Trond Erik Solheim’s main areas of work are employment law, pension law and litigation. He has assisted many of Norway’s largest companies, pension funds and insurance companies in pension and employment law subject matters. Trond Erik also has experience from several major investigation assignments. He regularly assists both high-ranking and top executives and is sought-after in complex cases requiring extensive negotiation experience and a good understanding of a wide range of legal aspects. Trond Erik has comprehensive experience in pension law issues and has been appointed as an arbitrator in several pension disputes. He also often advises on disputes concerning the understanding of pension agreements. His experience includes pension law issues in the corporate and M&A contexts. It also includes assistance to the pension provider side where he has advised pension funds and insurance companies. Trond Erik has prepared statutes for pension funds and regulations for collective pension schemes. He has also prepared complex regulations for unfunded collective pension schemes and many individual unfunded collective pension schemes for managers. Trond Erik has more than 20 years experience, and has been ranked in Chambers Europe employment (including top ranked in pensions) and in Legal 500 EMEA for many years. In 2022 Trond Erik was ranked also in the prestigious elite group " Leading Individuals”.
Homble Solheim advokatfirma AS
More informationHomble Solheim advokatfirma AS is a newly established boutique firm that has ‘unique knowledge and experience’ in employment law, advising employers and employees on pensions, dispute resolution and corporate governance matters. The firm was established in 2023 by practice head Runar Homble, who advises on the entire range of employment-related matters; Trond Erik Solheim, whose practice focuses on employment and pension work, contracts and litigation; and Anders Reiremo. All three practitioners were previously at Littler advokatfirma AS.
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‘The team has unique knowledge and experience in employment law and corporate governance.’
‘Homble Solheim gives legal advice of excellent quality in all aspects of labour law in a swift and professional way. The team also helps you with answers to questions without you as a client having to ask. Very efficient structure in the organisation with high capacity. More flexible than the bigger firms, and more efficient.’
‘The practice has unique experience that makes them very valuable.’
‘They are unique in the way they communicate, using non-legal language that is easy to understand for anyone not familiar with legal phrases. They very quickly get up to speed with the issue they are hired for, and they are easy to get hold of during the different stages of the process.’
‘Runar Homble creates trust and security and guides, corrects and advises in a very good way. He gives the impression of having very good expertise in his field and communicates in an understandable way with good, illustrative examples.’
‘Runar Homble always solves the legal challenges we face in the best way. Our interests are always looked after and he understands the complexity of our business.'
‘Trond Erik Solheim has very strong legal skills in a number of legal fields, is an expert in employment and pension law, has strong skills as a legal adviser, and is particularly good at analysing the legal situation and giving advice in a broader context.’
‘Trond Erik Solheim is very experienced in employment law, and gave very professional and good advice which led to a positive result in my case. He was very efficient and available when necessary. He was also very calm and helpful in a difficult situation.’
Key clients
- Askim og Spydeberg Sparebank
- Elkjøp Group (Elkjøp Nordic AS and subsidiaries)
- Politiets Fellesforbund (the Norwegian Police Union)
- The Vit AS
- WJ Business Partner AS
- Baatsfjord municipality
- The Norwegian Trekking Society (DNT)
- The Norwegian Sea Rescue Society (NSRS)
- Oslo Taxi group
- NEP Group / NEP Norway AS
- FIDL AS
Work highlights
- Advised Elkjøp Nordic and subsidiaries on a broad range of employment and pension law matters as well as other HR related topics.
- Served as counsel for the Police Union in complex multi-party negotiations concerning the reform of the Norwegian Public Service Pension Fund and other public service pension funds.
- Assisted Baatsfjord municipality with outsourcing the operations of a housing and care centre.
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Runar Homble