Who Wins, Where And Why? Stockholm, Sweden, Scandinavia

In this edition of who wins where and why, we look north to Scandinavia. What started as a fact finding mission on a recent trip to Stockholm quickly revealed that a wider investigation was needed in order to appreciate the Stockholm legal market. The value and significance of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce (SCC) and the many excellent law firms in Stockholm could only really be understood by widening the lens of our analysis to include all of Scandinavia. This article considers our findings and then focuses on Stockholm as a major international arbitration centre for dispute resolution.

In summary our findings are as follows:

• Arbitration is by far the preferred method of dispute resolution.