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Featured in the GC Powerlist: Nordics in 2015, Åsa Ericson Hedström serves as vice president of legal and compliance at Sony Mobile Communications. Based in Stockholm, she brings her considerable talent and experience in global legal operations, multi-jurisdictional compliance, risk assessment, anti-trust, commercial law, and telecom business solutions to the role. Sony Mobile Communications is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Corporation based in Tokyo, and Sony Mobile, through its Xperia brand, offers Sony technology, content and services to customers across the world. Hedström leads the global team of 20 lawyers at the subsidiary and serves as the principal legal advisor and general counsel to the global sales and marketing management team. Her legal team is spread out around the world in Tokyo, Beijing, Singapore, Lund and London, showcasing the cross-border nature of her management abilities. Her team is well integrated within the business and deals with more than simply legal issues, developing solutions to legal areas within the business to encourage growth.