Mr Lars Kokkvold > Advokatfirmaet Haavind AS > Oslo, Norway > Lawyer Profile

Advokatfirmaet Haavind AS
Haakon VIIs gate 10
PB 359 Sentrum
Oslo
NO-0101
Norway

Work Department

Employment and pension
Oil and offshore
Media and entertainment

Position

Partner Lars Kokkvold is among the most well-known and respected employment and pension lawyers in Norway, and counts numerous high-profile domestic and international businesses among his clients.

His exceptional expertise allows him to handle a wide range of employment matters, including both contentious and advisory mandates. His areas of expertise include, for example, restructuring, relocating and downsizing, transfer of undertaking, outsourcing, individual employment protection matters and pension and protection of privacy. A particular specialty of his is handling the labour law aspects of reorganisations and restructurings.

Partner Kokkvold has extensive experience and often works closely with company management through complex transformation processes. Lars has been the responsible attorney for legal and strategic assistance in several major corporate reorganisations and downsizings. Clients have praised his hands-on approach and business acumen, citing him as a trusted advisor who gets involved and provides solid support in business-critical matters. He has also frequently been ranked among the Top 10 Employment lawyers in Finansavisen (Norwegian financial daily newspaper), based on votes from peers in Norway.

Lawyer Rankings

Norway > Employment

(Hall of Fame)

Lars KokkvoldAdvokatfirmaet Haavind AS

Advokatfirmaet Haavind AS has expertise in all areas of employment law encompassing pensions matters, restructurings, data protection work and collective employment law; the ‘highly competent‘ team is also skilled in litigation and dispute resolution. Practice head Gaute Krokann is an experienced lead on investigations, whistleblowing cases and restructurings, while Lars Kokkvold specialises in business-critical matters, and is often involved in cross-border employment issues such as transfers of undertakings, investigations and reorganisations. Other notable practitioners are Pål Kvernaas, who is renowned for both his strategic advisory work and dispute resolution expertise; and Sten Foyn, who specialises in redundancies, whistleblowing claims and restructurings. Kari Sigurdsen is also recommended for her litigation and investigations skills, specifically in determination of employment, resignation, temporary employment and whistleblowing issues.