Employment Law Scandinavia NEW
Per Benonisen, Partner, DLA
Per is partner at the law firm DLA Piper in Oslo and head of the firm’s department of employment, pension and benefits. He specialises in all areas concerning employment, inter alia, larger downscalings, reorganisations, individual terminations, elaboration of employment contracts for employees and managers etc. Per has also acted as external examiner at the University of Oslo. He has worked as a specialist consultant for the work environmental department in Norway. For many years, Per has spoken at several international and national conferences on Scandinavian employment law. He is co-author of the book: “Arbeidsret.no” (Damn), En kommentar til norsk arbeidsret and “Scandinavian Employment Law (Thomson). Per speaks the Scandinavian languages and English.
Johan Sundberg, Senior Associate, DLA
Johan is senior associate at the law firm Lindhs DLA Nordic in Stockholm. He has major experience regarding all aspects of employment law, inter alia, issues relating to termination due to redundancies and personal reasons, dismissals and loyalty issues, elaboration of agreements for managing directors and other executives. Johan is also specialised in data privacy. Johan speaks at well-visited lectures on labour law and data privacy both nationally and internationally. He is co-author of the book “Scandinavian Employment Law (Thomson). Johan speaks the Scandinavian languages and English.
Erik Wendelboe Christiansen, Partner, Horten
Erik is partner at the law firm Horten in Copenhagen, the employment law group. Erik is an expert within all areas of employment law, inter alia, agreements for managing director and other executives, incentives and stock option programmes, loyalty obligations, collective bargaining agreements and public employments. Erik is a very experienced litigator before the Danish courts before which he has represented private and public, national and international clients in employment matters on within other areas of law. Erik is a teacher with the Danish Association of Lawyers, DJØF (Danish Association of Lawyers and Economists), the Danish Bar and Law Society, Thomson and DLA Advance. Erik is co-author of the books: “Non-Competition Agreements” (Schultz, 1999), “The Danish Act on Stock Options” (Thomson, 2006) and “Scandinavian Employment Law” (Thomson, 2007). Erik speaks the Scandinavian languages, English and German.
Jani Syrjänen, Senior Associate, Borenius & Kemppinen
Jani is senior associate at the law firm Borenius & Kemppinen in Helsinki. As an experienced litigator, Jani’s area of concentration is all areas of employment law. He represents international and domestic employers before the Finnish courts in various employment matters throughout the entire litigation process. Jani has also vast experience in negotiating and drafting employment and executive agreements, policies and procedures as well as conducting in-house training for employers confronting a wide range of employment law matters including, inter alia, downscalings, reorganisations and redundancies. Jani speaks Finnish, Swedish and English.
