Littler advokatfirma AS

Littler advokatfirma AS

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.

Practice

Partner and lawyer, Littler advokatfirma AS, 2023 - present Partner and lawyer, Homble Olsby | Littler, 2022 - 2023 Senior lawyer, Simonsen Vogt Wiig AS, 2013 – 2022 Senior lawyer, Simonsen Advokatfirma AS, 2011 – 2012 Lawyer, Abelia (part of The Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise - NHO),  2006 – 2011 Associate, Advokatfirmaet Haavind Vislie AS, 2002 – 2006 Assistant, Norwegian Labour Court, 2001 Legal adviser, The Norwegian Police Directorate, 2001 Legal adviser, The Norwegian Ministry of Justice, 1999 - 2000

Other assignments and positions

Board member, Coretta & Martin Luther King Institute for Peace,  2019 - present Chair, Masterclass (Fagforum) in Labor Law, Juristenes Utdanningssenter, 2016 - present Deputy representative, The Dispute Resolution Board, business sector appointed, 2007 - 2009 Co-Author, Arbeidsrett.no, 2005 - present Deputy member, The Norwegian Complaints Board for Equality, 2003 – 2005

Norwegian; English;

The Norwegian Bar Association

Education

Part master, Human Resource Management, BI, 2008 Cand. Jur., University of Oslo, 2001 Organisation and Management, Tromsø Maritime Høyskole (now University of Tromsø), 1994 Officer, The Norwegian Air Defense, Officer Candidate School, 1994 - 1995