Tone has extensive experience as an advisor in capital market transactions, including stock exchange listings and public and private placements, and mergers and acquisitions. She also gives general advice on company law and stock exchange and securities law.
Chambers and Partners, Legal 500 and IFLR1000 have ranked Tone as one of Norway's most prominent experts on stock exchange and securities law. She is also ranked as one of Norway's leading lawyers on share issues and stock exchange listings in the Norwegian Financial Daily's annual lawyers survey.
Tone Østensen is highly competent in corporate law and is a first pick to explain difficult issues to non-lawyers. Great at conflict mediation.
Selected projects
Work experience
Partner, Wiersholm, 2000
Lawyer, Wiersholm, 1997
Lawyer, Oslo Stock Exchange, 1993
Associate, Bugge, Arentz-Hansen & Rasmussen, 1990
Trainee, Haight Gardner, Poor & Havens, 1989
Deputy Judge, Indre Follo District Court, 1988
Associate, Bugge, Arentz-Hansen & Rasmussen, 1987
Education
Cand. jur., University of Oslo, 1986
Honours and awards
Band 3, Chambers Global, Capital Markets: Equity , 2024
Band 3, Chambers Europe, Capital Markets: Equity, 2024
Hall of Fame , Legal 500, Capital Markets , 2024
Topp 10, Advokatundersøkelsen, Finansavisen, Issuance and IPOs, 2023
Hall of Fame, Legal 500, 2023
Highly regarded , IFLR1000, Capital markets equity and M&A , 2023
Women leaders , IFLR1000, Capital markets equity and M&A , 2023
Band 3, Chambers Europe, Capital Markets: Equity, 2023
Band 3, Chambers Global, Capital Markets: Equity, 2023
Band 2, Chambers Global , Capital Markets: Equity Norway , 2022
Band 2 , Chambers Europe , 2022
Hall of Fame , Legal 500 , Capital Markets , 2022