Advokatbyrån Gulliksson AB

Managing Partner: Jens Olsson

Number of partners: 12

Numbers of lawyers (partners included): 44

Languages: English, French, German, Swedish

Firm Overview:

Advokatbyrån Gulliksson provides business law services and highly specialised expertise within all fields of intellectual property law, including protection, commercialisation and enforcement of IP rights, life sciences, TMT, litigation and other related areas of practice. Gulliksson has its origin in a niche IP law firm. Right from the start in 1975 the idea behind the business was to combine a highly specialised law practice and litigation expertise with patent attorney services. The firm is today a general business law firm, but its IP practice is still one of the largest in Sweden.

Main Areas of Practice:

Advokatbyrån Gulliksson was established in 1975, the business concept was to integrate commercial law and intellectual property law with clients’ businesses in such a way as to offer a complete and distinctive commercial service. Gulliksson offers a full range of services in the field of intellectual property and commercial law, combined with a specialist expertise in a variety of industries handling all stages from strategic analysis and protection to commercialisation and disputes. The firm’s specialisation, together with its extensive professional network, often makes it the first choice for knowledge-intensive and ideas-driven companies, especially within the area of intellectual property law. Gulliksson offers qualified advice and service within commercial law and associated areas with a special focus on intellectual property, dispute resolution, company law, insolvency law and environmental law.

Main Areas of Practice:

• Intellectual Property
• Media & Market
• Data Protection and Personal Data
• Trade & Antitrust
• Litigation & Arbitration
• IT
• Competition
• Environmental
• Corporate/M&A
• Insolvency and Financing

Intellectual Property:

Gulliksson is one of the leading IPR litigation firms in Sweden and provides a full range of services in intellectual property law and litigation. The firm has a large and unique experience to draw up strategies for building up the intellectual property protection required to support and achieve the business objectives. Gulliksson offer a complete concept to form a company organisation for IPR including drafting IPR strategies, steering documents, guidelines and forms, carrying out Freedom to Operate investigations and other IPR-related investigations, handling of applications for IPR, monitoring third party applications, infringement and negotiations, and drafting of contracts.

Corporate:

Gulliksson’s field of expertise in corporate and commercial law includes assisting clients with their strategies, drafting all forms of business agreements and handling negotiations. Gulliksson also assists its clients with M&A transactions. In addition to pure legal knowledge and different industry specific knowledge Gulliksson has lawyers with specialist expertise within a number of different industries and experience from all areas of commercial law.

Litigation:

Gulliksson’s litigation team has considerable experience in handling court proceedings including acting before the Supreme Court, arbitrations and alternative dispute resolutions within different legal systems around the world, including cross-border litigation. The firm has litigated several land-mark cases in the Supreme Court, and the Patent- and Marketing court as well as Court of Appeal.

International Work:

Gulliksson’s international business is first and foremost conducted in Europe, in the US and in South East Asia. From the work with IP law, Gulliksson has a wide network of other law and patent firms around the world that can offer advice on a local level. In addition, the firm is connected to Swedish and international organisations that provide an extensive base of knowledge and open doors to industries and businesses both inside and outside Sweden’s borders.