Kaare Oftedal
Kaare Oftedal is an experienced M&A lawyer. Besides overall commercial legal advice in business contract negotiations, he assists clients in connection with corporate transactions and M&A, both national and cross-border, including investments, acquisitions, reorganization and equity transactions. He assists both Norwegian and foreign clients from a broad range of industries.
Kaare has in-depth knowledge about Norwegian company legislation, and has extensive experience in establishment of businesses, joint-ventures and shareholders agreements, mergers and demergers, company restructuring, compliance and contract negotiation.
He also has experience in the private equity sector, including with the creation of - and investment in - investment funds, management and advisory structures, investment in portfolio companies, buying and selling of portfolio companies and other M&A in that regard.
Kaare is Head of the Renewables Sector Team of DLA Piper Norway.
Member of The Norwegian Bar Association.
Recommended for Commercial, Corporate and M&A by The Legal 500, 2024.
'In Norway, UN Global Compact member DLA Piper specialises in providing transactional advice in the clean energy segment, with leading clients regularly seeking the firm’s assistance on complex and innovative renewable power projects. For Cloudberry Clean Energy, renewable energy sector head Kaare Oftedal assisted in the NOK 703m sale of the Åmotsfoss, Selselva, and Nessakraft hydropower plants to Norsk Vannkraft.'
‘Kaare Oftedal is very knowledgeable.’
Recommended for Commercial, Corporate and M&A by The Legal 500, 2023.
‘Kaare Oftedal – always available with a great competence.’
Recommended for Commercial, Corporate and M&A by The Legal 500, 2022.
‘Kaare Oftedal at DLA Piper is a very experienced transaction lawyer. He has a great ability to work out/evaluate complex agreements mechanisms and have a sharp understanding of the agreement. He is determined and loyal on behalf of his clients in a positive way and has the ability to navigate expectations and gain understanding from the opposite side to bridge the agreements. His has great personal skills to create a good atmosphere in negotiations, in addition to be solution/creative oriented. Kaare is in our opinion one of the most qualified transaction lawyers in the Norwegian market.’
Recommended for Commercial, Corporate and M&A by The Legal 500, 2021.
‘Kaare Oftedal as lead, and his partner Magnus Brox, were excellent in handling the process. I want to highlight the professional attitude and the willingness to drive and bring us as selling partners in and help us understand the full case. Its hard for use as management to understand the different “steps” taken by the buyer. DLA made us feel comfortable throughout the process.‘
‘Kaare Oftedal is smart, business-savvy, and practical; always able to identify the right resource at the firm to resolve a particular issue or handle a particular matter.‘
Recommended for Corporate and Electricity and renewable energy by The Legal 500, 2020.
