Harald Kvarme


Partner (Supreme Court advocacy rights)

Mobile: 482 99 950

E-mail: hk@eckfos.no

Specializations


Labour law, litigation, general contract law, and transport and logistics law.

Harald has extensive experience with legal consultation for business and industry, for both Norwegian and international companies and organizations. His clients include some of the country’s largest companies in the supermarket and transportation sector. Harald also assists private individuals in matters relating to business law. Harald has considerable experience arguing cases in court, and he has had Supreme Court advocacy rights since 2012. He has taught at the Faculty of Law, University of Oslo, serves as a director on several boards, and regularly accepts speaking assignments.
In recent years, Harald has consulted in major reorganization and lay-off processes and has extensive experience with consulting and dispute resolution in termination and dismissal cases. In addition, he has spent a lot of his career assisting clients in negotiations and litigation in matters concerning business law.

Experience


Partner, Advokatfirmaet Eckhoff, Fosmark & Co. DA, 2007
Lawyer, Norwegian Hauliers’ Association, 2004–2007
Assistant Judge, Sarpsborg District Court, 2002–2004
Police Prosecutor/Assistant Chief, Oslo Police District, 2000–2002
Trainee Lawyer, Advokatfirmaet Furuholmen, 2000
Junior Police Prosecutor, Sarpsborg Police District, 1999–2000

Education


Negotiation and Dispute Resolution, Harvard Negotiation Institute/Harvard Law School, Boston, USA, 2016
Supreme Court advocacy rights, 2012
Passed the bar examination, 2003
Cand.jur., University of Oslo, 1999

Positions of trust, etc.:


Harald has taught at the Faculty of Law in Oslo, is the legal adviser in a real estate agency, and serves on several boards

Membership


Norwegian Bar Association

Language


Norwegian, native speaker
English