Rebekka Bormann Thorn
Associate
Rebekka advises on all aspects of labour and employment law, but her areas of special interest are:
- Public sector employment, including in the municipal, regional and government sector
- Public law in general, including administrative law, human rights legislation and the rules on access to documents
- Human rights law and constitutional law, including litigation of cases regarding alleged human rights violations by authorities and advice on proposed intervention by authorities
- Cases concerning criminal offences relating to the activities of companies, authorities and employees
- Discrimination, including litigation on differential treatment and equal treatment
- Whistleblowing and investigation processes
Practice areas
Employment law
Contracts, dismissals, changes to terms and conditions, post-termination restrictions, etc. We advise on all aspects of employment law
Public sector labour and employment law
A thorough understanding of how public sector labour and employment law interacts with public law is a prerequisite – together with a good measure of political insight – to advising clients in this area
Discrimination
Discrimination is currently the fastest growing practice area
Litigation
Norrbom Vinding’s litigators are among the most skilled litigators in Denmark
Legal investigations and inquiries
Legal investigations and inquiries are an important tool when companies, authorities or organisations have a need to uncover and assess a matter or course of events
Industrial relations
Collective agreements and industrial relations are the hallmark of the Danish labour market model
Criminal law
The handling of criminal offences is becoming increasingly complex – not least in light of the detailed regulation in the area, intensified enforcement and public attention
Qualifications and experience
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2022
Norrbom Vinding, Associate
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2021 – 2022
Norrbom Vinding, Junior Associate
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2019 – 2023
Lecturer in Fundamental Rights of the Individual, University of Copenhagen
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2018
Western Copenhagen Police, Part-Time Assistant Prosecutor
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2017 – 2021
Ministry of Justice, Head of Section
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2017
Master of Laws, University of Copenhagen
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2016
Bruun & Hjejle, summer internship
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2015 -2017
Prime Minister’s Office, Legal Intern
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2015
Winner of the Nordic Moot Court Competition on Human Rights and the Trans-European Moot Court Competition
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2014 – 2015
Ministry of Justice, Legal Intern
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2012 – 2013
Advice Advokater, Legal Intern