Mannheimer Swartling

Swedish lawyers have long been prominent in international arbitration. Kaj Hobér, who leads the practice at Mannheimer Swartling, thinks it is down to languages and the country's unusual mix of civil and common law. "We are a civil law code," he says, "but the procedure has always included, for example, oral testimony and cross-examination". He notes that French-Canadians have the same advantage "and they're also quite prominent". Another springboard is the lack of commercial litigation. In Sweden, the arbitration department is the commercial disputes department.

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