Hans Jørgen Bender > Selmer > Oslo, Norway > Lawyer Profile

Selmer
TJUVHOLMEN ALLÉ 1
PO BOX 1324 VIKA
0112 OSLO
Norway

Position

Managing Partner, Lawyer

Career

Hans Jørgen Bender is a specialist in employment law. He assists Norwegian and international businesses in all types of employment law issues. He also has experience in litigating employment law cases. He has extensive experience in drafting share incentive schemes, bonus schemes, non-competition and non-recruitment clauses, in addition to advising on matters of employee breach of loyalty.

Hans Jørgen has led both major and minor due diligence processes, as well as leading and carrying out investigation assignments. Hans Jørgen’s previous experience as a police lawyer and state attorney gives him a particular advantage in handling investigation and trial assignments.

He also has experience with financial, operational and strategic consultancy, and has acquired good financial knowledge from his time at the Boston Consulting Group.

Lawyer Rankings

Norway > Employment

(Leading partners)

Hans Jørgen Bender  – Selmer

Praised as ‘very knowledgeable’, the employment team at Selmer advises on employment litigation, investigations and pensions, with sector specialisation in the insurance, banking, IT and business consulting, oil and gas, and infrastructure spaces. The team is co-led by experienced partners André Istad Johansen, who takes point on pension matters, and Hans Jørgen Bender who is a specialist in non-compete and non-solicit issues, and transaction-linked matters. Anja Lange’s expertise in data protection bolsters the team’s personal data compliance offering. For whistleblowing work, Eldrid Huseby Gammelsrud is a key contact, alongside Ragnhild Nakling and Siri Falch-Olsen, who joined the team in January 2024 from Ræder Bing.