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Cecilia Bjelle

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Banking & Finance, Securities.

Position

Partner/Banking, financing, financial regulations, securities and company law.

Career

Ms. Bjelle served as a legal clerk at the District Court of Södra Roslags (1985-1988), as an associated judge at the Court of Appeals of Stockholm (1988-1989) and as a legal secretary at the Swedish Bar Association (1989-1990). She worked with Mannheimer Swartling Advokatbyrå, division for banking and securities law (1990-1998), with a secondment to Slaughter and May in London (1996), Baker & McKenzie Advokatbyrå (1998-2000) and KPMG Legal, head of securities and financing law (2000-2002). Cecilia rejoined Baker & McKenzie Advokatbyrå in August 2002.

Languages

Swedish (native); English (fluent); Danish (fair).

Member

Member of the Swedish Bar Association since 1992.

Education

Ms. Bjelle received and LL.M. degree (juris kandidat) from the University of Stockholm, Sweden, in 1985.

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New rules due on assessment of workplace working conditions

Continuing our practice of regularly updating our clients on changes in the Russian legislation, in this legal alert we would like to inform you that as of September 1, 2011, the Ministry of Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation will introduce a new procedure for assessing working conditions in workplaces. 1 [1] Results of workplace assessments with respect to the working conditions conducted before September 1, 2011 (in accordance with the procedure currently in effect 2 [2]) will remain valid up until the next regular assessment.

- Baker & McKenzie

Legal Developments in Sweden

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Was the contract terminated or not renewed?

Discrimination - Equal Treatment Act A fixed-term contract was held in the circumstances to be an open-ended contract. The employer’s ‎decision not to renew was therefore held to constitute termination of employment which, due to the ‎employee’s pregnancy, was in conflict with the Danish Act on Equal Treatment of Men and Women.‎

- Norrbom Vinding Law Firm, member of ius laboris
Abuse of a dominant position – recent case law in Sweden

This past year has offered some interesting cases in Sweden regarding abuse of a dominant position. In the TeliaSonera-case (cf ECJ case C-52/9) the Stockholm District Court imposed the highest fines ever ordered in Sweden, SEK 144 million (approximately EUR 15 million), for abuse of a dominant position through a margin-squeeze.

- Delphi
New Swedish rules proposed to make it easier to combat unlawful state aid

In October 2011 a remit proposing a much longed-for new national act on state aid was presented. Currently Sweden has no national legislation concerning the application of the European Union’s state aid rules.

- Delphi
Delphi Tax Alert

The Swedish government has proposed new legislation which will entail further restrictions regarding tax deductions for interest expenses on inter-company loans. Kindly note that the proposed legislation will broaden the definition of the term ”affiliated companies”.

- Delphi
The European Commission publishes proposals to update the Market Abuse Directive

On 20 October 2011, the European Commission published two proposals intended to update and strengthen the existing framework insuring investor protection under the Market Abuse Directive (2003/6/EC) (Market Abuse Directive).

- Delphi
Dawn raids in Sweden during 2011

During 2011 there have been several interesting developments as regards dawn raids and legal privilege.

- Delphi
Merger control in Sweden

Despite several attempts by the Swedish Competition Authority, Swedish courts have not yet prohibited any mergers, although a number of concentrations have been subject to commitments.

- Delphi
EMIR – Regulating the OTC Derivates Market

The Presidency of the Council of the European Union recently published the final compromise text of the proposed European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR), which the European Parliament adopted on 29 March 2012.

- Delphi
Use of a competitor’s trade mark as a Google AdWord does not infringe, says Swedish court

In one of the first Google AdWords cases to be decided in Sweden, the court finds no probable cause for trade mark infringement where a company has bought its competitor’s trade mark as a search term on Google. Counsel for the plaintiff, Gärde Wesslau’s Petter Holm, comments on the decision.

- Gärde Wesslau Advokatbyrå
Robert Moldén lectured in competition and public procurement law at

the Universities of Stockholm and Gothenburg

- Gärde Wesslau Advokatbyrå