Mr Christopher Tehrani > Advokatfirman Schjødt > Stockholm, Sweden > Lawyer Profile

Advokatfirman Schjødt
HAMNGATAN 27
BOX 715
101 33 STOCKHOLM
Sweden

Work Department

Litigation

Position

Partner

Career

Christopher is a Stockholm-based partner and a seasoned trial attorney focusing on IPR litigation, particularly patents, trade secrets, and trademarks. He frequently advises clients in a wide range of industries, and his experience includes extensive work with numerous high-value pan-European litigations relating to pharmaceuticals, telecom and medical devices. He also advises Life Sciences clients on regulatory issues. Furthermore, he regularly assists clients on issues relating to market law, drafting and negotiating various license agreements, and general strategies for commercialising IP.

Christopher has been practising law since 2008 and joined Schjødt in 2022. His previous experience includes work at other law firms and a junior judgeship at the Stockholm Patent and Market Court. Numerous prestigious ranking institutes, such as Managing IP, Legal 500, IAM Patent 1000, and WTR 1000, recognize him as a leading intellectual property attorney and patent litigation star.

Christopher is a registered representative authorized to represent clients before the Unified Patent Court (UPC)

Christopher is the Swedish appointed expert on AIPPI’s international Standing Committee on Patents. He is also member of the Board of Directors of the Swedish Anti-Counterfeiting Group (SACG).

Lawyer Rankings

Sweden > Intellectual property and media

Advokatfirman Schjødt‘s team ‘provides clients with top-notch legal advice within intellectual property law‘, and garners praise for its strength in handling multi-jurisdictional IP mandates. The ‘brilliantSanna Wolk is ‘an IP rock star‘; she co-heads the practice with Christopher Tehrani, a key contact for patent and IP litigation, and Thomas Nygren, who has extensive experience in handling work for clients in the technology sector. Associate Hilda Melander is singled out for her contributions.

Sweden > Dispute resolution

Advokatfirman Schjødt’s dispute resolution practice has a particularly strong reputation for its commercial litigation and arbitration expertise as well as for handling professional liability and IT and telecoms cases; the team is also increasingly engaged in energy disputes. Practice head Ola Hansson has considerable experience handling disputes concerning a wide range of matters, including company law, financial instruments, asset management issues, IT and telecoms elements, and professional liability claims. Carl Rother-Schirren focuses on domestic and international arbitration proceedings as well as commercial litigation before Swedish courts, while Christopher Tehrani specialises in patent disputes in the pharma, tech and medical devices sectors.