Ms Anette Mellbye > Bull & Co Advokatfirma AS > Oslo, Norway > Lawyer Profile

Bull & Co Advokatfirma AS
Universitetsgata 9
NO-0164 Oslo
PO Box 6604 St. Olavs plass
NO-0129 Oslo
Norway

Work Department

Employment law and pensions

Position

Anette Mellbye has broad legal experience, especially within employment law, intellectual property law, and company law.

Within employment law, Anette assists clients with all processes related to employment, from agreement negotiations through termination. She assists companies with employment law issues in day-to-day operations, in connection with transactions, and during downsizing processes.

Within intellectual property law, Anette specializes in the structuring, handling, and assessment of patent portfolios, as well as with license and cooperation agreements.

Within company law, Anette has broad experience with follow-up of the board of directors’ and general manager’s duties, as well as transaction work and shareholder and cooperation agreements. She also works on succession assignments.

Career

Partner, Bull, 2017–
General Counsel, Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA, 2008–2017
Attorney, Advokatfirmaet Selmer DA, 2000–2008
Company Secretary, B. Skaugen Shipping AS, 1993–1994
Assistant Vice President, Manufacturers Hanover (now J.P. Morgan), 1986–1993

Education

Master of Laws (LL.M.), University of Oslo, 2000
Licence en Sciences Économiques, HEC- Université de Lausanne, Switzerland, 1986

Lawyer Rankings

Norway > Employment

The team at Bull & Co Advokatfirma AS combines a ‘strong‘ employment practice with sector-specialist expertise in the technology, life sciences and healthcare industries. The practice is led by Anette Mellbye, who advises on both domestic and cross-border employment law issues. The team also includes Kåre Bjørlo, who frequently advises on downsizings, restructurings and pensions; and Jørgen Burdal, who is praised as an ‘extremely flexible and very helpful‘ practitioner and is a specialist in individual employment protection matters. Kjersti Borgen joined the group from Wikborg Rein in August 2023.