White & Case LLP - Lawyers - Bengt Åke Johnsson

Practice Experience

Bengt Åke Johnsson specializes in arbitration; finance, including ship, aircraft and asset finance; shipping; transportation; insurance and reinsurance; and corporate law. He has represented parties in numerous international and domestic arbitrations under the rules of the SCC, ICC and UNCITRAL, as well as ad hoc. These arbitrations have involved Swedish, Finnish, Swiss, Polish, Lithuanian, Russian, Croatian, Italian, German, English, American, South Korean, Mongolian, Danish, Austrian, Liberian and Panamanian entities. Mr. Johnsson also has significant experience acting as an arbitrator.

Mr. Johnsson also has a strong non-contentious practice. He has more than 20 years of experience in shipping and asset finance transactions, and corporate work arising as a result. He has represented both Swedish and international banks and borrowers, and has extensive experience in ship construction and insurance and reinsurance matters. In addition, in his corporate practice, Mr. Johnsson advises numerous Swedish companies with international operations. He has also advised companies in the oil industry on a wide variety of matters.

Mr. Johnsson’s recent experience includes:

Representing a Russian company in an SCC arbitration in Stockholm against a Swiss company over alleged claims arising out of the operations of an aluminum producer worth US$380 million;
Representing a Russian company in an SCC arbitration in Stockholm against a Western European company over claims arising out of the operations of an aluminum producer worth US$360 million;
Representing a European insurance company in an ad hoc arbitration in Stockholm relating to liability issues arising out of the World Trade Centre attacks worth US$150 million;
Representing a Swedish biotech company in an SCC arbitration in Stockholm against an English company over a dispute arising out of the sale and purchase of a vaccine worth US$20 million;
Representing a sovereign state in litigation in the Swedish courts over a dispute relating to the annulment of an arbitral award worth US$16 million;
Representing a Russian company in an SCC arbitration in Stockholm arising out of the termination of a sale and purchase contract for deliveries of raw materials worth US$9 million;
Representing a Nordic insurance company in significant reinsurance arbitrations; and
Acting as arbitrator under the ICC Rules in a significant arbitration between the central bank of an Eastern European country and a U.S. company.

Prior to joining White & Case in May 2001, Mr. Johnsson was a founding partner of Johnsson & Johnsson Advokatbyrå in Stockholm.

Bars and Courts
The Swedish Bar Association

Education
LLM, University of Lund, 1972
Studies in Maritime Law and Marine Insurance, Scandinavian Institute of Maritime Law, Oslo, 1971

Professional Associations and Memberships
Swedish Bar Association
American Bar Association
London Court of International Arbitration
Interpacific Bar Association
Union Internationale des Avocats
Swedish Arbitration Association
Swiss Arbitration Association
London Maritime Arbitrators Association
Institut pour l’arbitrage international

Awards and Recognition
Euromoney's Guide to the World's Leading Aviation Lawyers (2004 edition)
Euromoney's Guide to the World's Leading Shipping and Maritime Lawyers (2004 edition)
Euromoney's Guide to the World's Leading Insurance and Reinsurance Lawyers (2004 edition)
Highly recommended for litigation and arbitration in Global Counsel 3000 (2003 edition)
Euromoney's Guide to the World's Leading Experts in Commercial Arbitration (2000 edition)

Publications
Co-Author, Aircraft Finance, Registration, Security & Enforcement, 2000, Graham McBain, Sweet & Maxwell (looseleaf)
Aircraft Liens & Detention Rights, 2000, Graham McBain, Sweet & Maxwell (looseleaf)
Co-Author, Transfer of Ownership in International Trade, 2000, Kluwer Law International and the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), (ICC Publication No. 546)

Languages
English
French
Swedish

Citizenship
Sweden