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        Nicolay Skarning

        Partner | Oslo
        Nicolay Skarning

        Nicolay Skarning

        Partner | Oslo

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        • +47 906 64 191
        • | nsk@svw.no
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          Nicolay Skarning is one of Norway's leading lawyers within individual and collective employment law. He has extensive experience with matters related to dismissal and whistleblowing, and the interpretation of collective wage agreements.

          Nicolay started his career in the legal department of the Ministry of Defence, after serving military service at NATO/Shape (Mons), and has been an associate at the EU department of the Norwegian Export Council, deputy judge in Larvik and Oslo as well as adviser in the legal department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Nicolay is an internationally recognised lawyer within employment law, with Band 1 ranking at the leading research company Chambers and Partners. From 2006-2020 he was also the Norwegian representative at Employment Law Alliance, with headquarters in San Fransisco.

          Nicolay was a government appointed member of the company democracy committee and is now a government-appointed associate judge in the central Labour Court in Oslo, which pass judgement on collective wage agreement matters. He completed the arbitration education with The Danish Law Association in 2017 and has been an arbitrator in two cases (working hours with the Police and the sale of Leangen trotting track).

          In addition, Nicolay has argued several cases in the ordinary courts as well as the Labour Court, Supreme Court and EFTA Court.

          Finansavisen

          “Lawyer Achievement of the Year 2017” – the Holship Case at the Supreme Court

          Chambers and Partners

          His best value is in offering good advice on avoiding getting into court - preventative advice.

          Chambers and Partners

          Nicolay Skarning is very productive, very communicative and very capable of handling people and teams. He's very good with people.

          Work experience

          2023 - (today) Partner, Advokatfirmaet Simonsen Vogt Wiig
          2010 - 2023 Partner, Kvale
          2006 - 2009 Partner, Bull & Co
          2005 Secondee, Confederation of British Industry (CBI), London
          1999 - 2006 Lawyer, Næringslivets Hovedorganisasjon, Arbeidsrettsavdelingen
          1998 Trainee, Advokatfirmaet Brodies, Edinburgh
          1995 - 1999 Deputy judge, Larvik tingrett og Oslo tingrett
          1994 - 1995 Associate, Norges Eksportråd, EU-avdelingen
          1994 Trainee, European Commission, Brussels
          1993 - 1994 Adviser, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Legal Department
          1991 - 1993 Senior Executive Officer, Ministry of Defence, Legal Department

          Education

          2024 Postgraduate Certificate in Human Rights Law, Queen Mary University of London
          2019 Harvard Negotiation Project, Workshop Harvard Campus by JUS
          2018 Postgraduate Diploma of EU Competition Law, King's College, University of London
          2017 Arbitrator Education, The Danish Law Association (Danske Advokater), Copenhagen and at the International Court of Arbitration (ICC), Paris
          2005 Postgraduate Diploma of EU law, King's College, University of London
          2004 Admitted to the Supreme court
          1998 Proficiency in English, Cambridge University
          1993 Bachelor of Arts (BA) in political science and criminology, University of Oslo
          1990 Cand.jur., University of Oslo
          1989 EU Law and French Law, Université d'Aix-Marseille III, Frankrike
          1988 American Contract Law, University of North Dakota, USA

          Appointments/other

          2006 - (today) External Examiner, Faculty of law, Oslo
          Associate judge, the Labour Court
          Member, the Company democracy committee

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