Erik Ramm

Partner
Erik Ramm
Location
Oslo
Language
English, Norwegian
Services

Erik Ramm is a partner in DLA Piper’s Oslo office and has led or worked on the largest and most complex transactions, loan work-outs and restructurings in the Norwegian/Nordic market for the last 20 year period, and has been instrumental in shaping the local market. He works with and serves as strategic advisor to all the major banks as well as a number of large corporates in the Norwegian market.

Erik has been ranked as leading in the category Banking and Finance every year from 2013 to 2021 by Chambers Global, Chambers Europe, IFLR1000, and Legal 500.

Credentials
Education
University of Oslo, Cand. jur.
Memberships

Member of the Norwegian Bar Association

Experience
Prior experience
Partner, DLA Piper Norway
2016 -
Partner, Wiersholm
1990 - 2016
Senior Associate, legal department at Christiania Bank og Kredittkasse (now Nordea)
Associate, Supreme Court Attorney Arne Gunnerød
Rankings
The Legal 500, 2024

Hall of Fame, Banking and finance.

Chambers & Partners Global/Europe, 2024

Senior practitioner Erik Ramm assists with a range of financing and refinancing matters in a whole host of industries, including the shipping and energy sectors. Clients says:

"He is a very experienced and skilled financing lawyer." 

"Erik is very pragmatic and skilled."

"Erik Ramm is very competent, very efficient in his work, and very prompt."

The Legal 500, 2023

Hall of Fame, Banking and finance.

Chambers & Partners Global/Europe, 2023

Senior practitioner Erik Ramm assists with a range of financing and refinancing matters in a whole host of industries, including the shipping and renewable energy sectors.

The Legal 500, 2022

Hall of Fame, Banking and finance.

Chambers & Partners Europe, 2022

Senior practitioner Erik Ramm assists with a range of financing and refinancing matters in a whole host of industries, including the offshore and construction sectors.

Senior Statespeople - Chambers & Partners Europe and Global, 2021

Erik Ramm assists with a range of financing and refinancing matters in a whole host of industries, including the offshore, construction and fish farming sectors.

The Legal 500, 2020

Erik has been recognized as a Leading individual within Banking and Finance for several years by The Legal 500, including 2020.

Chambers & Partners Europe and Global, 2020

Erik Ramm assists with a range of financing and refinancing matters in a whole host of industries, including the offshore and fish farming sectors. One client describes him as both "solution-oriented" and "very service-oriented," and also notes his "broad experience."

Norwegian Financial Daily’s annual lawyers survey, 2020

Top 10, Banking and Finance.

Chambers & Partners, 2019

The "highly experienced" Erik Ramm provides "clear and well-thought-through advice in complex situations" concerning restructurings, refinancings and loan workouts.

The Legal 500, 2018

Ranked in Legal 500s Hall of Fame.

Chambers & Partners, 2018

Sources note that Erik Ramm is "very experienced and well recognised." He has extensive experience in restructuring and advanced loan workouts.

Chambers & Partners, 2017

Erik Ramm is a top-tier practitioner who joins the team from Wiersholm, bringing his unrivalled depth of knowledge in the banking and finance market. One client remarks: "He is extremely experienced and has a broad network of contacts." Peers also confirm his high standing in the market: "He has always been one of the best in Norway."


Ranked in Band 1 in the Banking and Finance section.

Chambers & Partners, 2016

Erik Ramm joined the firm in June 2016 and is highly commended for his knowledge in a variety of banking and finance matters, including leasing and mortgage agreements, insolvency and M&A-related financing matters. Clients describe him as "high quality and someone who tries to minimise the amount of work and costs." Recent projects have included debt refinancing, sale-and-leaseback agreements and advising banking syndicates on lending mandates.
 

Ranked in Band 1 in the Banking and Finance section.