Advokatfirman Swedish Legal Tech

Law is complicated, in particular contract law, IT law and litigation. Much too complicated to allow non-lawyers to handle it. Only lawyers understand that the design of agreements requires knowledge of many sources of law; especially if there is no explicit applicable legislation. Contract law and litigation are unconditional linked. Only very experienced lawyers understand complicated law and only lawyers who are very experienced in litigation & arbitration can design good deals; thus only the lawyers who can design good deals are the ones who are skilled enough to do high-end litigation & arbitration. Litigation & arbitration requires; very good legal knowledge of substantive law and litigation, long experience of procedural craftsmanship, pedagogic talent, an ability to communicate with the client, witnesses, counter party as well as with the court. It is not enough to master most of these areas. To be an expert in litigation the attorney needs to master all areas. Experience and a good track record overcomes everything else. It may sound excessive, but that’s the truth. However, even more important than the litigation experience, is the ability to negotiate, relate and mediate in reaching out-of-court solutions of disputes. In fact, it is always only the lawyers who benefits from litigation or arbitration. The challenge for every experienced lawyer must therefore be to settle disputes before court proceedings.

Another challenge for all lawyers should be to simplify the law. Especially contracts. Contracts are usually designed in such a way that only other lawyers, such as judges, will understand them. Therefore, special legal and latin terms are used. Very rarely, agreements are drawn up for those who would need to understand the content, such as buyers, sellers and other employees affected by the contract. Over the next five years, the traditional perception of how contracts are best designed will undergo a revolutionary change. The contracts will be designed digitally in a comprehensible language use with images, illustrations, graphs and films. Lawyers need to adapt and must use their expertise to help non-lawyers understand the law.

Law is complicated, in particular contract law, IT law and litigation. Much too complicated to allow non-lawyers to handle it. Only lawyers understand that the design of agreements requires knowledge of many sources of law; especially if there is no explicit applicable legislation. Contract law and litigation are unconditional linked. Only very experienced lawyers understand complicated law and only lawyers who are very experienced in litigation & arbitration can design good deals; thus only the lawyers who can design good deals are the ones who are skilled enough to do high-end litigation & arbitration. Litigation & arbitration requires; very good legal knowledge of substantive law and litigation, long experience of procedural craftsmanship, pedagogic talent, an ability to communicate with the client, witnesses, counter party as well as with the court. It is not enough to master most of these areas. To be an expert in litigation the attorney needs to master all areas. Experience and a good track record overcomes everything else. It may sound excessive, but that’s the truth. However, even more important than the litigation experience, is the ability to negotiate, relate and mediate in reaching out-of-court solutions of disputes. In fact, it is always only the lawyers who benefits from litigation or arbitration. The challenge for every experienced lawyer must therefore be to settle disputes before court proceedings.

Another challenge for all lawyers should be to simplify the law. Especially contracts. Contracts are usually designed in such a way that only other lawyers, such as judges, will understand them. Therefore, special legal and latin terms are used. Very rarely, agreements are drawn up for those who would need to understand the content, such as buyers, sellers and other employees affected by the contract. Over the next five years, the traditional perception of how contracts are best designed will undergo a revolutionary change. The contracts will be designed digitally in a comprehensible language use with images, illustrations, graphs and films. Lawyers need to adapt and must use their expertise to help non-lawyers understand the law.

After working two years with the global IT company’s different sales team, I was told that I ”finally understood the company’s business model”. It takes time for a lawyer to find the balance between being both the management’s gatekeeper and a support function to the sellers. Over time, I became a pragmatic and effective business attorney with the goal of promoting my clients’ business. The same applies to dispute management. Since it is only the lawyer who benefits from a dispute in court or arbitration, I have to work for a commercially viable solution. This also provides a long-term client relationship. Until today I have negotiated and designed many hundreds of contracts for more than 22 years, especially in the IT sector. During the same period I have solved many hundreds of disputes, mostly outside the courts. My main focus is always to solve and settle disputes. Many times I have also managed the parties to continue doing business with each other instead of fighting in court. In cases where a court procedure has been inevitable, I have usually won the more than 100 cases in public courts as well as the 20 arbitration proceedings, in which I have been the attorney. Like the old athlete I am, when in court only one thing applies; to win the case. This regardless if the case concerns the damages in the listed investment company Trustor, damages in connection with one of Sweden’s largest real estate companies´ bankruptcy, a global IT company or a Swedish industrial group.

In 2004, besides my law firm activities, I founded the company Avtal24 / Agreement24 with a subsidiary in Berlin. The company developed a contract automation tool for individuals. The goal was to offer banks a cheap and simple tool for managing bank customers’ private agreements.

My experience from being a lawyer for large global companies for many years and, in particular, a support function for sellers, was that these sellers should be able to handle contractual drafting and negotiation on their own to a much greater extent. With this knowledge and background, I founded the company Pactumize in 2017, a contract automation platform for large and medium-sized companies.

After working two years with the global IT company’s different sales team, I was told that I ”finally understood the company’s business model”. It takes time for a lawyer to find the balance between being both the management’s gatekeeper and a support function to the sellers. Over time, I became a pragmatic and effective business attorney with the goal of promoting my clients’ business. The same applies to dispute management. Since it is only the lawyer who benefits from a dispute in court or arbitration, I have to work for a commercially viable solution. This also provides a long-term client relationship. Until today I have negotiated and designed many hundreds of contracts for more than 22 years, especially in the IT sector. During the same period I have solved many hundreds of disputes, mostly outside the courts. My main focus is always to solve and settle disputes. Many times I have also managed the parties to continue doing business with each other instead of fighting in court. In cases where a court procedure has been inevitable, I have usually won the more than 100 cases in public courts as well as the 20 arbitration proceedings, in which I have been the attorney. Like the old athlete I am, when in court only one thing applies; to win the case. This regardless if the case concerns the damages in the listed investment company Trustor, damages in connection with one of Sweden’s largest real estate companies´ bankruptcy, a global IT company or a Swedish industrial group.

In 2004, besides my law firm activities, I founded the company Avtal24 / Agreement24 with a subsidiary in Berlin. The company developed a contract automation tool for individuals. The goal was to offer banks a cheap and simple tool for managing bank customers’ private agreements.

My experience from being a lawyer for large global companies for many years and, in particular, a support function for sellers, was that these sellers should be able to handle contractual drafting and negotiation on their own to a much greater extent. With this knowledge and background, I founded the company Pactumize in 2017, a contract automation platform for large and medium-sized companies.