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Area of expertise
- Employment and Pension
Tor Olav re-joined BAHR’s Employment group in June 2021, as Deputy Head of the group. He came from the position as Head of Legal in the Employers’ Association Spekter (Nw. Arbeidsgiverforeningen Spekter), were he assisted both private and publicly owned companies mainly within the cultural-, transport- (bus, rail and air), health- and energy sector. Tor Olav has extensive experience from both individual and collective employment law. He has also published several professional articles within the employment area and is used as lecturer.
Tor Olav also has experience as a litigation lawyer from several cases regarding individual and collective disputes for the ordinary courts and for the special Labour Court of Norway (Nw. Arbeidsretten).
Work experience
- 2023 - present - Partner, BAHR
- 2021 - 2023 - Senior Associate, BAHR
- 2018 - 2021 - Head of Legal, Arbeidsgiverforeningen Spekter
- 2016 - 2018 - Group Legal Counsel, Norsk Gjenvinning Norge AS
- 2009 - 2016 - Associate and Senior Associate, BAHR
Education
- 2009 - Master of Law, University of Oslo