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Erik Ramm

Partner
 
About

Erik Ramm is a partner in DLA Piper’s Oslo office and has led or worked on the largest and most complex transactions, loan work-outs and restructurings in the Norwegian/Nordic market for the last 20 year period, and has been instrumental in shaping the local market. He works with and serves as strategic advisor to all the major banks as well as a number of large corporates in the Norwegian market.

Erik is ranked as leading in the category Banking and Finance in the 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016 editions of Chambers Global, Chambers Europe, IFLR1000, and Legal 500. Erik has also been selected by peers for inclusion in the 2015 and 2016 edition of The Best Lawyers in Norway directory in the practice areas of: Banking Law, Finance Law and Insolvency and Reorganization Law.

Areas of FocusFinance
Professional QualificationsAdvokat registered with Den Norske Advokatforening
Languages
  • Norwegian
  • English
Education
  • University of Oslo, Cand. jur.

Awards

  • The "highly experienced" Erik Ramm provides "clear and well-thought-through advice in complex situations" concerning restructurings, refinancings and loan workouts. Chambers & Partners, 2019
  • Ranked as Leading Individual by The Legal 500 in the Banking and Finance section in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018
  • Ranked in The Legal 500s Hall of Fame, 2018
  • "Sources note that Erik Ramm is "very experienced and well recognised." He has extensive experience in restructuring and advanced loan workouts."
    Ranked as Senior Statesperson by Chambers & Partners Europe, 2018
  • Erik Ramm is a top-tier practitioner who joins the team from Wiersholm, bringing his unrivalled depth of knowledge in the banking and finance market. One client remarks: "He is extremely experienced and has a broad network of contacts." Peers also confirm his high standing in the market: "He has always been one of the best in Norway."
    Ranked in Band 1 in the Banking and Finance section by Chambers & Partners, 2017
  • Erik Ramm joined the firm in June 2016 and is highly commended for his knowledge in a variety of banking and finance matters, including leasing and mortgage agreements, insolvency and M&A-related financing matters. Clients describe him as "high quality and someone who tries to minimise the amount of work and costs." Recent projects have included debt refinancing, sale-and-leaseback agreements and advising banking syndicates on lending mandates.
    Ranked in Band 1 in the Banking and Finance section by Chambers & Partners, 2016

Prior Experience

  • 2016 - Partner, DLA Piper Norway
  • 1990 - 2016 Partner, Law firm Oslo
  • Senior Associate, legal department at Christiania Bank og Kreditkasse (now Nordea)
  • Lawyer, Supreme Court Attorney Arne Gunnerød

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