SWEDEN Law and Practice Contributed by: Michele Fara, Ninos Aho, Paula Bäckdén and Anders Leissner, Advokatfirman Vinge KB
Advokatfirman Vinge KB (Vinge) is a leading Nordic law firm with around 350 lawyers in Stockholm, Goth - enburg, Malmo, Helsingborg and Brussels. Vinge is a full-service firm and practises in various fields, includ - ing corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, dispute resolution, intellectual property, real estate, employment, international trade, maritime and transport law and environmental law. Vinge’s client base encompasses businesses, organisations
and individuals, both in Sweden and internationally, including shipping companies, insurance companies, private equity firms, government entities, start-ups and entrepreneurs. The firm’s maritime and trans - port practice is comprised of six dedicated lawyers with expertise in various areas, covering all aspects of shipping and transport including contentious and non-contentious matters.
Authors
Michele Fara specialises in dispute resolution, maritime and transport law, and commercial agreements. He has extensive experience of both international and domestic arbitrations and civil proceedings,
Paula Bäckdén holds a PhD in maritime law and specialises in maritime and transport law, such as dispute resolution and commercial agreements, including litigation in civil court and arbitration, the sale and
particularly concerning complex contractual disputes. Furthermore, Michele is head of Vinge’s maritime and transport law group and is regularly engaged by clients in the transport and logistics sector, and by industrial companies and insurers, for all kinds of matters within shipping and transportation. He has also assisted clients within the energy sector in several major projects concerning new energy and climate change mitigation. Ninos Aho is a partner in Vinge’s dispute resolution group and has extensive experience of acting as counsel in court proceedings and arbitration. Ninos also specialises in maritime and transport law and assists in matters related to all modes of transport, such as sea transport, road transport and forwarding, rail transport, air transport and logistics (3PL), and in transport insurance matters. His practice covers a number of sectors, such as transport, energy and international trade.
purchase of ships’ contracts, charterparties and management contracts. Paula has specialised knowledge of insurance law, assisting clients in insurance disputes, particularly within marine insurance. She is president of the Swedish Maritime Law Association and, as such, is the Swedish representative in the GA of the Nordic Offshore and Maritime Arbitration Association. Paula has been appointed Dispascheur of Sweden, settling marine insurance disputes as well as general average disputes. before joining Vinge, which has given him broad and practical experience of shipping and international claims handling, including risk management as well as governance and compliance issues. Anders has particular experience in relation to sanctions and has been appointed as a court expert in English High Court proceedings. Anders also acts as arbitrator in shipping disputes. Between 2021 and 2023, Anders was chairperson of the Swedish War Risk Insurance Board following an appointment by the Swedish government. Anders Leissner worked as a claims manager, and subsequently as general counsel, for an international P&I club for more than 20 years
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