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4

Band 4

Employment

Norway

4 Years Ranked

About

Provided by Jan-Erik Sverre

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Practice Areas

- Employment

- Investigations

- Dispute resolution

- Litigation

Personal

Jan-Erik Sverre is head of Kvale`s department for Employment, which consists a total of ten lawyers. He primarily advises on employment law, litigious matters and real estate transactions.

As a specialist in employment law, he is frequently invited to lecture on current topics in the field.

Jan-Erik has extensive practical experience of matters such as reorganisations and downsizings, transfers of undertaking, permanent appointment, temporary appointment/hiring of workers, personnel conflicts, dismissal with and without notice, whistleblowing cases, temporary lay-offs, working hours, corporate democracy, data protection and pension issues, as well as collective labour law. Jan-Erik has in-depth knowledge of the Civil Service Act and the Working Environment Act, and frequently advises public and private undertakings on the various sanctions and penalties available under employment law.

Jan-Erik is regularly engaged to assist with whistleblowing cases, and acts as the whistleblowing secretariat for various businesses. He has previously advised on a number of high-profile whistleblowing cases.

Jan-Erik acted as counsel for Bedriftsforbundet, an association of Norwegian enterprises, in the Holship case heard by the Supreme Court in 2016. He also has extensive litigation experience before the ordinary courts, the Labour Court and the Land Consolidation Courts, and of alternative dispute resolution mechanisms from appointments as both judicial mediator and counsel. He holds legal mediator certification from the Norwegian Bar Association.

Career

2015 - current: Partner, Kvale

2010 - 2015: Partner, Bull & Co

2007 - 2009: Senior Associate, Bull & Co

2006 - 2007: Deputy Judge I, Oslo County Court

2005 - 2006: Deputy Judge II, Oslo County Court

2004 - 2005: Deputy Judge III, Oslo County Court

2002 - 2004: Senior Executive Officer/Advisor, Ministry of Fishery Coastal Affairs

Languages Spoken

English

Norwegian

Professional Memberships

Member of the panel of external judicial mediators appointed for Borgarting Court of Appeal and subordinate courts pursuant to section 8-4(4) of the Dispute Act

Publications

Whistleblowing: Practical handbook on handling whistleblowing under the Working Environment Act and the Ship Labour Act (Universitetsforlaget 2023)

Education

University of Oslo

Cand. jur.

2002

Chambers Review

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Chambers European Guide

Employment - Norway

4
Band 4
Individual Editorial
Jan-Erik Sverre acts on both collective and individual labour matters, including reorganisations, disputes and terminations, as well as representing clients in investigations. He often assists blue-chip companies and public bodies.

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