The employment team as Kvale Advokatfirma DA is ‘very strong’ and advises on a wide range of employment-related issues, including investigations, HR mandates and downsizings. Team head Jan-Erik Sverre is an expert in employment law, discrimination claims and civil procedure. The group also includes Monica Gjerde Sperre, who is especially sought after for her expertise in seafarer-related employment matters; and Mari Verling, who advises on both collective and individual employment law. Other recommended practitioners include Pernille Brusdal and Anette Plassen.
Testimonials
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‘Excellent teamwork and seamless collaboration. Kvale is our privacy expert. Whether it's whistleblowing or GDPR website cookie-compliance, they deliver the right experts. We feel 100% safe and secure in our collaboration, which enables us to focus on our own core business. Kvale is approachable, flexible, agile - and fast, adapting to our fast paced world, turning business opportunities into remarkable results.’
‘Their recommendations always have a good and solid combination of legal evaluation and practical approach, based on their broad experience and good insight in the best practice.'
‘Competent and service-minded firm.’
‘The labor law expertise at Kvale is strong and provides us with the assistance we need.'
‘The lawyers quickly familiarise themselves with our issues and provide advice with clear descriptions of how to solve challenges related to labour law and personnel issues.’
‘Mari Verling appears to be a very professionally skilled person. She has exceptionally good insight into all parts of working life - and quickly finds practical solutions to all problems. She is very efficient - and responds extremely quickly to all inquiries. As a customer, you feel that you are very important, even though there may be insignificant things that you need help with. Her pleasant and welcoming nature means that you feel a great degree of security in the matters she is involved in.’
‘Kvale is particularly strong in team management procedures. They have the right and very capable people grouped in working teams that perform in a very agile and precise way. I was particularly pleased to see Mari Verling and Jan-Erik Sverre performing at a high level constantly across several months.'
Key clients
- The National Federation of House Owners in Norway/Huseiernes Landsforbund (Huseierne)
- The Norwegian Institute of Public Health
- The Norwegian Health Network
- Vestfold and Telemark County Municipality
- The Railway Directorate
- Eidsiva Group
- Lerøy Havfisk
- MMC First Process
- IKEA
- Ervik & Sævik Group
Work highlights
- Advised the Norwegian Institute of Public Health on an extensive and complex reorganisation and downsizing process.
- Advised Eidsiva Group on a number of employment-related matters, including, among others, international postings of employees, agreements for the hiring of workers, reorganisations, collective matters and pension issues.
- Advised MMC First Process both nationally and internationally on, among other matters, dismissals, negotiations with unions, reorganisations and downsizings.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Jan-Erik Sverre