Dispute resolution

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The lawyers at the very top of the profession, widely known and respected by peers and clients for their longstanding involvement in market-leading work.
Leading partners
The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.
Therese Isaksson
Westerberg & Partners
Therese specializes in commercial arbitration and litigation in which she has more than 20 years’ experience. Much of her work is international, in court and arbitration. She regularly serves as sole, chair and party-appointed arbitrator. Experienced from many industry sectors, she has particular focus on international trade, construction, energy, often with an East-West angle, post-M&A and insurance. She has handled several significant cases concerning the set-aside or annulment of arbitral awards and enforcement proceedings in Sweden, often acting for or against sovereign entities.
Johan Sidklev
Roschier
Partner Johan Sidklev heads Roschier’s Dispute Resolution practice and is the co-Head of the Corporate Investigations & Compliance practice in Sweden. Johan is specialized in commercial dispute resolution with extensive experience from international arbitration, often concerning energy-related disputes involving parties from Russia or CIS-countries. He has acted as counsel in some of the world’s largest arbitrations seated in Stockholm, London and Paris involving oil, gas and construction matters. In the area of investment arbitration Johan has experience from arbitrator’s appointments as well as advising both private investors and various governments as counsel, inter alia in matters concerning the Energy Charter Treaty and various bilateral investment treaties. Johan is the presiding President of the Swedish Arbitration Association (SAA) and a member of the board of the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce (SCC). He recently served on the Rules Revision Committee for the new 2017 SCC Rules. He is appointed by the Kingdom of Sweden to the ICSID Panel of Arbitrators, maintained by the World Bank. He also serves on the Legal Advisory Task Force on Investment Protection at the Energy Charter Secretariat and he is an Executive Committee Member of the Russian and CIS Arbitration Network (RCAN). Johan has been the Headmaster of the SCC/SAA Arbitrator Training Program and has been a long-standing board member of Young Arbitrators Sweden. Johan is regularly appointed as arbitrator in both national and international disputes. He is also frequently engaged as speaker and moderator at various conferences and is lecturing on international arbitration and investment protection law at Stockholm University.
Johan Strömbäck
Setterwalls
Partner Johan is leading the way as head of Setterwalls’ Dispute Resolution Group in Stockholm, focusing his practice on international and domestic arbitration and litigation. His areas of expertise include joint venture, M&A, shareholders’, sales, distribution and investment disputes in the manufacturing, tele-communications, banking and transport sectors. Johan also handles contentious corporate matters such as directors’ liability, ‘piercing of the corporate veil’ for directors and shareholders, formal annulment of corporate resolutions, and shareholders’ disputes. Additionally, Johan acts as an arbitrator in both domestic and international disputes. Beyond the courtroom, Johan shares his wealth of knowledge by regularly holding lectures on various dispute-related topics at Stockholm University. Johan is a member of the Swedish Arbitration Association (SAA) where he serves as a member of the Executive Committee. He is also a member of the International Bar Association (IBA).
Next Generation Partners
Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.
Kristina Ljungström
Norburg & Scherp
Partner. Acts as counsel, arbitrator and advisor in contentious matters in Construction, Competition, Corporate/M&A, Insurance, Intellectual Property, Real Estate and Technology.
Polina Permyakova
Advokatfirman Delphi
Polina Permyakova focuses her practice on international arbitration matters. She represents clients before arbitral tribunals, acts as an arbitrator and legal expert. Her principal areas of practice include disputes relating to energy & natural resources, international trade, joint ventures & shareholder agreements, and M&A disputes. Polina has significant experience from complex high-value disputes across a range of industries, resolved under different substantive laws and in different arbitral seats. In addition to arbitration, Polina represents clients before Swedish courts. Clients describe her as “very talented and intelligent”. Recent work highlights: Counsel for major suppliers of natural gas in a number of high-value price review arbitrations and other gas supply disputes Arbitrator in a number of international arbitrations involving different substantive laws and seats Counsel for claimants and respondents in various set aside proceedings in Swedish courts Legal expert on Swedish law in arbitration and state court proceedings, including investment treaty arbitration
Carl Persson
Roschier
Carl Persson is a Partner whose practice encompasses domestic and international commercial arbitration, as well as litigation. Carl has a dual degree in law and economics and specializes in disputes relating to M&A transactions, securities and finance, director and auditor liability and white-collar crime proceedings. He has acted as counsel in a significant number of arbitration and litigation proceedings in these areas. He also has extensive experience of energy-related disputes with an East-West angle. Carl’s work experience includes working as a Foreign Associate in the litigation department of Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP in New York.
Shirin Saif
Roschier
Partner Shirin Saif is a  member of the Dispute Resolution practice. She is an experienced commercial arbitration practitioner and litigator and her primary focus is international disputes involving complex technologies. Shirin has acted as counsel in telecommunications, construction and infrastructure, pharmaceuticals, product liability, IT, oil and gas, post-M&A, and various other commercial disputes before numerous judicial and arbitral bodies in Sweden and abroad. She also has significant experience as counsel in investment treaty arbitrations. Along with acting as counsel, Shirin also acts as an arbitrator and administrative secretary.
Leading associates
Rising stars with regular involvement in their team's key work, and recognition from peers or clients as being ones to watch.
David Johansson
DLA Piper Sweden
David Johansson mainly focuses on insurance and dispute resolution. He has varied domestic and international dispute resolution experience. He has represented clients in both ad hoc and institutional arbitration proceedings, with a focus on arbitrations under the auspices of the SCC. As well as arbitration, he has dealt with disputes in all instances of the Swedish courts for civil procedure, including the Supreme Court. He has handled matters in a range of industry sectors, with a focus on financial services, energy and construction. He also advises clients on contentious insurance issues.
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