Magnusson Sweden

Banking & Finance Regulatory

Head of Banking & Finance Regulatory

Robert Karlsson heads Magnusson’s Banking & Finance department in Stockholm. Robert has almost 15 years of experience working with banking and finance and capital markets law. Before joining Magnusson, Robert served as deputy to the head of the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority’s (SFSA) consumer protection operations, which consist of nearly 100 employees with responsibility for the supervision and regulatory enforcement covering all financial institutions on the Swedish market. Further, Robert has held the position as Legal Director at the SFSA’s Securities Markets Law Department where he managed and supervised a department responsible for all legal issues concerning the operations of inter alia broker-dealers, insurance intermediaries and payment services institutes. Robert also headed the SFSA’s division for Capital Markets Law where he managed and supervised a division responsible for legal issues concerning stock exchanges and clearing houses and for the rules governing trading on regulated markets and other market places.

Magnusson Advokatbyrå Head of Banking and Finance Regulatory, 2018 –

The Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority Deputy Executive Director, 2016 – 2018

Danske Bank A/S, Swedish Branch Managing Compliance Officer, 2015 – 2016

The Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority Legal Director, Securities Markets Law Department Head of Division, Capital Markets Law Attorney, Securities Law Division 2009 – 2015

Baker & McKenzie Law Firm, Stockholm Senior Associate, 2006 – 2009

Nasser & Company, Certified Public Accountants, Pennsylvania Accounting, 2006

District Court of Helsingborg, Helsingborg Law Clerk, 2003 – 2005

Member of the Supervisory Coordination Network at the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA). (2017-2018). Member of ESMA’s Investor Protection and Intermediaries Standing Committee. Active in ESMA’s regulatory work to draft technical advice and technical standards under the revised EU Markets in Financial Instruments Directive. (2014 – 2015). Member of ESMA’s legal network, a forum established by ESMA’s Board of Supervisors with the purpose to serve as a sounding board on legal questions regarding interpretation of ESMA’s founding regulation and rules of procedure. (2014 – 2015). Participated in the International Institute’s Program for Securities Market Development at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (Washington D.C. 2014).

Master of Laws (LL.M.), University of Arizona, James E. Rogers College of Law, Arizona USA, 2003 Master of Laws (LL.M.), Stockholm University, 2002 Murdoch University, School of Law, Perth Australia, 2001 University of Western Australia, School of Law, Perth, Australia, 2000