Anne Marie Due > Advokatfirmaet Hjort > Oslo, Norway > Lawyer Profile
Advokatfirmaet Hjort Offices
Universitetsgata 1
Oslo, 0164
Norway
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Anne Marie Due
Work Department
Employment
Position
Anne Marie Due the managing partner at Hjort and a member of our employment law department. She has extensive experience in this practice area.
Anne Marie is experienced within employment law, including the law for government employees, pensions, privacy, administrative law and litigation. Anne Marie assists clients in both the private and public sectors and has broad experience in the particular problems that are relevant for public sector entities.
Anne Marie assists clients both with legal advice and as legal counsel in connection with most issues in employment law, pensions, privacy and administrative law. Notably, she has conducted several cases before the Norwegian Supreme Court during the last few years concerning issues such as the limitations to the employer’s management prerogative when relocating or making changes in senior policy measures; the issue of whether the loss of contractual early retirement pension scheme (AFP) implies a right to vote in the transfer of a business, and whether employers are entitled to use information from waste disposal vehicles’ satellite navigation system to detect possible employment irregularities.
Anne Marie has also conducted a case before the Norwegian Supreme Court in a plenary session. The case addressed whether an instruction laid down by the government was in violation of the constitution. Furthermore, Anne Marie has conducted a number of cases before the district courts and courts of appeals on a range of labour law issues, including several cases concerning the future regulation of pension rights and responsibility for costs associated with these.
In addition, Anne Marie has had extensive advisory assignments, including offering ongoing advice in whistleblowing cases and . The investigative assignments have included looking into whether the Working Environment Act’s requirement to a suitable working environment had been violated, various forms of harassment, privacy law breaches, and cases of violation of employees’ individual rights.
Career
- 2012 – Partner, Advokatfirmaet Hjort DA
- 2011-2012: Partner, Advokatfirmaet Mageli ANS
- 2009-2011: Senior Attorney, Advokatfirmaet Hjort DA
- 2002-2009: Associate, Attorney and Senior Attorney, Arntzen de Besche Advokatfirma AS
- 1995-2002: Senior executive officer, Adviser and Assistant Director General, Ministry of Church Affairs, Education and Research
Languages
English, Norwegian
Memberships
The Norwegian Bar Association
Education
- 1995: Law degree, University of Oslo
- 1986: MF Norwegian School of Theology, intermediate subject in Christianity
Lawyer Rankings
Norway > Regulatory, compliance and investigations
Leveraging a multidisciplinary approach, Advokatfirmaet Hjort ‘s corporate compliance and investigations practice advises on ESG compliance, economic sanctions, and investigations. Under the leadership of Kristian Brandt, the practice has also seen an increasing caseload of energy sector work. The ‘confident and professionally competent’ Kristin Veierød is well versed in investigations for both public and private entities. Other notable practitioners are Anne Marie Due, who handles audit and compliance work, Christian B. Hjort, who is a key name financial criminal cases, and Nils Christian Langtvedt, who is experienced in Transparency Act due diligence. Einar Engh departed in October 2024.
Norway > Employment
(Leading partners)The ‘highly dedicated and problem-solving oriented’ team at Advokatfirmaet Hjort is engaged by energy, finance and pharmaceutical sector clients, among others, and is noted for its corporate governance and cross-border expertise. The practice is steered by Jens Kristian Johansen, who is an experienced litigator and focuses on discrimination and whistleblowing mandates. Key members include Anne Marie Due, who specialises in investigations and whistleblower mandates, Alex Borch, who handles severance negotiations, and Claude Lenth, who is a key name for GDPR and personal data law advice. Seasoned litigator Einar Engh and Christopher Hansteen, who has a proven track record in collective and individual labour law, are also recommended.
Norway > Dispute resolution
Led by telecoms expert Kristin Veierød, the disputes team at Advokatfirmaet Hjort is sought after by a broad range of clients, including companies in the real estate, construction and public sectors, on the full range of contentious mandates. Praised for his ‘high level of competence’, Frode Innjord is an experienced litigator and is particularly well-versed in real estate and construction law, while Nils Christian Langtvedt takes point on white-collar crime cases. For contentious employment mandates, Alex Borch , Anne Marie Due and Christopher Hansteen are key names.
Lawyer Rankings
- Employment Norway
- Leading partners Norway > Employment
- Dispute resolution Norway
- Regulatory, compliance and investigations Norway