Mr Knut-Marius Sture > Arntzen de Besche > Oslo, Norway > Lawyer Profile
Arntzen de Besche Offices
PO BOX 2734
SOLLI
0204 OSLO
Norway
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Mr Knut-Marius Sture
Position
Partner. Sture has nearly 40 years’ experience of employment law and advises on all aspects of the employment law field. He has particular expertise in the area of collective employment law and assists companies on matters relating to the establishment and interpretation of collective agreements and related disputes. He has long and wide-ranging experience of representing clients in the ordinary courts of law and the Labour Court of Norway in connection with the entire range of employment law matters.
Sture primarily assists industrial, financial, aviation and media companies with major reorganisation and downsizing processes, where he has considerable experience of non-compete clauses. He also has extensive experience of designing incentive and pension schemes. He is often brought in by company boards in connection with the termination and recruitment of CEOs.
Sture is a trusted advisor for businesses undergoing major reorganisation processes. He has extensive experience of assisting boards and managements with strategic advice in cases that are highly complex and often have a high media profile.He is keen to provide targeted, correct and cost-effective advice, tailored to each specific situation and each different organisation.
Career
2001 – Arntzen de Besche – Partner
1997 – 2001, Norsk Hydro ASA – Assistant director
1989 – 1997, The Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise (NHO) – Executive Secretary, Director and Deputy CEO
1988, Sorenskriveren i Nordfjord – Assistant judge
1983 – 1988, Norsk Arbeidsgiverforening – Associate / Lawyer
Memberships
Norwegian Bar Association.
Education
1978 – 1983, University of Oslo – Cand.jur.
Lawyer Rankings
Norway > Employment
Arntzen de Besche‘s ‘highly competent and responsive‘ team advises on all employment law matters, with particular expertise in pensions, whistleblowing claims, and compliance and privacy issues, and mandates in the aviation, media, and oil and gas sectors. Practice head Frode Martin Toftevåg is a highly experienced litigator and an expert in collective labour law and transfers of undertakings. The group also includes Håvard Sandnes, who is sought after for pension advice; and Knut-Marius Sture, who is a specialist in employment and union negotiations with a focus on restructurings and downsizings. Other skilled practitioners are Agathe Løwenborg, who has sector-specific knowledge in aviation and oil and gas industries; Mira Tengesdal Torstenbø, who heads up the Stavanger office and advises on both individual and collective employment law; and Sven Bjørk, who was recently promoted to partner.