Ole Kristian Aabø-Evensen, partner at Aabø-Evensen, has authored an overview of the current M&A market in Norway in the latest edition of Global Legal Insights – Mergers & Acquisitions 2026.
Partner and co-founder Ole Kristian Aabø-Evensen has written the Norway chapter of Mergers & Acquisitions 2026, an international guide to mergers and acquisitions. In it, he provides an up-to-date review of the Norwegian M&A market in 2025, key regulatory changes, and the trends expected to shape the market going forward.
The chapter offers a practical introduction to carrying out M&A transactions in Norway. It covers market developments in 2025 as well as the most important legal and regulatory changes affecting transactions going forward, including amendments to the Security Act, the new Digital Security Act, and the EFTA Court’s ruling on ownership control in financial institutions.
The chapter also provides an overview of the regulatory framework for M&A in Norway, including key legislation, takeover rules, and tax considerations relevant to transaction structuring. The publication brings together legal analysis from a wide range of jurisdictions and offers a broad international perspective on mergers and acquisitions.
Reproduced with permission from Global Legal Group Ltd. This article was first published in GLI – Mergers & Acquisitions 2026. For more information about the publisher, click here: Global Legal Insights – GLI
