Pontus is specialized in arbitration and civil litigation and is head of Snellman’s Dispute resolution team in Stockholm. Pontus has substantial experience in international and domestic arbitration under the SCC, ICC, ICSID, LCIA, UNCITRAL rules and ad hoc proceedings as well as court proceedings in Sweden. Pontus’ experience as counsel encompassing a wide range of areas such as supply, share and asset purchases, construction and real estate, finance, energy, investor-state disputes, agency and distribution, professional and product liability, regulatory issues and insurance.
Pontus is also appointed as arbitrator on a regular basis.
Snellman counsel to Castlelake in its Investment in Scandinavian Airlines
Snellman acted as Swedish counsel to Castlelake, L.P. in its investment as part of a consortium for $1.2 billion debt and equity investment in the reorganized Scandinavian Airlines implemented pursuant to a Chapter 11 plan and Swedish reorganization proceeding.
Snellman’s advisory team included Richard Åkerman, Jonas Sjöberg and Aykut Aslan Yucel (Private M&A), Carolina Wahlby, Fredrik Olsson, Albert Danielsson, Oscar Bengtsson and Lina Lundevall-Brunö (Finance & Restructuring), Mattias Friberg and Emma Greiff (Public M&A), Peter Forsberg, Philip Thorell and Lars Lundgren (Competition and FDI), Pontus Ewerlöf and Gustav Lewin (Dispute Resolution) and Jenny Lundberg (Employment).
Snellman as Counsel in Two Precedential Cases Determining the Invalidity of Intra-EU Arbitral Awards in Sweden
Snellman acted as counsel in two precedential cases determining the invalidity of intra-EU arbitral awards in Sweden. Both cases concerned the application of EU law principles expressed in the European Court of Justice’s (ECJ) Achmea judgment and the case law following the judgment.
Snellman successfully represented the Republic of Poland in the Swedish Supreme Court, where the arbitral awards were declared invalid on the basis of Section 33(2) of the Swedish Arbitration Act, i.e. for being incompatible with the basic principles of the Swedish legal system. The Swedish Supreme Court’s judgment followed the ECJ’s preliminary ruling in the case C-109/20 PL Holdings referred to the ECJ by the Swedish Supreme Court. The team before the Swedish Supreme Court and the ECJ consisted of Partner Anna-Maria Tamminen as well as other lawyers previously with Snellman.
“We have been very privileged to work on this case for the past five years, before the Svea Court of Appeal, Swedish Supreme Court and European Court of Justice. Although we expected this to be the outcome in the light of the Achmea judgment, it took a lot of work to get here.” says Anna-Maria Tamminen, Partner at Snellman.
We also successfully represented the Kingdom of Spain in the Svea Court of Appeal regarding an application to invalidate or set aside an intra-EU arbitral award under the Energy Charter Treaty. The Svea Court of Appeal found on the basis of Section 33(1) of the Swedish Arbitration Act that the award concerned questions which were not arbitrable and therefore declared the award invalid. The team consisted of Partners Pontus Ewerlöf and Martin Rifall as well as several members of the DR team.
“We are very honoured to have been entrusted to act as advisors to the Kingdom of Spain in this groundbreaking judgment which is also the first of its kind in Europe,” says Pontus Ewerlöf, Partner at Snellman.
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