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Kai Ove Roseth

Kai Ove Roseth is a Senior Lawyer at Wikborg Rein's Bergen office and part of the firm's Energy and Natural Resources group.

Roseth is deputy head of Wikborg Rein's employment law division. He mainly assists large and medium-sized private and public enterprises in labour law issues in relation to recruitment and assignment of employees, business transfers, reorganisation/restructuring, outsourcing, workforce reductions and labour contracting.

Roseth has versatile experience with business law for Norwegian as well as foreign enterprises. He is experienced in mergers and acquisitions, but is also advising clients within general company law. In addition, he is experienced within dispute resolution and legal procedure and is frequently arguing cases for Norwegian courts.

 

Curriculum Vitae

Relevant experience:

  • Private equity mergers and acquisitions
  • Consecutive advice regarding labour law and company law to companies within the energy and shipping/offshore-sector as well as large and medium-sized industrial enterprises
  • Labour law issues in connection with establishing SE companies and use of foreign labour
  • Experienced within legal procedure, i.e. labour disputes, concessions within the fishery and fish farming industry and disputes relating to sale of properties, shareholder disputes etc.

Work experience:

  • 2010 Senior Lawyer, Wikborg Rein, Bergen
  • 2004-2009 Senior Associate, Wikborg Rein, Bergen
  • 2000-2004 Associate, Wikborg Rein, Bergen
  • 1991-2000 Sheriff Deputy, Bergen Police Headquarters, Bergen

Education:

  • 1999 Cand. jur., University of Bergen
  • 1989-1991 Norwegian Police Academy, Oslo