Mr Christian Backe > Wikborg Rein > Bergen, Norway > Lawyer Profile

Mr Christian Backe

+47 909 54 990 cbc@wr.no View profile

Work Department

Employment

Position

Christian is head of the firm’s Employment law practice. He assists Norwegian and international clients with advice, dispute resolution and litigation in matters concerning employment law and pension. Christian works with a wide range of employment and pension law issues. Among other things, he has extensive experience in assisting employers in connection with reorganization, including business transfers and downsizing. He also regularly assists in matters related to temporary labor and hiring conditions, and has considerable experience in assisting employers in handling whistleblowing cases. Christian assists clients in various industries within private and public sector. Christian is recognized for his work as an employment law lawyer in, among others, Chambers, Legal 500 and Finansavisen. “He is very good at understanding exactly what we want and then making a plan together with us on how to achieve it. He is able to strategise, plan, and then provide hands-on execution.” Chambers & Partners

Career

2022 – Partner, Wikborg Rein, Oslo
2019 – 2022  Partner, Arntzen de Besche Advokatfirma AS
2015 – 2019 Senior Lawyer, Advokatfirmaet BAHR AS
2013 – 2015 Senior associate, Advokatfirmaet BAHR AS
2011 – 2013 Deputy judge, Oslo District Court
2007 – 2011 Associate, Advokatfirmaet BAHR AS

Education

2007 Master of Laws, University of Oslo