Einar Engh > Advokatfirmaet Hjort > Oslo, Norway > Lawyer Profile

Advokatfirmaet Hjort
Universitetsgata 1
Oslo, 0164
Norway
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Work Department

Employment law

Position

As a partner with admittance to the Norwegian Supreme Court, Einar Engh specializes in both individual and collective labour law. He also has extensive litigation experience at all levels of the court system, including at the Labour Court and the Supreme Court levels.

Career

  • 2012 Partner, Advokatfirmaet Hjort DA
  • 2010 Partner, Advokatfirmaet Schjødt AS
  • 2008 Admitted to the Supreme Court
  • 2009 Attorney, Norwegian Union of Municipal and General Employees
  • 2001 Attorney, legal department, the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions
  • 1998 Associate, Advokatfirmaet Smith Grette Wille DA

Languages

English, Norwegian

Memberships

  • The Norwegian Bar Association’s labour law committee
  • Editorial committee for a labour law periodical (“Arbeidsrett”)

Education

1998 Law degree, University of Oslo

Lawyer Rankings

Norway > Employment

Advokatfirmaet Hjort is singled out as ‘a quality firm‘, representing clients from a broad range of sectors on pensions issues, collective agreements, reorganisations and whistleblowing claims, among others. Practice head Jens Kristian Johansen is an experienced litigator and generally assists with commercial matters with a focus on collective and individual employment law. The group also includes Anne Marie Due, who is a pension law specialist and an expert in investigations relating to whistleblowing cases; fellow litigator Einar Engh, and tariff expert Christopher Hansteen, who is highly experienced in employment investigations. Alex Borch, who represents both employers and employees in severance negotiations and dispute resolution, and personal data law and GDPR expert Claude Lenth are also key contacts.