Europe Guide 2026 : Norway
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Provided by Kvale Advokatfirma DA
Our lawyers have extensive experience and expertise in all aspects of individual and collective employment law as well as in the areas of pensions, protection of personal privacy and cross-border matters. Our clients include public and private enterprises, national and international companies, emplyers and emplyees organisations and individual or groups of emplyees.
We have extensive negotiating experience from employer/employee organisations and litigation experience from all Norwegian courts, including the Supreme Court and the Labour Court.
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Kvale advises on a wide variety of employment mandates and HR processes, from collective bargaining agreements to reorganisations and downsizing. The law firm also assists with terminations and dismissals, as well as whistle-blowing investigations, and counts employers and trade unions among its clients.
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Kvale advised the Norwegian Railway Directorate on the compensation schemes implemented for employees who were transferred from the Norwegian National Rail Administration to the Railway Directorate.
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The team's support in complex employment cases has been particularly valuable, demonstrating both legal expertise and strategic insight.
Kvale offers strong and consistent labour law support, even in difficult and demanding cases.
The lawyers at Kvale are very commercial and very result-oriented.
Kvale’s employment law team stands out for their strong combination of legal expertise, practical advice and responsiveness.
The department is very good at stakeholder management and providing advice to achieve the best possible outcome for the client.
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Jan-Erik Sverre is extremely knowledgeable and is able to understand problems very easily.
Mr Sverre always offers the best service.
He provides consistently excellent client service, marked by responsiveness, clarity and a proactive approach.
Jan-Erik combines strong analytical skills with practical judgement and always provides clear and well-reasoned advice.
Jan-Erik Sverre is a trusted adviser with deep expertise in employment law.
Mari Verling is equipped to handle a wide range of labour and employment mandates ranging from collective bargaining, reorganisation, downsizing and individual termination to pensions and investigations matters, including whistle-blowing. She is a trusted adviser to notable public and private sector clients.
Mari Verling is service-minded, quick to respond and very thorough in her work.
She is very skilled and excellent to work with.
Mari was very efficient, very proactive and offered a lot of different solutions.
Mari Verling is a thorough adviser.
It is a pleasure to work with Mari.
Head of Employment
Employment
Provided by Kvale Advokatfirma DA
Monica Gjerde Sperre
Agathe Løwenborg
Eivind Arntsen
Mari Verling
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