Christopher Hansteen > Advokatfirmaet Hjort > Oslo, Norway > Lawyer Profile
Advokatfirmaet Hjort Offices
Universitetsgata 1
Oslo, 0164
Norway
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Christopher Hansteen
Work Department
Employment Law
Position
Partner Christopher Hansteen specialises in employment law, trade union law, civil servant law, pension law and litigation. He also has considerable experience working with human rights law issues. Christopher Hansteen is admitted to the Supreme Court and he has comprehensive experience as a litigator. He has assisted enterprises, employers and employees in all business sectors, and is a frequent lecturer and author of books and articles on collective and individual employment law. He has been a member of the board of the Norwegian Employment Law Association and of several human rights organisations.
Career
2020 Partner, Advokatfirmaet Hjort DA
2014 – 2020 Partner, Advokatfirmaet Grette DA
2000 – 2014 Attorney, the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions
1998 – 2000 Deputy judge, Sunnmøre district court (Ålesund)
1995 – 1998 Attorney, the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions
1994 – 1995 Associate, the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions
1992 – 1994 Consultant/Senior Executive Officer, the Price Directorate/the Norwegian Competition Authorities
Languages
Norwegian
English
Memberships
Member of the drafting committee of the publication “Arbeidsrett”
Board member of Human Rights House Foundation
Member of the Norwegian Bar Association
Education
2011 Admitted to the Supreme Court
1995 Law practicing certificate
1992 Cand. jur., University of Oslo
1988 Intermediate subjects in socio-economy, 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.
Norway > Dispute resolution
Fielding a ‘brilliant and dedicated‘ team of experienced litigators, Advokatfirmaet Hjort has a strong track record in advising governmental entities, public sector clients, and domestic and international corporations on the full range of contentious mandates. Practice head Kristin Veierød specialises in contract, administrative and public law disputes in the telecoms sector, while Nils Christian Langtvedt takes point on white-collar crime cases. The ‘simply outstanding’ Frode Innjord is an extensively experienced litigator with particular expertise in real estate and construction disputes; Aslak Førde is another key name for contentious construction cases. Anne Marie Due, Alex Borch and Christopher Hansteen handle contentious employment law matters, another core pillar of work for the group.