“The team is ”very proactive, presents solutions, and will always make a recommendation”
Within our practice area Compliance & Regulatory, we assist companies and organizations with advice and help interpreting various regulatory legislations. This includes, inter alia, license requirements or other regulatory approvals to be able to conduct certain activities, compliance with rules required to put a product on the market, CE marking and other marking requirements, appeals of decisions, etc. Failure to comply with these rules can have far-reaching consequences and often lead to sanctions in the form of high fines or even sales or business bans.
At Bokwall Rislund, we have extensive experience from various regulated industries and have helped clients involved in a variety of businesses with matters related to the food industry, product safety, energy labeling, medical technology, etc.
We offer, among other things, the following services:
Preventive measures are important to ensure regulatory compliance. We help clients with clear and business orientated legal and strategic advice. We assist with everything from the interpretation and application of regulatory requirements to the development of tailor-made checklists, routines, and trainings.
Many market and sector regulations require contacts with supervisory authorities, e.g., to apply for permits, to fulfill reporting requirements or to handle regulatory investigations and other enforcement initiatives. This includes efforts by the Swedish Food Agency, the Health and Care Inspectorate (IVO), the Post and Telecommunications Agency (PTS), the Food Agency, the Transport Agency, the Energy Agency, the Energy Markets Inspectorate, the Gambling Authority and the Chemicals Agency. We assist our clients in all kinds of contacts with the authorities to manage risks and ensure the best possible outcome.
It is not always possible to avoid negative decisions, and we regularly assist our clients in submitting requests for reconsideration or appealing the authority's decision. We have extensive litigation experience and have conducted processes at all instances of the Swedish and EU court systems (incl. the Supreme Swedish Administrative Court and the European Court of Justice). Our experience together with our regulatory expertise from various regulated industries, gives us particularly good conditions to pursue a successful appeal.
Corruption is a serious social problem as it contributes to poverty and inequality, it damages democratic institutions, it discourages investment, and it distorts competition. Consequently, the regulatory requirements are continuously toughened and always an enforcement priority for the relevant authorities. We assist our clients in interpreting what the anti-corruption legislation requires and in developing routines and trainings to ensure that the company does not violate the rules and recommendations.
We carry out internal company investigation assignments for shareholders, boards or company management who suspect that there are irregularities in a company. Such investigations are tailor-made and led by an experienced investigation manager assisted by a small team with legal expertise in the relevant area of law. In addition, we have experience of also using and coordinating external advisors with expertise in financial analysis, IT forensics or other necessary specialist or industry knowledge.
Bokwall Rislund Advokatbyrå is a highly specialised law firm that focuses solely on competition law, public procurement law and adjacent areas of law characterized by prohibitions and sanctions where the stakes for the company, owners and management are significant.
Visiting Address:
Skeppsbron 32
111 30, Stockholm
Phone:
+46 (0)8 525 254 00