Advokatfirmaet Hjort

Employment Law

Partner Christopher Hansteen specialises in employment law, trade union law, civil servant law, pension law and litigation. He also has considerable experience working with human rights law issues. Christopher Hansteen is admitted to the Supreme Court and he has comprehensive experience as a litigator. He has assisted enterprises, employers and employees in all business sectors, and is a frequent lecturer and author of books and articles on collective and individual employment law. He has been a member of the board of the Norwegian Employment Law Association and of several human rights organisations.

2020 Partner, Advokatfirmaet Hjort DA 2014 – 2020 Partner, Advokatfirmaet Grette DA 2000 – 2014 Attorney, the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions 1998 – 2000 Deputy judge, Sunnmøre district court (Ålesund) 1995 – 1998 Attorney, the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions 1994 – 1995 Associate, the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions 1992 – 1994 Consultant/Senior Executive Officer, the Price Directorate/the Norwegian Competition Authorities

Norwegian English

Member of the drafting committee of the publication “Arbeidsrett”

Board member of Human Rights House Foundation

Member of the Norwegian Bar Association

2011 Admitted to the Supreme Court 1995 Law practicing certificate 1992 Cand. jur., University of Oslo 1988 Intermediate subjects in socio-economy, University of Oslo