LAWYER PROFILE

Claude Lenth

Europe 2026

Advokatfirmaet Hjort AS

Ranked in 1 practice area

Employment

Norway

20 years ranked

About

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Europe

Practice Areas

Employment

Privacy law and General Data and Protection Rights

Career

With over twenty years of experience as a lawyer Lenth has extensive experience within the employment law practice area, data privacy law and GDPR. His expertise has gained him recognition by the international ranking bureaus the Legal 500 and Chambers Europe.

Lenth advises in various matters such as restructuring and reorganization, business transfers, employment termination and dismissals, non-compete and restrictive covenants, temporary staffing procedures, termination agreement negotiations, as well as working environment conditions. Working environment conditions include whisteblowing cases and internal investigations. Lenth also has experience from the Norwegian courts and the Court of Arbitration.

Professional Memberships

The Norwegian Bar Association

Norwegian Association for law and computer science

Publications

Editor and Co-author of Arbeidsrett.no, kommentarutgave til ny arbeidsmiljølov (www.arbeidsrett.no) which is a commentary to the Norwegian Working Environment Act, for practitioners

Co-author of “Konkurransebegrensninger i arbeidsforhold”, Universitetsforlaget 2016, which details restrictive covenants in employment relationships, for practitioners.

Co-author of Personopplysningsloven – en håndbok, Kommuneforlaget i 2000, which is a legal presentation of the former Norwegian Data Privacy Act, for practitioners.

Research dissertation at The University of Oslo: “Adgangen til å behandle personopplysninger,” Institute for Legal Science, Complex 2/2000

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

Chambers European Guide

Employment - Norway

Band 3

Individual Editorial

Claude Lenth has experience advising companies on HR processes and the employment aspects of organisational changes and redundancies. He also acts on investigations, including whistle-blowing cases.

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