On 17 November 2023, Girion Blomdahl defended his dissertation Who owns nature – A property law study on the relationship between the use of property rights and the protection of nature. Not least the political discussions in recent years show that there can be a contradiction between property rights – the right to use what you own – and the protection of nature. At the same time, both property rights and nature conservation are given importance. In the thesis, Girion analyses the balancing of interests and proportionality assessments that are made when nature's existing values are to be protected. [...]

Since 2012, the Swedish Bar Association has awarded an annual prize for outstanding contributions to the legal profession. This year’s award has been given to André Andersson, Chairman of the SCCL and Senior Adviser at Mannheimer Swartling. He receives the award for, among other things, his commitment to and work for legal research and teaching. It was presented by the Society’s Secretary General Mia Edwall Insulander at this year’s Lawyers’ Days (Advokatdagarna), which took place at the Grand Hotel on 26-27 October. “This year’s winner receives the award for his outstanding contributions to the legal profession by combining professional skills, [...]

According to Stockholm University's rules for centres, the activities of a centre must be evalu-ated at least every six years. On 31 August 2022, Professor Ellen Eftestøl was appointed re-viewer of SCCL. On 23 March 2023, she submitted her report to the Board of Human Scienc-es. On 29 June 2023, the Vice-Chancellor decided that the activities at the Centre for Com-mercial Law in Stockholm will continue without any changes. In her summary conclusions, Professor Eftestøl states that SCCL is a leading player in its field in Sweden and undoubtedly fulfills an important function at Stockholm University. In her opinion, SCCL [...]

In memory of former partner Sven Unger and his contributions, both to the firm and to company law doctrine, Mannheimer Swartling announced a one year post-doctoral research scholarship in company law in cooperation with the Swedish Corporate Governance Institute. At a meeting on 2 June 2023, the award committee decided to award the Sven Unger Company Law Scholarship to Jur. Dr Stina Bratt. “Stina’s research proposal, which focuses on the regulation of discharge from liability, is topical. It also creatively intersects the areas of law to which Sven devoted particular attention in his academic writing – company law, corporate [...]

On 17 April 2023, Professor Dr Birke Häcker was awarded an honorary doctorate at the Faculty of Law in Stockholm. As Birke Häcker is a close and long-standing friend of the SCCL, we are particularly happy about this well-deserved award. The promotion will take place in the City Hall (Stockholms Stadshus) on 29 September 2023 with the usual pomp and circumstance. Since January 2023, Birke Häcker is Schlegel Professor of Civil Law, Common Law and Comparative Law at the University of Bonn, where she is also Director of the Institute for Private International Law and Comparative Law. Her professorship is [...]

Dr Crina Baltag The 3rd joint biennial conference organized by the Stockholm Centre for Commercial Law (SCCL) and Oxford Institute of European and Comparative Law (IECL) took place on 2-3 June 2022 in Stockholm. This edition of the Conference set to highlight the latest developments and trends in international commercial arbitration in light of the experiences gained during the pandemic, as well as to look at the future of investment treaty arbitration in Europe. The Conference kicked off with the welcome addresses by André Andersson, Senior Adviser at Mannheimer Swartling and Chair of the SCCL; Ciara Kennefick, Associate Professor [...]

Photo: Staffan Westerlund Obituary Oxford Obituary Stockholm (in Swedish) Professor emeritus Ulf Bernitz has, after a short illness, died on 23 July 2022 aged 86. Ulf was active academically until the end, including as Head of the Research Panel for European Law at the SCCL. In 2001, Ulf was instrumental in setting up the successful collaboration between the Law Faculties at the Universities of Oxford and Stockholm, which has developed into the extensive cooperation now under the auspices of the SCCL. Until his death he was also an active member of the Institute of European and Comparative Law i [...]