Kristoffer Löf

Partner, Advokat, Stockholm

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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.

Experience: Partner, Mannheimer Swartling, 2012-; Associate, Mannheimer Swartling, 2003-2011; Secondment, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, London, 2007; Secondment, Swedish Match AB, 2004

Education: LL.M. (Uppsala University, 2002); University of Minnesota Law School, 2002

Memberships: 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

Languages: Swedish; English

Publications: Concise Guide to Arbitration in Sweden (co-author), 3rd ed., Mannheimer Swartling, 2025; The Mandate for Arbitrators to Supplement Contracts under Swedish Law: A Brief Study with Particular Focus on Gas Price Review Arbitrations (co-authored with David Akrad) in Stockholm Arbitration Yearbook 2024, Wolters Kluwer 2024; Högkvalitativa skiljeförfaranden i Sverige (redaktör), Swedish Arbitration Association, 2024; Room for manoeuvre – a few notes on the fundamentals of arbitration in Digital Hearings – Civil Procedure and Arbitration, Norstedts Juridik, 2022; Remembrance of Things Past — a reply to Stefan Lindskog’s argument that only a traditional hearing is a hearing in arbitration, SvJT 2021 s. 406; The Proceedings (co-author), in International Arbitration in Sweden: A Practitioner’s Guide, 2nd ed., Wolters Kluwer, 2021; Guide till kommersiell tvistlösning (co-author), 3rd ed., Iustus, 2021; A Story of Corruption. A Case Study of How Bribery Affects the Validity of Performed Commercial Contracts in Essays in Honour of Prof Dr Kaj Hobér, Iustus 2019; Supreme Court Establishes High Threshold for Annulment of Arbitral Awards (co-authored with Julia Fermbäck), ICC Dispute Resolution Bulletin, 2019, Issue 2; Concise Guide to Arbitration in Sweden (co-editor and co-author), 2nd ed., Mannheimer Swartling, 2019; Arbitration and company law in Sweden (co-authored with Andreas Steen) in European Company Law, Volume 2015, Issue 3, Wolters Kluwer 2015; Best Practice in International Arbitration (co-authored with Robin Oldenstam) in Avtalt prosess – Voldgift i praksis (Universitetforlaget, Oslo 2015); Construction Arbitration in Sweden (co-authored with Johan Granehult) in GAR Know-how, Global Arbitration Review 2015; Concise Guide to Arbitration in Sweden (co-editor and co-author), Mannheimer Swartling, 2014; A Crimean Conundrum (co-authored with Fredrik Ringquist) in Corporate Disputes Magazine, Jul-Sep 2014 issue; The chapter Sweden (co-authored with Fredrik Andersson) in Choice of Venue in International Arbitration, Oxford University Press, 2014; Institutional Rule Reforms–SCC (co-authored with Kristoffer Stråth) in International Arbitration Law Review’s Special Issue on Reform in International Arbitral Institutions, Vol. 16 Issue 6, 2013; The Proceedings (co-author), in International Arbitration in Sweden: A Practitioner’s Guide, Wolters Kluwer, 2013

Awards: Lexology/Who's Who Legal, Global Guide: Mentioned as “Thought Leader” in each and every one of the categories Arbitration, Commercial Litigation, and Construction; Chambers Global and Chambers Europe: Ranked in Band 1 for Dispute Resolution Sweden; Legal 500: Ranked as “Leading individual” for Dispute Resolution Sweden; Benchmark Litigation: Ranked as “Litigation Star” for Commercial and transaction, Construction, Energy