Mr Johan Sidklev > Roschier > Stockholm, Sweden > Lawyer Profile

Roschier
BRUNKEBERGSTORG 2
PO BOX 7358
103 90 STOCKHOLM
Sweden

Work Department

Dispute Resolution, Corporate Investigations & Compliance

Position

Partner Johan Sidklev heads Roschier’s Dispute Resolution practice and is the co-Head of the Corporate Investigations & Compliance practice in Sweden. Johan is specialized in commercial dispute resolution with extensive experience from international arbitration, often concerning energy-related disputes involving parties from Russia or CIS-countries. He has acted as counsel in some of the world’s largest arbitrations seated in Stockholm, London and Paris involving oil, gas and construction matters. In the area of investment arbitration Johan has experience from arbitrator’s appointments as well as advising both private investors and various governments as counsel, inter alia in matters concerning the Energy Charter Treaty and various bilateral investment treaties.

Johan is the presiding President of the Swedish Arbitration Association (SAA) and a member of the board of the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce (SCC). He recently served on the Rules Revision Committee for the new 2017 SCC Rules. He is appointed by the Kingdom of Sweden to the ICSID Panel of Arbitrators, maintained by the World Bank. He also serves on the Legal Advisory Task Force on Investment Protection at the Energy Charter Secretariat and he is an Executive Committee Member of the Russian and CIS Arbitration Network (RCAN). Johan has been the Headmaster of the SCC/SAA Arbitrator Training Program and has been a long-standing board member of Young Arbitrators Sweden.

Johan is regularly appointed as arbitrator in both national and international disputes. He is also frequently engaged as speaker and moderator at various conferences and is lecturing on international arbitration and investment protection law at Stockholm University.

Lawyer Rankings

Sweden > Dispute resolution

(Leading individuals)

Johan SidklevRoschier

Roschier’s dispute resolution practice continues to act for high-profile individual and corporate clients in connection with a wide range of disputes, including in relation to attempts to leave the Russian market following the onset of the Ukraine war. Johan Sidklev leads the Stockholm-based team, and Shirin Saif handles commercial arbitration and litigation matters, specialising in disputes involving Russia and the CIS countries, including investment treaty arbitrations; she also has particular experience in cases in the telecoms and automotive sectors. Carl Persson focuses on disputes arising out of M&A transactions as well as director and auditor liability and white-collar crime claims.

Sweden > Energy

Roschier’s energy practice has a strong reputation for advising on a wide range of transactions in the space, including those concerning renewables projects, electricity grids and district heating networks, as well as acting in major international energy arbitration proceedings. The multidisciplinary team has also recently gained experience in the emerging bio-energy capture and storage market and hydropower asset power purchase agreements. Björn Winström, who has considerable experience handling M&A matters for major clients operating in the energy sector, leads the department. Disputes specialist Johan Sidklev boasts notable expertise in energy-related contentious matters, including natural gas, oil and electricity investment arbitration proceedings brought by private investors and governments under the Energy Charter Treaty.