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