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Jörgen Larsson

Partner

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

Jörgen Larsson is a partner at CMS Wistrand and specializes in national and international litigation, arbitration and mediation as well as in employment and benefits.

Jörgen is experienced in contractual, employment, advisory, trade secrets and regulatory disputes, with special expertise in the energy, maritime and industrial sectors. He is also engaged regularly as mediator and arbitrator.

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

Jörgen has 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 energi sector. He has been recognized as a recommended lawyer by Legal 500.

Jörgen joined CMS Wistrand in 2000 and became a partner in 2008.

Professional Experience 

  • Partner, CMS Wistrand, 2009- 
  • Senior Associate, CMS Wistrand, 2004-2008 
  • Legal advisor, EUFOR Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2006
  • Associate, CMS Wistrand, 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

  • Head legal counsel acting for Swedish State Authority before the Swedish Administrative Courts in a series of very extensive regulatory disputes with significant economic importance regarding on electricity network charges.
  • Head legal counsel acting for retail companies in the Swedish Patent and Market Courts a number pf copyright disputes with significant precedent importance for applied art
  • Head legal counsel for several internatial 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 inovations in the healthcare and aviation sectors. These cases included handling of large scale dawn raid in cooperation with the Swedish enforcement authority.
  • Head legal counsel for State owned enterprises in a number of disputes in relation to the Swedish power grid with both Swedish and international counterparties. 
  •  Advised Swedish and international clients on reconstructions, closures and downsizing with a focus on major scale consultations with unions within the industrial sector.
  • Head legal counsel for Swedish and international employers in a large number of employment disputes before the Swedish Labour Court. 
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Memberships & Roles

  • Recommended Lawyer, Legal 500 2023: Employment
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Education

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