A leading research centre in Commercial Law in the Nordic region
SCCL is under superintendence of the Area Board of Humanities and Social Sciences at Stockholm University. SCCL was inaugurated with inspiration from the Centre for Commercial Law Studies at Queen Mary, University of London. Today around 25 researchers, focusing on Commercial Law, are affiliated to SCCL, which makes SCCL to the leading research centre in Commercial Law in the Nordic region.
The Swedish Corporate Governance Institute, SCGI, is a new part of the SCCL, and will function as a research panel for corporate governance.
SCCL is in its activities focusing on:
News
New Board at SCCL
We are pleased to announce the appointment of the new Board of SCCL. Collectively, the Board brings a broad and distinguished range of experience from research, legal practice, public administration, and the judiciary. The board members are appointed for a [...]
Legislative proposal to enable digital trade documents under Swedish law
On 12 December, ICC Sweden, together with seven of Sweden’s leading business organizations, submitted a joint legislative proposal to the Government to enable digital trade documents under Swedish law. The proposal has been authored by Emil Elgebrant, Associate Professor [...]
Nordic Commercial Law Review
A new Nordic law journal has been born! Yesterday, the Stockholm Centre for Commercial Law (SCCL) at Juridicum Stockholms universitet, through its director Sara Göthlin, participated in the launch of the Nordic Commercial Law Review (NCLR), an open-access journal [...]
Nordic Symposium on Pledge Law
On 23–24 October, the third Nordic Symposium on Pledge Law was held in Stockholm. The event was a collaboration between the Commercial Law Research Centre at Lund University (ACLU), the Oslo Centre for Commercial Law, the Stockholm Centre for [...]
Guest researcher at SCCL
Starting this semester, the Stockholm Centre for Commercial Law (SCCL) at Juridicum Stockholms universitet has the privilege of hosting Robin Ollus as guest researcher. Ollus is joining us from the University of Helsinki and specialises in arbitration law. His doctoral [...]
Seminar on preparedness and resilience
On september 11th, a well-attended seminar was held at the Stockholm Centre for Commercial Law (SCCL) on preparedness and resilience - particularly on operational crisis management. During the seminar, discussions were held on how the legal framework can be [...]
New Visiting Fellow
We are thrilled to welcome Andreas Gustafsson as Visiting Fellow here at the SCCL and the Swedish Corporate Governance Institute (SCGI)! Andreas has a deep expertise in capital markets law and regulation, moving from senior leadership roles into the position [...]
SCCL has a new director
On 1 July 2025, Sara Göthlin has taken over as the new director of SCCL. With her solid experience and commitment to commercial law, Sara will lead the Centre's work, including strengthening SCCL as a research environment and our international [...]
