Employment

Advokatfirmaet Simonsen Vogt Wiig

The ‘highly skilled, professional, and attentive’ employment team at Advokatfirmaet Simonsen Vogt Wiig provides a full-service offering to private and public sector clients, ’delivering outstanding results’ to clients in its sectors of expertise which span the telecoms, technology, oil and gas and shipping spaces. Practice head Lill Egeland combines international employment law experience and reorganisation and redundancy expertise, while Thomas Talén leads the transactional employment service team. Other notable members are Nicolay Skarning, who is a key name for dismissal and whistleblowing work, and Trine Lise Fromreide, who advises on framework agreements and project work.

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Testimonials

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‘The employment law team of Simonsen Vogt Wiig both sees and uses the right resources in the team and gives excellent legal advice. It is noticeable that there is good cooperation in the team.'
'They show a great ability to find the client's point of view.'
'In particular the team provides a great understanding of how complex subject areas relate in context to other areas. They see and communicate the complexity of the various issues with regard to employment law, and employment law's relationship with other subject areas.'
'This team helps their clients understand the full perspective of the cases, making complex matters understandable.’
‘Trine Lise Fromreide is a star at court! Fromreide is a strong communicator and sets the right focus, she never gets lost in all the difficult details. Fromreide, it seems, loves going to court, and gives everything for the client. And so, she also wins her cases.'
‘Lill Egeland and her team has been our main support. She and her team are distinctly professional, utmost responsive and service-minded - they help you all the way through in a personal and pleasant way. No issue is too big and no issue is too little. The service delivered by SVW has always been excellent and with a personal touch that they are highly valued by.'
‘They are very competent and we as a client feel highly appreciated. They are interested and are willing to understand the business and processes we are working with. They cover most of the legal aspects in today’s working environment.’
'Lill Egeland is very available and helpful. She applies sound judgement combining legal expertise with understanding of business impact, and also maintaining the human aspect of working with employee matters.'

Key clients

IKEA AS
Omnicom Media Group Norway AS
PEAB Asfalt Norge AS
NHH – Norwegian School of Economics
Håndverksgruppen AS
Den Nationale Scene (The National Stage, Bergen)
Gram Car Carriers ASA
Vestas Wind Systems A/S
British American Tobacco
Veolia Group
San Marco Group
All Things Live
Valvoline Oil AS
Nammo AS
Grieg Seafood ASA
Bristow Helicopters
Mars Norge AS
Royal Canin Norge AS
ECIT Services AS
Klarna

Work highlights

Represented IKEA AS in a case concerning the summary dismissal of a safety representative.
Advising international aerospace and defence company Nammo on an ongoing basis on matters.