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Kjersti Borgen

Kjersti Borgen

Work Department

Employment law and pensions; Litigation and arbitration

Position

Kjersti Borgen has specialised in employment law since 2008 and has broad experience within employment law, assisting Norwegian and international clients within various industries in the private and public sectors. Kjersti has also acted as a lawyer for employees and trade unions.

She regularly provides advice in complex matters regarding, inter alia, reorganizations, redundancies, transfer of undertakings, dismissals and cases dealing with discrimination and harassment. Her work includes extensive experience with dispute resolution through negotiations and litigation before the courts. She possesses expertise in collective employment law as well.

She regularly lectures and holds seminars for clients and employer/employee organizations.

Kjersti worked for several years as an in-house lawyer in the Gjensidige Group and in Tekna, the largest Norwegian union of Graduate Technical and Scientific Professionals. Kjersti is also a deputy judge in the Labour Court of Norway.

Career

2023 Partner, Bull 2023 Specialist Counsel, Wikborg Rein 2018–2022 Senior attorney, Wikborg Rein 2017- Deputy Judge, Arbeidsretten 2017 Attorney, Advokatfirmaet Lippestad AS 2015–2017 Attorney, Tekna - The Norwegian Society of Graduate Technical and Scientific Professionals 2011–2014 Attorney Corporate Legal, Gjensidige Forsikring ASA 2008–2011 Associate, Wikborg Rein

Education

2017 INSEAD Executive Board Programme 2008 Master of Laws (LL.M.), University of Bergen 2007 Certificate in international finance law, Queen Mary, University of London

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