Fredrik Sjövall
Europe Guide 2024
Band 4 : Competition/European Law
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Provided by Fredrik Sjövall
Practice Areas
Fredrik Sjövall is part of Mannheimer Swartling’s EU and Competition Law as well as Contentious Regulatory teams. He joined Mannheimer Swartling after serving with the Swedish courts; he has also served as Agent of the Swedish Government at the EU courts. The core part of Fredrik’s practice consists of representing clients in all kinds of matters in relation to Swedish and European competition authorities and courts, including cartel investigations, merger clearance and matters relating to abuses of dominant position. He has wide-ranging experience as counsel in court, including as lead counsel in a majority of the biggest competition law cases in Swedish courts in recent years. In addition to his competition law practice, Fredrik appears in commercial cases in court and before arbitral tribunals. He also frequently acts in regulatory investigations and probes and in the administrative courts in the fields of financial, electricity, telecom and postal regulation. Fredrik is an expert in EU procedural law and an author of the Swedish language commentary to the Brussels I-regulation and related EU law acts.
Career
Partner, Mannheimer Swartling, 2019-
Senior Associate, Mannheimer Swartling, 2015-2018
Agent of the Swedish Government before the EU courts, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, 2014
Associate, Mannheimer Swartling, 2010-2013
Law Clerk, 2009-2010
Law Clerk, Svea Court of Appeal, 2008-2009
District Court Service, 2006-2008
Professional Memberships
Swedish Association Bar, 2013
Chambers Review
Europe
Fredrik Sjövall acts for clients on investigations by the SCA related to anti-competitive practices. He is also recognised as a knowledgeable state aid lawyer, often assisting clients from the aviation sector.