Kari Gimmingsrud

Practice Areas

Kari Gimmingsrud is partner, head of the Technology, Media and IPR practice and leads Haavind`s data protection team. She also has extensive experience with employment law and assists clients with employment law matters, compliance and investigations.

Kari specialises in data protection, cyber security compliance and technology law. She advises companies and public authorities within a variety of sectors, and has long experience with large projects in the intersection between data protection, commercial agreements and legislation covering national security, employment, health, finance and consumer protections.

Her practices also include assisting clients with other regulatory and ICT issues such as artificial intelligence, electronic marketing and e-privacy.

Kari also assists boards of directors, management teams and HR departments in a wide range of employment law and privacy matters.

Kari has previously worked as a compliance manager and legal advisor in Telenor. She applies her experience by assisting several major Norwegian and global technology companies in Haavind’s client portfolio.

She is active in the Norwegian Bar Associations committee for ICT and privacy and is a co-author in the commentary edition of arbeidrett.no. She is both supervisor and examinator at the Faculty of Law, University of Oslo and often holds lectures for the Lawyers’ Education Center.

Career

2015 - Partner, Advokatfirmaet Haavind AS

2012 - 2015 Senior Lawyer, Advokatfirmaet Haavind AS

2008 - 2012 Lawyer, Advokatfirmaet Haavind AS

2006 - 2007 Compliance Manager and legal advisor, Telenor ASA

2005 - 2005 Lawyer, Advokatfirmaet Haavind AS

2001 - 2004 Associate, Advokatfirmaet Haavind AS

1999 - 2000 Senior Executive Officer, the Ombudsman for Equal Status

Professional Memberships

The Norwegian Bar Association

Languages Spoken

Norwegian, English

Expert in these Jurisdictions

Norway

Education