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THORSSON, LEIF was born on July 3, 1945 in Malmo, Sweden.
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LEIF THORSSON
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LEIF THORSSON, Swedish Lawyer, Partner of CARL SWARTLING ADVOKATBYRA, specializing in the field of General Swedish and International Business Law Practice. Antitrust, Marketing and Unfair Competition, Banking, Computer Law, Construction and Engineering Contracts and Disputes, Corporate Financing, Corporate Taxation, Environmental, Energy and Natural Resources Law, Industrial Property, Copyright and Trademarks, Labor Law, Reorganizations, Space Law, Litigation and Arbitration.
Education
University of Stockholm (juris kandidat, Bachelor of Laws, 1974). Associated with Advokatfirman Lagerlof, Stockholm, 1974-1978.
Career
Education: law degree (Jurisprudence kand). Leif Thorsson is also the recipient of an honorary doctorate degree in law from Stockholm University. In 2005, Thorsson admitted that he had violated the Sex Purchase Acting.
He was on leave from the Supreme Court for a period but was protected by Göran Lambertz, the then Chancellor of Justice, who in May the same year decided against asking the Supreme Court for the removal of Thorsson.
Achievements
Membership
He was, in addition to his position at the Supreme Court, also the president of the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce (Stockholms Handelskammares Skiljedomsinstitut), which he has been a member of since 1989, and vice chairman of the Stock Market Panel ("Aktiemarknadsnämnden"). Thorsson is also a member of the board in several non-profit foundations.
