Mr Frode Martin Toftevåg > Arntzen de Besche > Oslo, Norway > Lawyer Profile
Arntzen de Besche Offices
PO BOX 2734
SOLLI
0204 OSLO
Norway
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Mr Frode Martin Toftevåg
Work Department
Employment Law and Pensions
Position
Partner. Toftevåg is head of Arntzen de Besche´s Employment and Pensions practice and has comprehensive experience with national and international labour law, dispute resolution and pensions. Toftevåg is legal counsel to several Norwegian and international companies, employers’ associations and public sector institutions.
He has previously worked in the employment law department of the Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise (NHO) and has considerable experience as an advisor to unionized companies.
Toftevåg is co-author to one of the legal commentaries on the Norwegian Labour Disputes Act (“Arbeidstvistloven”).
Career
2019 – Arntzen de Besche – Partner
2015 – 2018, Thommessen – Managing associate
2008 – 2015, The Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise (Employment law department) – Lawyer
2006 – 2008, Thommessen – Associate
2005 – 2006, Follo Police Department – Police Prosecutor
2004 – 2005, Asker og Bærum Police Department – Junior Police Prosecutor
2004, Nordre Buskerud Police Department – Junior Police Prosecutor
2003, Judge Advocate General (JAG) – Legal advisor
Languages
The Scandinavian languages, English
Memberships
Norwegian Bar Association.
Education
2014, Molde University College – Project Management
2002, University of Bergen – Candidate in Jurisprudence, University of Bergen
Lawyer Rankings
Norway > Employment
(Next Generation Partners)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.