Dispute Resolution

Our Dispute Resolution group is ranked one of the world’s leading teams by Global Arbitration Review. And, with more than 50 lawyers, Vinge is one of the largest firms in Scandinavia for dispute resolution.

Our size and our unrivalled experience mean we can handle the most complex and document‑intensive mandates, both between Swedish parties and internationally.

International disputes

Our dispute resolution specialists focus in particular on international arbitration and commercial disputes at all levels in the Swedish court system.

We handle arbitral proceedings, for example before the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce (SCC), the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA).

Several of our specialists are regularly appointed as arbitrators.  

Some of our mandates

• Ad-hoc arbitration in Stockholm under Swedish, French and Russian law: counsel in energy dispute valued at several billion US dollars.
• SCC arbitration in Stockholm governed by English law: counsel in a dispute worth $38m regarding a share option agreement in the telecoms sector.
• SCC arbitration in Stockholm under Swedish and Chinese law: counsel for a state-owned Chinese party in a licence dispute valued at $80m against an American company.
• ICC arbitration in Stockholm under Swedish law: counsel in a dispute valued at €40m between two pharmaceutical companies.
• ICC arbitration in Paris under the Vienna Convention for the international sale of goods (CISG): counsel in a dispute regarding a supply agreement.
• The Helsinki Chamber of Commerce arbitral proceedings under Finnish law: counsel in a dispute concerning investments between Swedish and American parties.
• Ad-hoc BIT arbitration: counsel for a German investor in a dispute valued at €50m against an eastern European state. 

Our collective expertise

Because Vinge is a full‑service firm, we can support our clients in all their business law matters. We also have well established co operation agreements with international law firms to provide dispute resolution services.

What the ranking organisations say

Strengths: Clients describe Vinge as "very client-focused," and further highlight the law firm's "responsiveness, availability and focus on the client."

Clients also enthuse that Vinge is "able to not only analyse the matter, but also able to describe it in simple and crisp terms." Chambers & Partners 2022

‘Great responsiveness and a good practical approach.’

‘Intellectual capacity, knowledge and experience.’

‘Good grasp of both legal and technical issue and the appreciation that they are sometimes very closely linked.’

‘The team is diligent and thorough and is innovative in finding solutions that we as a client may not have considered.’

‘Realistic expectations regarding the outcome and very hands-on partners in our project.’ Legal 500 2022