Ola Nilsson concentrates on Swedish and international commercial arbitrations, including M&A and banking and finance disputes.

Ola acts as counsel in commercial litigation, including banking and finance disputes.

Ola also sits as arbitrator.

Prior to joining White & Case, Ola was an associate with another major Swedish law firm (including a one-year secondment in Paris, France), a junior judge at the Court of Appeals and a court clerk at Malmö City Court.

His recent experience includes, inter alia:

• Acting as counsel for one of the largest global companies in the telecommunications sector in an international ICC arbitration in Stockholm regarding claims under a supply agreement. The dispute was conducted in English.
• Acting as counsel for a major insurance company in the Nordic Region in a SCC multi-party arbitration in Stockholm regarding claims under a shareholders’ agreement.
• Acting as counsel for a leading European bank in a SCC arbitration in Stockholm regarding claims for damages for providing alleged negligent investment advice to an institutional investor.
• Acting as counsel for a Global pharmaceutical company in a SCC arbitration in Stockholm regarding claims under a distribution agreement. The dispute was conducted in English.
• Acting as counsel for private equity investors in a SCC arbitration in Stockholm regarding warranty claims under a share purchase agreement.
• Acting as counsel for one of the largest banks in the Nordic Region in litigation regarding claims for breach of contract of a credit overdraft facility.
• Serving as sole arbitrator in a SCC arbitration regarding claims under an asset purchase agreement.
• Acting as counsel for European power supply distributors in an international ad hoc multi-party arbitration in Stockholm regarding claims for defects under construction contracts.
• Acting as counsel for a Global railroad car manufacturer in an international ad hoc arbitration in Stockholm regarding claims for defects under a purchase agreement.
• Acting as counsel for a European satellite communications company in a SCC arbitration regarding claims under outsourcing contracts.
• Acting as counsel for a Swedish shipping company in an international dispute regarding claims under a time charter party.

Bars and Courts
Swedish Bar, 2002
International Bar Association

Education
LLM, Master of Laws (EC Law incl. EC Competition Law), Amsterdam School of International Relations (ASIR), University of Amsterdam, with distinction, 1997
LLM, Juris kandidat, Lund University, Sweden, 1994
Studies in Business Administration and Economics, School of Economics, Lund, Sweden, 1994

Professional Associations and Memberships
Swedish Arbitration Association (SAA)
Young Arbitrators Stockholm (YAS)
Association des Jeunes Avocats (AIJA)

Publications
"Arbitration in Sweden," 2011, Jure Law Books (co-author with the attorneys Fredrik Andersson, Therese Isaksson and Marcus Johansson)
"International Arbitration – Streamlining, while competition heats up," PLC Magazine, April 2011 (co-author)
"Recent Swedish Ruling on Arbitrability," Kluwer Arbitration Blog, 2011
"Waving the Right to Arbitrate by Initiating Court Proceedings," Stockholm International Arbitration Review, 2009:2 (co-author)

Languages
Swedish
English
French

Citizenship
Sweden