Jan Fougner

Jan Fougner is a specialist on litigation and employment law and has extensive experience from a number of high-profile cases involving legal, political and reputational risk. He has litigated approximately 20 cases before the Supreme Court. In addition, Jan Fougner works with contract law, petroleum law, administrative law, environmental law and the law of damages. He is Professor II of Employment Law at BI Norwegian Business School and the author of several textbooks. He gives lectures on a regular basis and has vast experience from public and private boards, councils and committees. He has also been the head of several major investigations.

Jan Fougner has extensive experience with management and change processes in which the framework conditions of collective employment law and the restoration of the employer's managerial prerogative are of vital importance. He is also leading in Norway on compliance, anti-corruption, corporate penalty, conflict and crisis management, and subsequent clear-up processes under both Norwegian and international legislation, including the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.

ACADEMIC DEGREES

• 2007 Universitetet i Aarhus Ph.D.
• 1988 Universitetet i Oslo Master Cand. Jur.

WORK EXPERIENCE

• 2015 - Present BI Norwegian Business School Adjunct Professor
• 1999 - Present Gyldendal Rettsdata Arbeidsrett Hovedredaktør
• 1994 - Present Wiersholm Partner
• 2004 - 2013 Universitetsforlaget Redaktør tidsskriftet Arbeidsrett
• 1988 - 1994 Universitetet i Oslo, Juridisk Fakultet Sensor
• 1988 - 1993 Regjeringsadvokatembetet Advokat
• 1986 - 1987 Universitetet i Oslo, Institutt for Offentlig rett Vit.ass

BOOKS

Fougner, Jan. 

Endring i arbeidsforhold: Styringsrett og arbeidsplikt. 2. utgave. Universitetsforlaget 2016 (ISBN 9788215027050) 352 p. BI

Fougner, Jan; Borge, Camilla Schøyen; Frogner, Marit Bjørånesset; Lorentzen, Julie Piil; Solheim, Trond Erik; Sundet, Tron Løkken; Aasheim, Eli. 

Omstilling og nedbemanning. 3. utgave. Universitetsforlaget 2016 (ISBN 9788215025803) 504 p. BI

CHAPTERS

Fougner, Jan. 

Arbeidsgivers frie skjønn - arbeidsgivers styringsrett og domstolskontroll. I: Sui generis. Festskrift til Stein Evju. Universitetsforlaget 2016 ISBN 9788215025995. p. 196-223 BI

Fougner, Jan. 

Organisering av arbeidskraft - adgang til tilpasning. I: Moderne Forretningsjus III. Fagbokforlaget 2016 ISBN 9788245020465. p. 123-140 BI