M&A, capital markets, tax, and dispute resolution. It competes head-to-head with DLA Piper Norway for mid- and large-cap Norwegian transactions and listed company advisory mandates.
• Advokatfirmaet Wiersholm: Oslo-based full-service Norwegian business law firm with a deep corporate, capital markets, and tax bench. It is a direct competitor for premium Norwegian transactional mandates; Christian Fenner (current DLA Piper Norway Corporate M&A chair) previously practiced at Wiersholm, evidencing the lateral talent mobility between the two firms.
• Advokatfirmaet Schjødt: One of Norway's larger full-service business law firms, traditionally strong in real estate, construction, and corporate work. It is a direct competitor of DLA Piper Norway for domestic Norwegian transactional and dispute mandates. DLA Piper Norway's marketing head also previously served as marketing lead at Schjødt.
• Advokatfirmaet Hjort: Oslo-headquartered Norwegian law firm with established practices in corporate, dispute resolution, and public law. It competes with DLA Piper Norway for Norwegian enterprise mandates; a former DLA Piper Norway marketing head previously held the equivalent role at Hjort.
• KPMG Law Advokatfirma AS: Norwegian legal practice within the KPMG network, providing corporate, M&A, tax, and regulatory advisory. A former DLA Piper Norway partner (Fredrik Klebo-Espe) joined from KPMG, evidencing the crossover between Big-4 legal arms and firms like DLA Piper Norway in competing for similar corporate mandates.

Broad incumbents

• DLA Piper (Global): The parent global legal network of DLA Piper Norway, operating in 40+ countries with 6,600+ lawyers. DLA Piper Norway operates as a member firm within this broader platform, receiving inbound referrals and contributing Norwegian expertise to global mandates. It is the parent and broader umbrella brand under which the Norway office operates.

Regional players

• Mannheimer Swartling: Sweden's leading full-service business law firm with a Nordic footprint and strong cross-border capabilities. As a leading Nordic corporate advisory firm — though not based in Norway — it competes with DLA Piper Norway for pan-Nordic mandates and cross-border M&A involving Nordic clients.
• Setterwalls: One of Sweden's largest and most established full-service business law firms, with offices in Stockholm, Gothenburg, and Malmö. It represents a Nordic-level comparison for DLA Piper Norway because of its full-service corporate, M&A, finance, and dispute practice, even though it does not directly compete in the Norwegian domestic market.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInno.linkedin.com/in/christiangrande

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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