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Advokatfirmaet Hjort Offices
Universitetsgata 1
Oslo, 0164
Norway
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Jens Kristian Johansen
Work Department
Employment law
Position
Partner Jens Kristian Johansen is a specialist in individual and collective employment law, discrimination law, pension law and dispute resolution. His experience is extensive and he advises both private and public companies in Norway and abroad, and also employees and employees’ unions. He works broadly within employment law issues, and has conducted one of the most comprehensive restructuring- and downscaling assignments in recent years.
Career
2020 Partner, Advokatfirmaet Hjort DA
2009 – 2020 Partner, Advokatfirmaet Grette AS
2006 – 2008 Senior attorney, Advokatfirmaet Grette AS
2004 – 2006 Partner, Advokatfirmaet Storeng, Beck & Due Lund
2003 – 2004 Attorney, Advokatfirmaet Storeng, Beck & Due Lund
2001 – 2003 Associate, Advokatfirmaet Storeng, Beck & Due Lund
2000 – 2001 Senior Executive Officer, Norwegian Board of Health Supervision
Languages
Norwegian and English
Education
2003 Law practicing certificate
2000 Law degree, 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.