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Advokatfirmaet Hjort Offices
Universitetsgata 1
Oslo, 0164
Norway
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Alex Borch
Work Department
Employment | Dispute Resolution
Position
Alex Borch specializes in employment law and dispute resolution.
Alex assists both employers and employees with legal advice and in legal disputes in the practice area of employment law. He has comprehensive litigation experience and has negotiated a large number of termination agreements for both employers and employees. Additionally, Alex has special experience involving employees who start up a competing business – or transfer to competing businesses. He has edited the book “Konkurransebegrensninger i arbeidsforhold” and been asked by the Ministry to contribute to the legislative process that resulted in new legislation being adopted in the area.
Alex has extensive experience involving professional liability and board members’ liability. In 2019 he handled many large compensation cases against law firms in both the Court of Appeals and the Norwegian Supreme Court. Alex has also assisted many former board members in compensation proceedings.
Alex has broad litigation experience from various contract disputes. The disputes have involved e.g. purchases, franchise relationships, collaboration agreements and distribution agreements.
Career
Languages
English, Norwegian
Education
Lawyer Rankings
Norway > Employment
(Leading individuals)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.