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Jörgen Larsson

Partner
Lawyer

Göteborg
CMS Wistrand
Mårten Krakowgatan 2
411 04 Göteborg
Sweden
Languages English, Swedish

Jörgen Larsson is a partner in CMS Wistrand’s practice groups Dispute Resolution and Employment law. He specializes in national and international commercial disputes as well as in employment and benefits. Jörgen is co-head of CMS Wistrand’s Employment practice.

Jörgen is experienced in contractual, advisory, trade secrets and regulatory disputes. He has special expertise in the energy, shipping and industrial sectors before courts and arbitration tribunals. Jörgen is also engaged regularly as mediator and arbitrator, ad hoc as well as through SCC and West Sweden Chamber of Commerce.

Jörgen also advises employers in all types of employment law matters, including handling union consultations, reorganizations, M&A related employment law, transfer of businesses, and mass-terminations of employment as well as advising on employment agreements and individual terminations of employment and also on benefits and pensions. He acts as litigator, mediator and arbitrator in various employment law related disputes.

Jörgen has also extensive experience in special investigations regarding unfair competition, information theft, data breaches, corporate espionage and cyber-attacks (phishing etc.).

Jörgen represents a diverse clientele, including Swedish and international industrial, shipping and energy companies but also state-owned entities especially in the energy sector. He is recognized as a recommended lawyer by Legal 500.

Jörgen joined CMS Wistrand in 2000 and became a partner in 2009.

Professional Experience 

  • Partner, CMS Wistrand, 2009- 
  • Senior Associate, Wistrand Advokatbyrå, 2004-2008 
  • Legal advisor, EUFOR Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2006
  • Associate, Wistrand Advokatbyrå, 2003-2004
  • Associate Judge, Court of Appeal for Western Sweden, 2003
  • Associate Judge, Court of Appeal for Western Sweden, 2002-2003
  • Junior Judge, Alingsås District Court, 2000-2002
  • Legal Clerk, Court of Appeal for Western Sweden, 1999-2000
     
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Relevant experience

  • Acting as lead litigator for Swedish State Authority before the Swedish Administrative Courts in a series of very extensive regulatory disputes with significant economic importance.
  • Acting as lead litigator for retail companies before the Swedish Patent and Market Courts in copyright disputes with significant case law importance for applied art.
  • Acting as lead litigator for international clients before Swedish courts in a number of very extensive trade secret disputes with significant economic importance regarding among other issues wood working machinery and technical innovations in the healthcare and aviation sectors. Used to handling large-scale dawn raids in cooperation with the Swedish Enforcement Authority.
  • Acting as lead litigator for state-owned enterprise in disputes related to the Swedish power grid with both Swedish and international counterparties. 
  • Legal counsel to Swedish and international clients on reconstructions, closures and downsizing with a focus on large scale consultations with unions within the industrial sector.
  • Acting as lead litigator for Swedish and international employers in employment disputes before the Swedish Labour Court. 
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Memberships & Roles

Swedish Bar Association, 2004

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Awards & Rankings

  • Recommended Lawyer, Legal 500 2024: Employment

Jörgen Larsson is a standout performer in the area when it comes to understanding the Swedish Labour market and its international ties. One thing that clearly separates him from others is his deep understanding of the implications of the practice of collective bargaining agreements in the Swedish market. He understands how this is put into practice on an operational level in an organisation. 

Jörgen Larsson and Maria Kosteska Fägerquist are outstanding employment lawyers, both very professional and friendly.

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Education

  • LL.M., Uppsala University, 1996
  • Rijksuniversitet Limburg, Maastricht, 1995-1996
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