Jens I Kobro is a very experienced business lawyer. He has worked on tax law issues throughout his professional career, both in the tax authorities, as a tax advisor associated with the auditing industry and as a business lawyer. In addition, he is an advisor in business matters in general.

Jens works extensively with reorganizations, both through mergers, demergers, sales of businesses and generational changes. In such cases, his economic education and his interest in numbers come in handy. Cases at the intersection of law and economics are something that engages him. Many give him feedback that he is good at finding solutions and gives clear and understandable answers.

Many will remember him from his work for the northern Norwegian municipalities in the Terrasaken case and his work with structured products. Jens has been legal advisor to Hedmark County Council (later Innlandet County Council) from 2002 in connection with the ownership of Eidsiva. He represented the owners of Eidsiva when Eidsiva and Hafslund completed the merger in 2019. At the time, it was Norway’s largest land-based transaction measured in value.

Jens is currently a member of the nationwide Tax Appeals Board. He has previously been a member of the Oil Tax Appeals Board and a member of the Oil Tax Appeals Board from 2006 -2022, the last 8 years as chairman. He has, and has held, many board positions, including in Intrum Capital AS and Astrup AS.