Mr Erik Ficks > Roschier > Stockholm, Sweden > Lawyer Profile

Roschier
BRUNKEBERGSTORG 2
PO BOX 7358
103 90 STOCKHOLM
Sweden

Work Department

Intellectual Property, Brand Protection, Marketing & Consumer, and Public Procurement

Position

Partner Erik Ficks is Head of Roschier’s Intellectual Property, Brand Protection, Marketing & Consumer, and Public Procurement practices. He is specialized in matters of contentious and non-contentious intellectual property (IP) work, including matters of marketing law and trade secrets, as well as in public procurement matters in several industry sectors.

Erik has extensive experience from acting as counsel in arbitration proceedings and before national courts, including in multi-jurisdictional IP litigation and in administrative appeals.

He also has extensive experience from multi-jurisdictional IP licensing, brand protection, technology transfers and collaborations and complex commercial contracts.

Lawyer Rankings

Sweden > Healthcare and life sciences

Noted by clients for its ‘precision and skills‘, the team at Roschier is known for handling a variety of matters for its varied client base of innovation focused digital healthcare and pharma companies. Erik Ficks heads up the practice, and has broad experience in advising on transactional matters, including share acquisitions, in addition to acting in patent infringement actions in the pharma space. Björn Johansson Heigis leads the firm’s data protection and digitalisation practice, and is well versed in handling GDPR-related issues concerning medical devices, and research and development matters.

Sweden > IT and telecoms

Roschier‘s digitalisation, TMT, and outsourcing practice has longstanding experience in handling IT projects across the Nordics, and acts for an impressive client base of major telecoms entities. Practice head Björn Johansson Heigis is very well versed in advising on e-commerce, digital marketing, and data privacy matters, to name a few areas of strength. IP expert Erik Ficks is active in the telecoms arena.

Sweden > Intellectual property and media

(Leading individuals)

Erik FicksRoschier

Under the leadership of patent litigation expert Erik FicksRoschier‘s team advises on all aspects of patents, copyright, and trade mark law, in addition to trade secrets, designs, and unfair marketing issues. The group is highly regarded for its strength in acting for clients in the pharmaceutical, technology and media sectors. Björn Johansson Heigis is an expert in data protection and digitalisation matters. Counsel Susanne Mellqvist brings over 25 years of experience in IP, with a solid track record in managing international trade mark and design portfolios.

Sweden > Public procurement

Roschier’s public procurement practice focuses on bidder-side matters, spanning both contentious and non-contentious issues, mainly in the life sciences, IT and infrastructure sectors. Practice head Erik Ficks handles transactional and disputes work, specialising in IT, telecoms and life sciences and healthcare mandates. Associate Filippa Michelsson also plays a key role in the team.