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Knut Engedal
is authorised by the Norwegian government as a translator
from Norwegian into English, as well as from English into
Norwegian. He is a member of The
Guild of Government Authorised Translators of Norway.
Educational
background:
He is
a qualified Norwegian lawyer, and has for a number of years
been with Thommessen
Krefting Greve Lund, one of Norway's leading law firms.
During the period 1996-2001 he headed the firm's London Office,
from 1998 as Resident Partner.
As a lawyer
he has specialised in company law, as well as financial law
and insurance law. He has been involved in a number of the
largest international transactions which have included Norwegian
companies and the Norwegian capital markets over the last
few years. He has extensive experience in drafting and translating
agreements and prospectuses respecting all types of merges
and acquisitions. Prospectuses and other documentation relating
to IPOs and other types of equity offerings are other specialities.
He also has considerable experience of various financial instruments
as well as insurance instruments, including all types of financial
derivatives, unit linking, securitisation as well as unit
trusts and other prospectus-based financial products. He furthermore
has been involved in acquisitions, financing and re-flagging
of ships and offshore rigs.
His mother
tongue is Norwegian, but English has been his main working
language throughout his career. He has previously worked for
the United Nations
Development Programme in Dhaka, Bangladesh as well as
at their headquarters in New York. In the latter location
he was employed as a Policy Analyst, forming part of a small
group of staff responsible for the preparation of the annual
Human Development
Report, which is distributed worldwide in a number of
languages.
He has
also completed a two year research period at the London
School of Economics and Political Science, where he taught
economics students at various levels. Likewise, he has been
employed as a Research Associate at the Foundation
for Research in Economics and Business Administration
as well as at The
Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration,
where he was teaching business administration, economics and
statistics. He has also on several occasions acted as Examining
Commissioner at the law faculties of the University
of Oslo as well as the University
of Bergen.
knut@hansenengedal.com
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