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Career

Career

  • Advokatfirman Håkan Fohlin / Fohlin Law (2023–present)
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  • Setterwalls (1987–2022)
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  • Haight, Gardner, Poor & Havens (today Holland & Knight), New York Jantzen scholarship (1987–1988)
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  • Scandinavian Institute of Maritime Law, Oslo (1986)
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  • Administrative Court of Appeals of Stockholm, Assistant Judge (1986)
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  • District Court of Stockholm, law clerk (1983–1986)
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  • Rea, Grundberg & Co. Law Firm, London (1984)
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  • Swedish National Board of Taxation (1982)
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  • Student Union of the University of Stockholm, Student Legal Advisor (1981–1982)
  • Scandinavian Institute of Maritime Law, Oslo (Jantzen Scholarship) (1986)
 
  • Stockholm University, Business Administration (1981)
 
  • Stockholm University, LL.M. (1980)
  • Interview/article (also translated into English) by Dagens Industri, Sweden’s leading financial daily, about the Swedish legal market and the use of AI Chat GPT (August 2023)
 
  • “Legal Aspects of Doing Business in Europe” (Sweden), Juris Publishing, Inc. (2012–2022)
 
  • “Establishing a business in Sweden”, Global Guide, Practical Law Thomson Reuters (2015–2022)
 
  • “International Liability of Corporate Directors”, (Sweden), Juris Publishing, Inc. (2013–2022)
 
  • “Sweden – Analysis of Company Laws”, International Trust Laws and Analysis, Wolters Kluwer (2018)
 
  • “Factoring and pledging of trade receivables”, Setterwalls Banking & Finance Report (2011)
 
  • “Revamp of the VC market? Advising the entrepreneur on raising capital”, The International Bar Association, Closely Held and Growing Enterprises Committee e-bulletin (2010)
 
  • “EU must sign prohibition of ballast discharges”, Dagens Industri (2009)
 
  • “The Rail Road Committee – balanced system for information and ticket-booking for railroad passengers regardless of operators”, report to the Swedish Government’s Agency for Public Management (2008)
 
  • “Multiple Representations in Auctions”, M&A Report (2008)
 
  • “Getting the Deal Through – Corporate Governance – Sweden” (2004 –2006)
 
  • “Bank’s and Financial Institutions’ Outsourcing of Business Activities”, European Banking Review, vol. III (2000)
 
  • “The New Market for Corporate Law”, Magazine of the Swedish Bar Association “Advokaten” (1999)
  • Nominated 2018-2022 by Who’s Who Legal as “Expert and Leader in M&A in Sweden”
 
  • Ranked 2015-2023 as Notable Practitioner in M&A by IFRL1000 – The guide to the world’s leading financial and corporate law firms and lawyers.
 
  • “Håkan Fohlin, draws praise from his colleagues in other countries. One international partner describes him as “precise” and “creative”. His team, too, are described in a very positive way: “The Quality is great”.” IFLR 1000