Ms Monica Gjerde Sperre > Kvale Advokatfirma DA > Oslo, Norway > Lawyer Profile
Kvale Advokatfirma DA Offices
HAAKON VIIS GATE 10
PO BOX 1752, VIKA
0122 OSLO
Norway
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Ms Monica Gjerde Sperre
Work Department
Employment, Fisheries and Aquaculture
Position
Monica Gjerde Sperre is specialised in employment law, crew law and dispute resolution.
She assists several larger shipping companies and land facilities in the fishery and offshore industry. The experience includes a wide range of individual and collective employment and crew law issues, such as downsizing, reorganisations, suspensions and dismissals. She has extensive experience in collective employment legislation.
Monica Gjerde Sperre is also specialised in dispute resolution, and litigates frequently before the courts. She has authored several articles within her fields of expertise, and has experience as a lecturer and external examiner on maritime subjects. She is also an assistant judge advocate for Southern Norway.
Languages
Norwegian, English
Lawyer Rankings
Norway > Employment
The employment team as Kvale Advokatfirma DA is ‘very strong‘ and advises on a wide range of employment-related issues, including investigations, HR mandates and downsizings. Team head Jan-Erik Sverre is an expert in employment law, discrimination claims and civil procedure. The group also includes Monica Gjerde Sperre, who is especially sought after for her expertise in seafarer-related employment matters; and Mari Verling, who advises on both collective and individual employment law. Other recommended practitioners include Pernille Brusdal and Anette Plassen.
Norway > Fishing and aquaculture
Under the leadership of the ‘extraordinary’ Rode S. Rønning-Hansen, Kvale Advokatfirma DA routinely handles the full spectrum of issues relating to the industry from its offices in Oslo, Tromsø and Ålesund. Henrik Grung is the key name for corporate and M&A matters, while Monica Gjerde Sperre handles aquaculture and fishery-related shipping and maritime matters. Senior associate Jørgen Blix Nicolaysen is also recommended for regulatory frameworks relating to wild-caught fish.