Malin Allard > Advokatfirman Cederquist KB > Stockholm, Sweden > Lawyer Profile

Advokatfirman Cederquist KB
HOVSLAGARGATAN 3
PO BOX 1670
111 96 STOCKHOLM
Sweden

Work Department

Intellectual Property & Marketing Law, Media Law, IT & Telecom, Commercial Agreements

Position

Partner. IP, media and IT

Partner Malin Allard is Head of Cederquist’s Intellectual Property, Media, Marketing and Commercial Contracts practices. She has broad experience from both leading law firms and from working as in-house counsel for the Ericsson group for several years. Besides intellectual property work (contentious and non-contentious), complex licensing arrangements, brand protection, technology transfers and R&D collaborations, she has extensive experience from various kinds of tech-related matters and contracts, such as digital services, privacy, e-commerce as well as marketing issues.

Career

Cederquist Law firm, 2017-
Ericsson Japan K.K, legal counsel, 2013-2014
Ericsson AB, legal counsel 2007-2017
Mannheimer Swartling Law firm, 2005-2007
Vinge Law firm, Paris 2003-2004
Vinge Law firm, Stockholm 2000-2005

Languages

Swedish and English

Education

LL.M., Stockholm University, 1994
Maître de droit international et communautaire, Université Robert Schuman, Strasbourg, 1998-1999

Lawyer Rankings

Sweden > Healthcare and life sciences

The group at Advokatfirman Cederquist KB handles the full spectrum of matters concerning ethical codes and contracts with regulatory authorities within the life sciences and healthcare sector. Malin Allard and Annika Blomqvist jointly head up the practice. Allard is known for her longstanding IP expertise, with technology licensing agreements, strategic IP rights protection, and infringement actions being her main areas of focus. Blomqvist leads the public procurement practice at the firm, advising on distribution agreements, collaboration agreements with healthcare professionals, and clinical study commercial contracts. Dispute resolution expert Elsa Arbrandt acts in international arbitrations and regulatory disputes concerning clinical trials, in addition to advising on internal investigations.

Sweden > IT and telecoms

(Leading individuals)

Malin Allard – Advokatfirman Cederquist KB

Advokatfirman Cederquist KB‘s ‘very skilled‘ team advises on outsourcing, procurement, and IT contractual matters, and has an excellent reputation for handling AI, 5G, and digitalisation issues. Johanna Linder is very highly regarded for her expertise in the IT arena; she co-heads the practice with telecoms expert Malin Allard and Henrik Lindstrand, who handles fintech and privacy matters. Senior associate Daniel Eriksson specialises in data privacy.

Sweden > Intellectual property and media

Advokatfirman Cederquist KB is active in the media, technology, and telecommunications sectors, and has an excellent reputation for its expertise in IP and marketing matters relating to digital services and online platforms. Malin Allard, who advises on technology licensing agreements, infringement cases, and strategies for IP protection, co-heads the practice alongside IT expert Johanna Linder and Henrik Lindstrand, who is well versed in handling privacy issues.

Sweden > Data privacy and data protection

Advokatfirman Cederquist KB’s IP, IT and media group in Stockholm offers a comprehensive service handling a variety of data protection and data privacy matters, ranging from compliance initiatives to breach notifications. Johanna Linder has extensive experience in the IT and tech spaces generally, recently advising major clients in connection with large-scale personal data processing projects, while Henrik Lindstrand’s broad practice covers GDPR, e-Privacy Directive, and Swedish Patient Data Act issues, and tech and telecoms specialist Malin Allard regularly works on data protection mandates, especially those at the intersection of marketing and data privacy. The trio jointly lead the team, with senior associate Daniel Eriksson and associate Antonia Carlsson also playing key roles in the practice.