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PeopleLars Horgen Hinze

Areas of expertise

Merger and acquisitions

Capital markets

Asset Management

Private Equity and Venture Capital

Lars Horgen Hinze

Partner|Oslo

Lars Horgen Hinze

Contact information

+47 920 50 360

lhi@arntzen.no

+47 23 89 40 00

Horgen Hinze has been providing transaction advice to Norwegian and international businesses for 20 years. Although he specializes in M&A, he also has considerable experience of capital market transactions and asset management.

He advises a wide range of clients and regularly assists well-reputed industrial enterprises and private equity firms. In the past few years, he has led several of the firm’s largest and most complex M&A assignments for clients in the energy, technology and forest industries, as well as the retail and service sectors. Horgen Hinze has extensive experience from cross border transactions.

Immediately responsive, and comprehensive knowledge of both transactions and contractual issues as well as securities law. A very safe pair of hands, supporting a transactions team without craving for recognition

Client, Legal 500, 2021

What we have done

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KPMG divests part of its business to Cedra

We are proud to have advised KPMG Norge on the sale of part of its business to the newly established audit firm Cedra Norge (backed by Adelis Equity). The agreement covers ten offices primarily providing audit and advisory services to small and medium-sized clients, with around 220 employees transferring to Cedra.

Ergo acquires Storebrand Health Insurance

We are proud to have assisted ERGO, one of Europe's leading financial conglomerates in insures, with this acquisition. The transaction was signed today and is expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2024, with an estimated positive impact of approximately NOK 1.1 billion on Storebrand's Group results.

Shearwater Geoservices acquires streamers and vessels

Shearwater GeoServices Holding AS (“Shearwater”) today announced two transactions to take over marine seismic acquisition assets previously owned by Polarcus, from Tiger Moth AS, a company affiliated with Woodstreet Inc.

Bonnier Books acquires 70 % of Strawberry Publishing

Arntzen de Besche has assisted Bonnier Books AB in the acquisition of 70% of the shares in the Norwegian publishing group Strawberry Publishing. Petter Stordalen and the three other founders retain 30% of the ownership and operations continue under the current name Strawberry Publishing.

Arntzen de Besche assists ABAX in acquisition

Arntzen de Besche has assisted Investcorp backed ABAX in connection with the acquisition of Automile, a Nordic SaaS telematics and IoT company company. The agreement was announced on 13 October 2020.