Johan Astrup Heber

Johan has extensive experience with bankruptcies, corporate and financial restructurings, reconstruction proceedings, M&A, contract and company law, as well as banking and securities law. He was the network leader for insolvency law at JUC during 2021-2023, has written a number of articles, and has worked on secondment in Toronto at Blake, Cassels & Gaydon, Canada's biggest law firm. Johan has been a key member of all the major restructuring and insolvency cases Wikborg Rein has worked with over the last 10 years, including as project manager. He has considerable expertise on all relevant areas of areas. · Wikborg Rein

NorwayInsolvency & Restructuring, Corporate / M&A

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Senior Lawyer at Wikborg Rein since 2020, Johan Astrup Heber specialises in insolvency and restructuring, corporate and financial restructurings, reconstruction proceedings, M&A, banking and securities law, and contract and company law. He served as network leader for insolvency law at JUC (2021–2023), was seconded to Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP in Toronto (2017), and has been a key member and project manager on major restructuring and insolvency matters for Wikborg Rein over the past ten years.

Practice areas

Insolvency & RestructuringCorporate / M&ABanking & FinanceSecurities / Capital MarketsRegulatory / Compliance

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Norway

Wikborg Rein · Johan has extensive experience with bankruptcies, corporate and financial restructurings, reconstruction proceedings, M&A, contract and company law, as well as banking and securities law. He was the network leader for insolvency law at JUC during 2021-2023, has written a number of articles, and has worked on secondment in Toronto at Blake, Cassels & Gaydon, Canada's biggest law firm. Johan has been a key member of all the major restructuring and insolvency cases Wikborg Rein has worked with over the last 10 years, including as project manager. He has considerable expertise on all relevant areas of areas.

Norway

Expertise

Insolvency and restructuringCorporate restructuringFinancial restructuringsReconstruction proceedingsMergers & acquisitions (M&A)Banking lawSecurities lawTrade compliance and sanctionsFinancing

Education

Master of Laws (LL.M. in European Law), King's College London (2010)
Master of Laws, University of Oslo (2008)

Admissions

Practising certificate (2012)