Christina Rydell Ahlström
Europe Guide 2024
Band 3 : Environment
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About
Provided by Christina Rydell Ahlström
Practice Areas
Christina Rydell Ahlström is the head of the firm’s Environmental and Energy department and has more than fifteen years of experience providing environmental and energy law advice to Swedish and international companies and municipalities.
Christina advises clients on a wide range of environmental matters. She is frequently retained in environmental permit proceedings and other regulatory matters required for various operations or infrastructural projects such as waterworks, protected species, protected areas, and remediation. Furthermore, Christina regularly assists clients on a day-to-day basis with issues relating to environmental permits, supervision, and environmental liability. She is also involved in transactions and contract negotiations covering different aspects of environmental law.
Her area of expertise also includes matters relating to liability for contaminated land. She is often engaged by companies and property owners in matters of liability and legal proceedings.
During her years working as a lawyer, she has developed a particular interest and expertise within the energy sector. She works with many of the leading national and international companies within the renewable industry (i.e. hydropower, wind power, solar power) on matters related to environmental permit procedures and other energy law matters. She also assists with due diligence before acquisition of renewable assets and risk assessment in such transactions.
Christina is regularly engaged as a lecturer and as an author, writing articles in the field of environmental law. Christina is a member of the national board of the national organization “Nätverket Renare Mark”, focusing on contaminated land issues.
Career
Partner, Morris Law, 2021
Partner, MAQS Law Firm, 2019- 2021
Associate, MAQS Law Firm, 2008-2018
Clerk District Court of Västmanland, 2007-2008
Clerk District Court of Uddevalla, 2005-2006
Doctoral studies at the University of Uppsala, 2004-2005
Professional Memberships
Swedish Bar Association, 2011
Nätverket Renare Mark
Svensk Vindenergi
Chambers Review
Europe
Entering the rankings, Christina Rydell Ahlström leads the department at Morris. She possesses considerable experience in environmental mandates concerning contamination liability cases, waste treatment contracts and permits for energy infrastructure.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Christina Rydell Ahlström is outstanding. She is always easy to reach, suggests solutions and discusses them in a very easily understandable way."
"She is very service-minded and truly has a desire to give everything to ensure the client gets the absolute best results."
"Christina Rydell Ahlström is outstanding. She is always easy to reach, suggests solutions and discusses them in a very easily understandable way."
"She is very service-minded and truly has a desire to give everything to ensure the client gets the absolute best results."
