Viktor Wahlqvist

The Swedish Supreme Court rejected, on 17 June 2015, a claim for annulment of an arbitration award. The claimant, Systembolaget Aktiebolag (“Systembolaget”) contended that the arbitration panel had misinterpreted the competition rule and that the legal issue of the case did not fall within the (...)

The Swedish Market Court (Sw. Marknadsdomstolen) found, on 17 April 2015, that the principle of ne bis in idem did not hinder the Swedish Competition Authority from imposing fines on the undertaking Swedavia AB (“Swedavia”) for abusing its dominant position, despite the fact that the company had (...)

The Swedish Competition Authority decided, on 15 April 2015, to approve the voluntary commitments presented by Bookingdotcom Sverige AB and Booking.com BV (below, jointly referred to as “Booking.com”). The commitments are associated with a fine of SEK 5 million (approx. EUR 550 000) for (...)

The Swedish Competition Authority decided, on 11 March 2015, not to oppose Arla Foods AB’s (“Arla Foods”) acquisition of Atria Sverige AB’s (“Atria”) business in the cheese and dairy industry under the brand “Falbygdens Ost”. Following an in-depth, phase two, investigation the acquisition was cleared (...)

The Swedish Competition Authority (“the SCA”) received notification of a proposed concentration, by which KPA Pensionsservice AB (“KPA”) acquired sole control of SPP Liv Pensionstjänst AB (“SPP”). In the same notification, KPA Pensionsförsäkring AB notified the acquisition of sole control of a life (...)

On 26 April 2013, the Swedish Competition Authority (“the SCA”) received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Chapter 4 §6 of the Swedish Competition Act (Swe. Konkurrenslagen SFS 2008:579), by which the undertaking Komplett AS (“Komplett”) acquired sole control of the undertaking (...)