Johan Sigeman, Advokatbyrån Sigeman & Co

Personal data

Surname: Sigeman
First name: Johan
Date of birth: 30 September, 1957
Nationality: Swedish
Resident address:  Källarekroken 64, SE-226 47 Lund, Sweden
Resident tel.: +46 46 184453
Office address: Advokatbyrån Sigeman & Co, Anna Lindhs plats 4, SE-211 19 Malmö, Sweden
Office tel.: +46 40 6655500
Mobile phone: +46 705 186772
E-mail: johan.sigeman@sigeman.se

Academic degree and qualification

Universities of Uppsala and Lund (LL.M. 1982)
Member of the Swedish Bar Association (since 1990)

Professional activities and positions

1982-1985; Associate Judge, District Court of Malmö
1985-1987; Associate Judge, Court of Appeal (Hovrätten över Skåne och Blekinge)
1987-1991; Mannheimer Swartling Advokatbyrå, Stockholm and Malmö
1991-; Advokatbyrån Sigeman & Co, Malmö

Current professional position

Founder and partner of Advokatbyrån Sigeman & Co, Malmö
Chairman of the Board, the Labor Law Association for Southern Sweden (Sw: Arbetsrättsliga föreningen för Södra Sverige)
Chairman of the Board, TT-Line AB (ferry line Germany-Sweden)
Chairman of the Board, UBQ AB (logistics)
Lecturer at the Law school at University of Lund in the field of labor law dispute resolution and transfer of undertakings.
Accredited mediator, Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (”CEDR”), London
Deputy Board member of the Arbitration Institute of the Chamber of Commerce for Southern Sweden (Sw: Sydsvenska Industri- och Handelskammarens Skiljeråd).

General experience as practitioner

Commercial law practitioner since 1987, mainly in the field of dispute resolution and labor law.

Litigation experience

Service in Swedish Courts during five years, followed by 25 years as practitioner within the field of commercial and labor dispute resolution.

Arbitration experience

Domestic arbitrations

Frequently appointed as arbitrator, both within the framework of the Swedish Arbitration Act and the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce (”SCC”) (as sole arbitrator in expedited arbitrations as well as chairman and co-arbitrator in ordinary arbitration cases).
Former chairman of the Arbitration Association of Southern Sweden.
Counsel in ad hoc and SCC cases (commercial and labor law cases).

Languages besides Swedish

English