Mr Pål Kvernaas > Advokatfirmaet Haavind AS > Oslo, Norway > Lawyer Profile
Advokatfirmaet Haavind AS Offices
Haakon VIIs gate 10
PB 359 Sentrum
Oslo
NO-0101
Norway
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Mr Pål Kvernaas
Work Department
Employment and pension
Construction
Position
Partner Pål Kvernaas is among the most renowned employment and pension law specialists in Norway who earns praise for his work from clients and colleagues alike. His skill and experience are confirmed by the fact that international law firms and clients frequently select him as local counsel in international matters, and that his client list includes many of Norway’s leading businesses.
He has extensive experience with compensation & benefits matters, restructuring and workforce adjustment, outsourcing and transfers of undertaking, change and termination of individual employments, bonus schemes, collective labour issues, HSE and strategic consulting.
Kvernaas also has experience from establishing and modifying collective and individual pension schemes. He was also a Co-founder and Chairman of Norsk Pensjonsrettslig Forum (the Norwegian Pension Legal Forum).
He has written articles and contributed to books about employment and pension-related issues, including being an annual panel expert on major international employment conferences (i.e. International Bar Association (IBA), European Employment Lawyers Association (EELA) and American Bar Association (ABA)). He has also frequently been ranked among the Top 10 Employment lawyers in Finansavisen (Norwegian financial daily newspaper), based on votes from peers in Norway.
Career
Advokatfirmaet Haavind
Advokatfirmaet Selmer
Advokatfirma Raugland
Lawyer Rankings
Norway > Employment
Advokatfirmaet Haavind AS has expertise in all areas of employment law encompassing pensions matters, restructurings, data protection work and collective employment law; the ‘highly competent‘ team is also skilled in litigation and dispute resolution. Practice head Gaute Krokann is an experienced lead on investigations, whistleblowing cases and restructurings, while Lars Kokkvold
specialises in business-critical matters, and is often involved in cross-border employment issues such as transfers of undertakings, investigations and reorganisations. Other notable practitioners are Pål Kvernaas, who is renowned for both his strategic advisory work and dispute resolution expertise; and Sten Foyn, who specialises in redundancies, whistleblowing claims and restructurings. Kari Sigurdsen is also recommended for her litigation and investigations skills, specifically in determination of employment, resignation, temporary employment and whistleblowing issues.
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