Littler advokatfirma AS

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Merete Furesund’s main areas of work are employment law, pension law, litigation and dispute resolution. Furesund has considerable experience in prosecuting cases before the ordinary courts, the Labour Court, the Supreme Court in Norway and the EFTA Court in Luxembourg. Furesund advises top management in all employment law issues. She has a particular interest in and extensive experience with issues regarding working hours, workforce reductions, reorganizations, business transfers and EU/EEA employment law. She also has extensive experience in collective labor law such as drafting and interpretation of collective agreements, implementation of collective bargaining and collective issues arising from corporate restructurings, mergers and acquisitions. Merete Furesund is a co-author at arbeidsrett.no, which is a digital commentary edition to the Working Environment Act. She is also a co-author of the Norwegian chapter in the Workforce Restructuring in Europe, Bloomsbury 2015.

Ole Kristian Olsby

Ole Kristian Olsby is the Managing Partner and founding partner at Littler advokatfirma AS. He handles the entire spectrum of employment law advice. Ole Kristian has extensive experience as a commercial lawyer within the full range of employment law and Human Resources related matters, both contentious and non-contentious. He has worked as counsel for a broad range of clients in different business sectors, including large international companies. He has comprehensive experience in assisting top executives and high-ranking executives as well as members of the Board of Directors. A significant part of his work is international employment law and cross-border matters. He has extensive experience in negotiations as well as in providing advice to employers regarding issues such as reorganisations, mergers, and temporary employment. He has considerable experience in finding the right solutions as well as in creative problem solving and creative business solutions. Ole Kristian Olsby has more than 20 years experience, and has been ranked in Chambers Europe since 2014 and in Legal 500 EMEA since 2015.

Tore Lerheim

Tore Lerheim is chair, partner and lawyer at Littler advokatfirma AS. His main areas of work are employment law, pension law and litigation. He also works on subject matters within the fields of contract law and private international law. Tore has considerable experience in cases before the ordinary courts and is admitted to the Supreme Court. He has acted as counsel for a broad range of companies and has assisted employees at all levels in both private and public sectors. Tore has extensive experience in assisting both high-ranking and top executives. He is very active as a top tier litigator representing employers, employees and trade unions with high performance, high integrity and a personal touch. He is also a certified and recognised mediator. Tore has more than 20 years experience, and has been recommended in The Legal 500 EMEA editorial since 2019 and ranked in Chambers Europe in the 2007, 2018 and 2019 editions. Tore Lerheim has also been ranked in the Norwegian Lawyer Survey since 2018, and in 2021, 2022 and 2023 he was ranked number two, number five and number three, respectively, on the list of Norway's best employment lawyers.

Trond Erik Kvalsnes

Trond Erik Kvalsnes is partner and lawyer at Littler Norway. His broad education and extensive experience in both Human Resource Management and employment law make him stand out. He is particularly in demand by top executives and senior managers who want a sparring partner who is professionally skilled in HR and who has strong strategic and operational expertise. He is also a sought-after lecturer. His main areas of work are individual and collective labor law; GDPR, compliance and investigations, including labour disputes and power struggles. He has also experience with equality and anti-discrimination law. Kvalsnes has handled a number of cases within collective labor law - strikes, negotiations, large collective agreements, transactions etc. Kvalsnes has been ranked in Chambers Europe and recommended in The Legal 500 EMEA editorial for several years. Kvalsnes has more than 20 years of relevant experience.

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