Alarga is now partnering with law firm Selmer. A globalised labour market calls for fresh thinking and a broader multicultural approach, says one of Norway’s top law firms.
Law firm Selmer will be Alarga’s second legal partner. Alarga, a nonprofit organisation, already has law firm Thommessen and other leading companies like Orkla, Yara, Telenor and Statkraft among its partners.
Thinking intercultural
Alarga’s managing director Dilek Ayhan is happy to have Selmer on board, and she is very glad that more and more Norwegian legal firms now want to attract top students with a multicultural background.
“Norwegian companies need to boost their intercultural expertise in order to succeed in today’s globalised labour market. Selmer has understood this,” says Ayhan.
“Selmer gets the brightest brains from its own backyard: law students who, in addition to graduating with top honours, are multilingual and have a unique, international mindset.”
Alarga’s mission is to boost the competitiveness of Norwegian businesses by enhancing their intercultural competence. To date, the organisation has selected 23 top students with a multicultural background for its partner enterprises, Norway’s leading companies in their respective fields.
Fresh, multicultural thinking
“In many of our assignments, we see the growing importance of widening our international perspective. We encounter more and more customers who expect a deeper understanding of culture and international traditions extending beyond our legal expertise. This includes both Norwegian and international customers,” says Steinar ter Jung, managing director of law firm Selmer.
Selmer is one of Norway’s largest legal firms, with 115 lawyers and 10 financial advisers. The firm has a number of foreign and domestic key accounts including listed companies, investment banks and the public sector.
About Selmer
Selmer is one of Norway’s leading business law firms and the only one with financial analysis and transaction support as a separate business area.
Selmer provides advisory services in numerous major, high-profile transactions and handles many of the largest bankruptcy estates. Selmer is three-time winner of the International Financial Law Review’s “Law Firm of The Year” award.
Website: www.selmer.no
