Kvale is a leading commercial law law firm which, since its inception in 1988, has assisted national and international businesses. We are particularly recognized for assisting some of Norway's largest companies with their most important and complicated matters.
Our professional skills, experience and industry knowledge enable us to contribute to good solutions in collaboration with our clients.
We assist Norwegian and international clients, whether they are large companies or smaller businesses. In addition, we provide assistance to public authorities and organisations.
High professional quality and professional service are the basis for us being a company in strong growth. Our lawyers offer specialized assistance in all key commercial legal disciplines. Kvale is one of the country's leading firms in a number of these areas and we work every day to also cultivate tomorrow's best lawyers in our fields of expertise.
Our real estate team assists in all phases of real estate development, from land acquisition to spatial planning to development and to sale or rental. We provide daily ongoing assistance to property owners, builders, investors and property developers within housing, commercial buildings and industry.
We have valuable industry understanding, which enables us to offer solid commercial, strategic and legal advice.
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Insurance matters require advisers with a broad understanding of the industry. Business is becoming increasingly professionalised, with consequent increased exposure to, for example, third-party claims, business interruptions, damage to property and
We assist both insurers and policyholders. We also assist our customers in the process of identifying the right insurance cover.
Kvale provides assistance within the entire field of insurance law, and has particular experience in:
Intellectual property rights protect values of a non-material nature such as ideas, knowledge, innovation, intellectual property, characteristics and designs. This is a complex area of law that embraces many different types of rights and issues; from questions about whether a competitor has become too close to your company's trademark or imitated your product, to larger complex disputes within patents or trade secrets. Intellectual property rights make up an increasingly large part of businesses' financial values, and are often decisive for establishing and retaining important market positions.
Kvale has one of the country's largest professional communities within this area of law. Our team consists of dedicated and specialized lawyers with specialist expertise in all forms of intellectual property rights.
Kvale is ranked as a leader in this area in, among others, Legal 500, Chambers, IAM Patent and Managing IP. Kvale was named Managing IP Awards "Norwegian Trademark Prosecution Firm of the year" in 2020 and "Norwegian Patent Contentious Firm of the year" in 2021.
We assist with strategic advice, securing rights, and assistance with agreements related to intellectual property rights. Our lawyers also have considerable procedural experience in this area, and handle cases both before the ordinary courts and alternative dispute resolution bodies, such as e.g. Business competition committee.
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We assist various players who are affected when a company experiences financial problems, and handle a wide range of issues.
Kvale continuously processes a significant number of bankrupt estates and reconstructions, among other things related to large national and international businesses. Several of our lawyers are regularly appointed as estate administrators and reconstructionists.
Our team emphasizes a commercial approach to the cases they handle, with specialist expertise within the subject area at the bottom. The lawyers in the team have broad experience in how legal and extrajudicial processes work in practice and how the various actors act, partly through their board of bankruptcy estates and reconstructions, and partly through assistance to companies, board members, auditors, shareholders, employees, banks and other mortgage holders and unsecured creditors.
Kvale's lawyers are involved in legal developments in the area, through participation in the Bankruptcy Council and in the reference group for the proposal for a new temporary reconstruction act that was adopted in May 2020.
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We have extensive experience in advising on the establishment of various company structures, drafting shareholder agreements, demergers and mergers, capital changes, dividend assessments and more.
We help you secure your rights vis-à-vis other shareholders or company participants. Good shareholder agreements and company documentation ensure the necessary flexibility and security. If a conflict arises, we assist in finding solutions outside or, if necessary, in the courts.
We provide ongoing assistance to administration and boards in listed and unlisted companies. We also assist a number of publicly owned enterprises.
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