Mannheimer Swartling

Dispute Resolution; Construction; Construction, Infrastructure and Industrial Projects; Energy

Kristoffer Löf is a partner at Mannheimer Swartling and a member of the firm’s Dispute Resolution practice group as well as its industry groups for Energy and Infrastructure/Construction. He served as chair of the Dispute Resolution practice group from 2014 to 2024 and has also chaired the Swedish Arbitration Association (SAA) and Young Arbitrators Sweden (YAS).

Kristoffer has extensive experience in disputes across a wide range of industries, with a particular focus on major construction and infrastructure projects, telecoms, and disputes concerning the extraction and delivery of natural resources. His work also covers complex disputes involving pharmaceuticals, joint ventures, shareholders’ and cooperation agreements, machinery and system deliveries, licensing, agency and distribution agreements, and M&A.

Kristoffer is recognised by all leading international ranking institutes – including Chambers & Partners, Who’s Who Legal/Lexology and Legal 500 – as one of Sweden’s leading dispute resolution lawyers.

In addition to acting as counsel in commercial disputes, Kristoffer is frequently appointed as an arbitrator in commercial disputes.

Partner, Mannheimer Swartling, 2012-

Associate, Mannheimer Swartling, 2003-2011

Secondment, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, London, 2007

Secondment, Swedish Match AB, 2004

Swedish, English

Swedish Bar Association, 2008

Member of the Board, Centre for Justice, 2017-

Member of the Board, Norwegian Arbitration Association, 2025–

Member of Swedish Arbitration Association (SAA), member and chair of the board, 2018–2024

Member and Chair of the Board, Young Arbitrators Sweden (YAS), 2012–2018

Past member of Executive Board of the ICDR Young & International

Advisory Board of Stockholm International Hearing Centre

LL.M. (Uppsala University, 2002)

University of Minnesota Law School, 2002