Kristoffer Löf

Partner, Advokat, Stockholm

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Kristoffer Löf är partner på Mannheimer Swartling och ingår i byråns verksamhetsgrupp för Tvistlösning samt i branschgrupperna Energi och Infrastruktur/Entreprenad. Han var ordförande för Tvistlösningsgruppen 2014–2024 och har även varit ordförande för Swedish Arbitration Association (SAA) och Young Arbitrators Sweden (YAS).

Kristoffer har omfattande erfarenhet av tvister inom en rad olika branscher, med särskild inriktning på stora entreprenad- och infrastrukturprojekt, telekom samt tvister om utvinning och leverans av naturresurser. Hans arbete omfattar även komplexa tvister inom läkemedel, joint ventures, aktieägar- och samarbetsavtal, maskin- och systemleveranser, licensiering, agent- och återförsäljaravtal samt M&A.

Kristoffer är rankad av samtliga ledande internationella rankinginstitut – inklusive Chambers & Partners, Who’s Who Legal/Lexology och Legal 500 – som en av Sveriges främsta processadvokater.

Förutom sin roll som ombud i kommersiella tvister anlitas Kristoffer regelbundet som skiljedomare.

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

Utbildning: Jur kand (Uppsala universitet, 2002); University of Minnesota Law School, 2002

Medlemskap: Sveriges advokatsamfund, 2008; Styrelseledamot i Centrum för rättvisa, 2017–; Styrelseledamot i Norwegian Arbitration Association, 2025–; Medlem i Swedish Arbitration Association (SAA), styrelseledamot samt ordförande, 2018–2024; Styrelseledamot samt ordförande i Young Arbitrators Sweden (YAS), 2012–2018; F.d. medlem av Executive Board of the ICDR Young & International; Advisory Board of Stockholm International Hearing Centre

Språk: Svenska; Engelska

Publikationer: 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

Utmärkelser: Lexology/Who's Who Legal, Global Guide: Omnämnd som “Thought Leader” i var och en av kategorierna Arbitration, Commercial Litigation, and Construction; Chambers Global and Chambers Europe: Rankad i Band 1 för Dispute Resolution Sweden Band 1 för Dispute Resolution Sweden; Legal 500: Rankad som “Leading individual” för Dispute Resolution Sweden; Benchmark Litigation: Rankad som “Litigation Star” för Commercial and transaction, Construction, Energy