{"id":1436,"date":"2016-04-22T13:58:02","date_gmt":"2016-04-22T11:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/haavind.local\/en\/?person=pal-kvernaas"},"modified":"2025-09-15T06:34:51","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T06:34:51","slug":"pal-kvernaas","status":"publish","type":"person","link":"https:\/\/haavind.no\/en\/people\/pal-kvernaas\/","title":{"rendered":"P\u00e5l Kvernaas"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<div class=\"template-person alignwide wp-block-dekode-hero\">\n\t\t<div class=\"hero__inner\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"hero__inner_blocks\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"1030\" src=\"https:\/\/haavind.no\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/Pal-Kvernaas2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"object-fit:cover\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><h1 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">P\u00e5l Kvernaas<\/h1>\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-role wp-block-post-terms\"><a href=\"https:\/\/haavind.no\/en\/role\/partner\/\" rel=\"tag\">Partner<\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"card-info wp-block-t2-people-meta\"><div class=\"card-info__post-meta meta-key-people_email\"><a href=\"mailto:p.kvernaas@haavind.no\">p.kvernaas@haavind.no<\/a><\/div><div class=\"card-info__post-meta meta-key-people_phone\"><a href=\"tel:+47 906 07 838\">+47 906 07 838<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\t\t<div class=\"haavind-block-person-vcard wp-block-haavind-block-person-vcard\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"v-card-link\" href=\"#\" data-name=\"P\u00e5l Kvernaas\" data-role=\"Partner\" data-email=\"p.kvernaas@haavind.no\" data-tel=\"+47 906 07 838\">Download v-card<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n<div class=\"haavind-block-person-meta alignleft wp-block-haavind-block-person-meta\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"person-taxonomies taxonomy-speciality\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3>Expertise<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/haavind.no\/en\/kompetanse\/fagomrade\/employment-and-pension\/\" rel=\"tag\">Employment and pension<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"person-taxonomies taxonomy-speciality\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3>Industry<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/haavind.no\/en\/kompetanse\/bransje\/construction\/\" rel=\"tag\">Construction<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>P\u00e5l Kvernaas is a partner and Head of Foreign Desk in Haavind\u2019s department for labor and employment law and corporate governance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>P\u00e5l advises boards of directors, management teams, and HR departments on strategy implementation, and supports clients with transactions, reorganizations, and restructuring processes. 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