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About
Provided by Magnus Eriksson
Practice Areas
Magnus has over 20 years’ experience of representing clients in commercial litigation and arbitration. Although his focus lies on general contract and company law matters, he is also regularly acting in competition and IP law related cases. He has been involved in many reported judgments by the Supreme Court.
In addition to acting as counsel, Magnus regularly sits as an arbitrator. In that role, he has experience from ICC, SCC, FAI as well as ad hoc arbitrations.
Before taking on the role as counsel Magnus served as a judge at the Svea Court of Appeal and the City Court of Stockholm as well as a legal advisor at the Department of Justice.
Career
Law clerk, Kristianstads tingsrätt, 1994–1996
Junior judge, Svea hovrätt, 1996–1997
Junior judge, Stockholms tingsrätt, 1997–1998
Associate judge, Svea hovrätt, 1998–1999
Legal advisor, Justitiedepartementet, 1999–2001
Associate, Linklaters, 2001–2009
Partner, Hannes Snellman, 2009–2014
Partner, Kastell, 2014-
Professional Memberships
Member of the Swedish Bar Association, April 2004
Personal
Magnus is a former top level chess player.
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Magnus Eriksson handles a broad range of commercial litigation pertaining to complex disputes in the telecommunications, construction and financial sectors. He is experienced in both litigation and arbitration proceedings.
Magnus Eriksson handles a broad range of commercial litigation pertaining to complex disputes in the telecommunications, construction and financial sectors. He is experienced in both litigation and arbitration proceedings.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Magnus always provides good advice while also being very responsive to the client's concerns and perspectives. He is highly competent and maintains a good level of pragmatism."
"Magnus's understanding of the issues at hand and how they should be handled in a dispute is outstanding."
"Magnus is very thorough, experienced and structured. He has good judgement and strong legal ingenuity, but does not overcomplicate matters."
"Magnus always provides good advice while also being very responsive to the client's concerns and perspectives. He is highly competent and maintains a good level of pragmatism."
"Magnus's understanding of the issues at hand and how they should be handled in a dispute is outstanding."
"Magnus is very thorough, experienced and structured. He has good judgement and strong legal ingenuity, but does not overcomplicate matters."
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