Experience
SUMMARY
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25 years’ experience of international investment law and policy, including international investment agreements (IIAs)/bilateral investment treaties (BITs).
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Consulting with international development organizations, including the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the World Bank.
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25 years’ experience of advocacy for legal reform in national and international settings
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10 years’ experience of climate change law including climate disputes.
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15 years’ experience of UNCITRAL, UNCTAD and OECD engagements as an expert, speaker, and institutional observer in working groups and ad hoc upon invitation.
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25 years’ experience of project management in an international setting.
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Experienced speaker and writer on climate change and international law.
CAREER
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CEO & Co-Founder, Climate Change Counsel (2021 – present)
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Secretary General, Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce (2010 – 2021)
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Senior Associate, Mannheimer Swartling (2007 – 2010)
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Senior Associate, Baker & McKenzie (2005 – 2006)
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Legal Counsel, Stockholm Chamber of Commerce (1998 – 2005)
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
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LLM, University of Stockholm (1998)
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B.A, University of Gothenburg (1991)
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Abundance 360, leadership and entrepreneurship (2017)
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Coach Power leadership training (2010, 2014, 2017)
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Leadership Training from the Swedish Bar Association (2009)
LEADERSHIP AND RECOGNITION
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ASIL Task Force on Climate Change and ISDS (2025 – present)
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ICCA Paris Agreement Conciliation Annex Project. Co-chair (2022-present)
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Campaign for Greener Arbitration Award (2022)
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Equal Representation in Arbitration. Steering Committee Member (2016-present)
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Stockholm Treaty Lab. Founder (2016-2019)
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Who’s Who Legal. Global leader Arbitration (since 2016)
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The Swedish Anti-Corruption Institute. Board Member (2011-2017)
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Stockholm Centre for Commercial Law, Research Panel for Arbitration and other Forms of Dispute Resolution (2010 – 2017)
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Financial Times Innovative Lawyers Award, shortlisted Rule of Law (2017)
PROJECTS AND POLICY INITIATIVES [in selection]
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Investment Arbitration and Climate Change. Co-edited book (2024)
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International investment and trade agreements. Knowledge Seminar and Policy Dialogue in Tashkent, Uzbekistan (2023)
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Commercial Lawyers and Climate Change. Study and report (2023)
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The Energy Charter Treaty, Climate Change and Clean Energy Transition. Report (2022).
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Stockholm Treaty Lab. Crowdsourcing initiative on investment and trade law in support of the Paris Agreement (2016-2019)
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Paris Peace Forum (2018). The Stockholm Treaty Lab was selected for the Forum.
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The Quiet Triumph. Documentary film on the interconnection between international trade, peace and economic development (2017)
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Arbitrating for Peace. Co-edited book (2016)
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Bridging the Climate Change Policy Gap: The Role of International Law and Arbitration. The conference was co-hosted by the SCC Arbitration Institute, the International Bar Association (IBA), the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), and the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA). (2016)