Ole K. Aabø-Evensen

Ole Kristian has worked with M&A since the early 1990’s. He was previously a partner and head of Corporate Legal Services and M&A with the International Advisory Firm KPMG in Norway (1995-2002). Ole Kristian has extensive experience in advising on all types of M&A transactions including cross-border transactions. For the past 12 years Ole Kristian has been rated among the top three M&A lawyers in Norway by his peers in the annual surveys conducted by the Norwegian Financial Daily (Finansavisen). The Norwegian Financial Daily named Aabø-Evensen as Norway's No 1 M&A lawyer in the newspaper’s independent peer reviews for each of the years 2012, 2013, 2017 and 2018. Ole Kristian is also the author of a 1,500-page Norwegian textbook on Acquisitions of Shares and Businesses, published by Universitetsforlaget.

Professional Experience

• Partner and founder of Aabø-Evensen & Co since 2002
• Partner and Head of Corporate Legal Services and M&A KPMG from 1995-2002
• Lawyer and later associated partner in de Besche & Co (now Arntzen de Besche) from 1988 - 1994
• Trainee in Sinclair Roche Temperley (solicitors), London in 1992
• Trainee in Essex Court Chambers (barristers), London in 1992

Education

• Cand. jur., University of Oslo, 1988
• King’s College University of London, Studies in English and International Law, 1992