Åke J. Fors
Senior Counsel, Member of the Swedish Bar Association
Profile
Since the late 1980s, I have assisted Swedish and foreign companies, public authorities and institutions with legal advice across a broad spectrum of law, primarily within the financial sector and often with an international dimension.
My main areas of practice are banking and finance law and arbitration. I also have substantial experience in insurance and reinsurance law. I have more than 30 years’ experience in these areas, gained through roles in Sweden and the United States, as well as internationally, in litigation and transactions, including project finance. On a number of occasions, I have been recognised as one of Sweden’s leading lawyers in banking and finance and in company law, and on three occasions—most recently in May 2017—as one of Sweden’s top ten business lawyers in peer surveys conducted by the periodical Legally Yours. For more than 25 years, I have taught at the Faculty of Law, Stockholm University, and I have published articles on various legal subjects. I have also held a number of appointments as arbitrator.
Head of Setterwalls’ Banking & Finance and Insurance practice, 2005–2020.
Språk: English, German, Swedish, German
Karriär
1987-
Setterwalls
1987
Hedberg & Johnsson Advokatbyrå
1985-1986
Haight, Gardner, Poor & Havens, New York and Lillick & Charles, San Fransisco
1983-1985
District Court of Stockholm, law clerk
1982
University of Oslo, Maritime Law
1982
Lund University, LL.M.
1981-1982
Lund University, research assistant at the Faculty of Law president of the student council for law courses in Sweden and member of the School Board of the Faculty of Law in Lund
