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Littler advokatfirma AS
AKERSGATA 28
0158 OSLO
Norway

Work Department

Littler advokatfirma AS

Position

Tore Lerheim is chair, partner and lawyer at Littler advokatfirma AS. His main areas of work are employment law, pension law and litigation. He also works on subject matters within the fields of contract law and private international law. Tore has considerable experience in cases before the ordinary courts and is admitted to the Supreme Court. He has acted as counsel for a broad range of companies and has assisted employees at all levels in both private and public sectors. Tore has extensive experience in assisting both high-ranking and top executives. He is very active as a top tier litigator representing employers, employees and trade unions with high performance, high integrity and a personal touch. He is also a certified and recognised mediator. Tore has more than 20 years experience, and has been recommended in The Legal 500 EMEA editorial since 2019 and ranked in Chambers Europe in the 2007, 2018 and 2019 editions. Tore Lerheim has also been ranked in the Norwegian Lawyer Survey since 2018, and in 2021, 2022 and 2023 he was ranked number two, number five and number three, respectively, on the list of Norway’s best employment lawyers.

Career

  • Chair | partner | lawyer at Littler advokatfirma AS, 2023 – present
  • Chair | partner | lawyer at Homble Olsby advokatfirma AS, 2021 – 2023
  • Partner | lawyer at Homble Olsby advokatfirma AS, 2014 – 2023
  • Member of JUS’ (Norwegian Center for Continuing Legal Education) Committee for Employment Law
  • Member of The Norwegian Bar Association Committee for mediation, 2019 –
  • Admitted to the Norwegian Supreme Court, 2009
  • Lawyer at Tekna (Norwegian Society of Graduate Technical and Scientific Professionals), 2007-2014
  • Lawyer/associate at Wikborg Rein, 1999-2007
  • Conscripted legal advisor, Judge Attorney General, 1998-1999
  • Scientific assistant while studying, Law Faculty in Oslo, Department of Private Law, UiO, 1995-1996

Languages

• Norwegian
• English

Memberships

• The Norwegian Bar Association
• The Norwegian Society of Labor Law
• The Pension Forum

Education

• Law degree (cand. jur.), University of Oslo, 1998
• Certified mediator by the Norwegian Bar Association, 2018

Lawyer Rankings

Norway > Employment

Littler advokatfirma AS is a boutique employment firm, which provides ‘excellent legal advice‘ on a broad range of issues. Practice head Ole Kristian Olsby often advises on international employment law and cross-border matters, and has significant experience in negotiations, reorganisations and mergers. The team also includes experienced litigator Tore Lerheim, who frequently represents employers, employees and trade unions in the public and private sector, and Merete Furesund, who focuses on pension law. Other notable practitioners include Trond Erik Kvalsnes, who focuses on individual and collective employment law and GDPR mandates; and Mari Vindedal, who has particular experience in court proceedings. As of May 2023, Runar Homble and Trond Erik Solheim left the firm to set up Homble Solheim advokatfirma AS.