Attorney Per Karlsson
Meet Attorney Per Karlsson
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Meet Attorney Per Karlsson
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Per was Chief Legal Officer at the Swedish Competition Authority 2011–2018. Before that, he worked in private practice for almost ten years at Vinge law firm.
He was legal advisor in the Swedish Ministry of Industry and Trade 1995–2000, on EU & Competition Law matters, which also included work in Brussels.
He has been an expert and secretary in around ten Government Committees on competition law. Per has an extensive litigation experience within the Swedish court system as well as from the EU Courts.
The litigation experience covers all types of competitiv law cases such as cartel cases, mergers and abuse of dominance cases.
He has been involved in many merger control notifications to the Swedish Competition Authority, the European Commission and other competition authorities.
He is also specialized in the Swedish rules regarding anti-competitive public sales activities.
Expertise
- Competition law
- Litigation
- EU law
- Market and sector regulations
Education
He holds a LLM degree from Uppsala University (1988)
Languages
- Swedish
- English
Contact
Published Books
- Author of a book on Swedish Merger Control, “Svensk kontroll av företagsförvärv” (2018, Norstedts Juridik)
- Author of a chapter in a book regarding Damages in Competition Law (2019, Hart Publishing).
Professional Memberships
- Board member of Konkurrens- och Marknadsrättsliga föreningen
- Member of the Swedish Bar Association (Advokat)
- Member of the Swedish ICC Competition Committee.