SWEDEN Law and Practice Contributed by: Simon Arvmyren, Christopher Stridh and Mikaela Tysk, Delphi
14.2 Growth Areas In recent years, the Swedish market for commer- cial disputes has experienced growth in areas such as competition law, crypto-assets, and anti-money laundering-related cases. With respect to competition law, a third-party-funded, multi-billion-euro claim for competition damages against a global search engine provider is currently ongoing at the Patent and Mar- ket Court in Stockholm, Sweden. The hearing will take place during November and December 2025. Additionally, disputes arising from Russia’s offensive campaign against Ukraine have led to an increase in cases involving the rescission of contracts connected to Russian interests in Western Europe.
claimant, constitutes a “damages-based-agreement” (or DBA) in the meaning of the applicable legislation which regulates such agreements. According to Eng- lish law, these agreements must be in compliance the relevant regulatory regime; if not, they are unenforce- able. From a Swedish perspective, this judgment is unlikely to have any direct impact on the Swedish third-party funded market, since Swedish law does not regulate DBAs.
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