Ingrid Wulff Stenersen
Ingrid Wulff Stenersen is an Senior Associate in our Employment and pension team.
Ingrid Wulff Stenersen is an Senior Associate in our Employment and pension team.
Kristin Trovåg started as an associate in Kvale in 2016 after completed her master’s degree in law from the University of Bergen. She works in our restructuring, insolvency and investigation department and covers bankruptcies, forced liquidations, debt negotiations, restructuring and investigations.
During her studies Kristin has had several trainee assignments in different business law firms. She has written a master’s thesis on Employment Law and EEA law, with the title “The relationship between § 14-12 of the Employment Protection Act and the Directive 2008/104/EC Art. 4”. (“Forholdet mellom aml. § 14-12 og direktiv 2008/104/EC art. 4.”).
Tonje Liavaag work in our employment and pensions department. She also has experience working for our tax department, with focus on business sector taxation and personal taxation.
Liavaag has substantial knowledge with administrative handling of complaint cases, and she possesses competence with procedures before the courts.
She obtained her license to practice law in 2011.
Co-author of Article on Jusstorget about Complaint and Limitation law (Medforfatter artikkel på Jusstorget om Reklamasjons- og foreldelsesrett), 2013
Stine Eriksrød has extensive experience of dealing with legal disputes in the areas of real estate and construction, liability (corporate, professional, board and product), general contract law and damages claims. She specialises in disputes concerning the purchase and sale of real estate and disputes arising during real estate projects or after contract execution.
Stine litigates cases before the district and appeal courts on behalf of consumers, construction clients, consultants and contractors, and assists private parties and businesses with proceedings before different complaints bodies. Stine also has substantial experience of company and bankruptcy law and the administration of estates from working as a bankruptcy and restructuring project manager for several years. This knowledge has allowed Stine to become a trusted legal adviser on a broad range of commercial disputes.
Stine obtained her license to practice law in 2015.
Siri Terese Berge is attached to the oil, gas and energy department of Kvale and works mainly with counselling, negotiations and dispute resolutions in connection with oil and offshore projects.
Siri has experience in counselling in connection with entering into and implementation of contracts, hereunder for example charter parties, fabrication contracts and EPC(I) contracts.
Siri obtained her license to practise law in 2015.
Preben Berge Helverschou is part of our oil, gas and shipping group. He primarily advises clients in negotiations and disputes within offshore, shipping and marine insurance.
He has particular experience advising clients and handling disputes related to charterparties and other contracts of carriage, inter alia within the OSV-segment.
Helverschou also has experience advising clients with arrests, interlocutory matters, asset securing, and litigation.
Pernille Brudal has over seven years’ experience as an associate at Kvale. She primarily advises on restructuring and insolvency, employment law and pensions.
Pernille specialises in corporate and group restructurings, advising both creditors and debtors on issues related to financial agreements, provision of security and legal charges in particular. She also deals with insolvency matters and has administered a number of estates in bankruptcy.
Further, Pernille has extensive employment-law experience from regularly advising on collective and individual employment matters. She advises both employers and employees, and is often engaged to manage downsizing processes. Pernille advises on all phases and aspects of employment relationships, from signature of an employment contract to amendment of work responsibilities, working hours, sick leave follow-up, whistleblowing and bonus schemes, as well as negotiation of severance packages, assessment of grounds for dismissal and workforce reductions.
Pernille’s broad combination of specialisms enables her to provide expert assistance to undertakings needing to make significant financial, structural and workforce changes.
Pernille is a regular speaker on financial and employment-related topics. She has also authored a number of articles in the employment field in recent years, including on employee dismissal and social dumping. She received her practising certificate in 2014.
Lilly Relling works in our oil, gas and shipping department. She assists clients, both Norwegian and international, in commercial law, and has substantial experience advising participants within the shipping- and offshore industry.
She has broad experience advising on carrying out contracts, including charter parties, fabrication contracts and other commercial agreements. Relling also has experience from the ordinary court and arbitration, including substantial experience with arrests and other asset securing.
Lilly is a member and National Representative of the global lawyers and in-house counsels network AIJA (International Association of Young Lawyers).
Kaia Bugge Fougner specialises in intellectual property law, marketing law and competition law. She has a broad IP law practice encompassing copyright, protection and enforcement of trademarks and design rights, and the development of contracts and IP strategies. Kaia has extensive marketing law experience, including from cases raising advertising and good business practice issues, particularly in connection with copycat products. Kaia also has thorough competition law experience.
Kaia speaks regularly at conferences and seminar, has served as an external examiner at the University of Oslo and the University of Bergen, and is the author of several publications.
Kaia has previously worked as a deputy judge at Sandefjord District Court, as a legal examiner at the Norwegian Board of Appeal for Industrial Property Rights and as general commercial counsel for a multinational company. She was granted a Norwegian licence to practise in 2010.