SWEDEN Trends and Developments
Trends and Developments Contributed by: Jenny Welander Wadström, Björn Johansson Heigis, Andreas Hallbeck and Säde Märgel Roschier
Roschier is a leading law firm in the Nordic region with offices in Finland and Sweden. A dedicated team of nine lawyers in Helsinki and ten lawyers in Stockholm specialises in employment matters, including HR in - ternal investigations and associated crisis manage - ment and dispute resolution. They work seamlessly with corporate investigation and compliance lawyers across the firm’s practices, assisting employers with complex investigations into suspected harassment, inappropriate behaviour and workplace non-compli - ance, as well as suspected white-collar crime and corporate misconduct, ensuring compliance with legal and other requirements. Roschier’s approach
combines legal expertise with practical experience to resolve sensitive workplace issues and compliance matters. The teams collaborate closely with manage - ment, legal teams and HR professionals across vari - ous industries to deliver business-minded solutions and mitigate workplace risks and corporate liability. Recent work highlights include assisting companies with sensitive internal investigations into harassment, misconduct and compliance breaches, often involv - ing complex cross-border issues and implementation of remedial measures to reduce organisational risk and liability. extensive experience in providing pre-investigation advisory services, including setting up internal whistle-blowing hotlines compliant with data protection rules, and assists clients with investigations, internal audits and disputes relating to GDPR and other areas. He also assists clients in regulatory risk assessments and with building compliance programmes. He is a member of the Swedish Bar Association.
Authors
Jenny Welander Wadström is a partner and head of Roschier’s employment practice and corporate investigations and compliance practice in Sweden. She has extensive experience assisting clients
in internal investigations into alleged workplace harassment, inappropriate behaviour and other workplace-related non-compliance, and in handling employee relations following internal investigations, including subsequent litigation. She is experienced in assisting clients in investigations initiated by reports through internal whistle-blowing or ethics hotlines, and she regularly assists companies in setting up whistle-blowing channels in a compliant manner. She is a member of the Swedish Bar Association.
Andreas Hallbeck is a senior associate in Roschier’s corporate compliance and investigations practice in Stockholm. Andreas advises on corporate compliance, crisis management, trade compliance
and other corporate compliance matters. He is experienced in leading internal investigations into alleged breaches of company code of conduct and violations of law, and in working with multi- jurisdictional white-collar crime investigations. He is also experienced in advising companies in establishing compliance programmes. He is a member of the Swedish Bar Association and the New York State Bar.
Björn Johansson Heigis is a partner and head of Roschier’s data protection, digitalisation and TMT and outsourcing practices in Sweden. He is specialised in IT, dispute resolution, ICT and IP transactions, as well as data protection and licensing. He has
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