Espen Furuholt
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Espen is head of the firm’s M&A team and works primarily with M&A, other equity transactions and general corporate law. He advises both private equity funds, investment banks and industrial clients in Norwegian- and cross border transactions.
Espen joined SANDS in 2019 after working nearly 10 years with M&A at Wikborg Rein. He studied law at University of Oslo and has also studied finance at Agder University College.
Espen has been legal advisor on several large and complex transactions and is among the Norwegian lawyers with the highest number of deals reported to Mergermarket the last few years.
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Work experience
2019 - today
SANDS Advokatfirma DA
Partner
2010-2019
Wikborg Rein Advokatfirma AS
Associate | Senior associate | Senior lawyer
Work experience
2012
Practising certificate
2005-2009
University of Oslo
Master of law
2003 - 2004
Agder University College
Finance and administration
2002-2003
Agder University College
Sports and physical education
Work experience
2020
Legal 500
Next Generation Partners– in the category "Commercial, corporate and M&A
2020
Finansavisen advokatundersøkelse
“up and coming” in the M&A category
2019
Euromoney Legal Media Group
Shortlisted by the Europe Rising Star Awards in the category M&A/Private Equity
Work experience
2020
Formuesforvaltning Aktiv Forvaltning AS
Board member