BOKWALL RISLUND’s public contracts practice continues to advise leading suppliers to the public sector on a long-term basis in connection with a wide range of contentious and non-contentious matters. Recent highlights for the group include advising outdoor advertising company JCDecaux in connection with litigation concerning additional payment for the use of public space in outdoor advertising. Per-Owe Arfwedson, who is experienced in the life sciences, medical devices, transport, and pharma sectors, leads the team. Founding partner and procurement veteran Carl Bokwall regularly advises major clients in the telecoms, IT services, construction, advertising, and healthcare industries, while Lina Håkansson Kjellén specialises in procurement litigation and has represented clients in the European Court of Justice and the Swedish Supreme Administrative Court.

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Testimonials

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‘Bokwall Rislund provides excellent advice and support. They are insightful and offer short response times, and the lawyers in the team have a great ability to quickly handle complex situations.'
‘Per-Owe Arfwedson and Lina Håkansson Kjellén are both excellent advisers in public procurement law issues.'
‘Carl Bokwall has excellent communication skills and commitment to deliver an outstanding service.’
‘Carl Bokwall is a highly skilled lawyer providing top-level advice on complex and sophisticated public procurement matters. He is engaged, fast, and has the ability to ensure that his advice takes into account both legal and commercial challenges making it useful, practical and hands on.’
‘Lina Håkansson Kjellén is the future of public procurement in Sweden.'
‘Per-Owe Arfwedson is one of the best procurement lawyers in Sweden. He is very easy to work with and gives hands-on advice provided in a clear format. I truly appreciate and admire his deep knowledge of the whole spectrum of procurement, his understanding of our business and structure, his ability to quickly grasp complex structures and questions, and his pragmatic approach to finding solutions.'
‘A highly competent team that is always quick to find what really matters, quick to respond and always to the point.'
‘A thorough, analytical and very knowledgeable team that is good at understanding what is urgent and what is not as urgent, and what is important and what is not as important.'

Key clients

Serneke Group AB/Serneke Sverige AB
WSP Sverige AB
Transdev Sverige AB
Vy Tåg AB
Tele2 Sverige AB
EasyPark AB
JCDecaux
Vårdbemanning i Sverige AB
Apoteket AB
Visma Group
Capgemini and Sogeti
Nomor AB
Cambio Healthcare Systems
Visma Group
Capgemini and Sogeti
Layer Group
Mercell/Tendsign
Serneke Group AB/Serneke Sverige AB
WSP Sverige AB
Transdev Sverige AB
Vy Tåg AB

Work highlights

Advised and represented JCDecaux in the first procurement case successfully prohibiting municipalities from requiring additional payment, in addition to the official nominal charge, for the use of public space in outdoor advertising and public utilities concession procurements.
Advised MED-EL on a procurement regarding so called Authorization schemes.