Profile
Bård Christian Braathen works primarily with mergers & acquisitions (M&A) and restructurings, company law, and Norwegian and international tax law. He assists Norwegian and foreign clients in various business sectors such as finance, technology, real property, trade, industry and commercial services.
He has more than 20 years of experience working as a lawyer and an adviser, and has previously worked in the tax administration.
Bård works with M&A, including structuring of transactions, assist in negotiations, preparation of agreements and implementation of the transaction. He assists with shareholder agreements and management incentive schemes. Furthermore, Bård has extensive experience with equity capital transactions.
Within the field of tax law, Bård advice clients on general Norwegian corporate taxation, structuring and transaction tax law issues, international tax matters, financial activity tax, real property tax, etc. Bård assists companies in tax disputes with the tax administration and litigates tax cases before Norwegian courts.
He has written several articles on tax law topics and is used as a lecturer in his fields of law.