Profile
Michael Lettius has extensive experience in court proceedings as well as national and international arbitral proceedings. He has represented and represents Swedish as well as foreign companies in the Swedish Chamber of Commerce and ad hoc arbitral proceedings, as well as in Swedish Courts, and he also serves as arbitrator. In addition, he has litigated in several cases in the Supreme Court for Marketing and Competition cases ("Marknadsdomstolen") and assisted parties in court or before arbitral tribunals in disputes relating to e.g. construction materials, pharmaceuticals and medical equipment, as well as supplies to the automotive industry. In addition, he often participates in various mergers and acquisitions, competition law projects (including concentration notifications to competition authorities) as well as with commercial agreements. He has an extensive international network and regularly works with foreign law firms.
Career
Partner, Glimstedt, 2000-
Senior Associate, Glimstedt, 2000
Associate, Glimstedt, 1997-2000
Law Clerk, 1994-1996
Education
Training Programme for arbitrators (SAA/SCC) 2016/2017
B A in Business Administration and Economics (Lund University, 1996)
LL.M. (Lund University, 1994)
Ranking
Referred to and named in Legal 500 (EMEA) 2009, 2010 (EU & Competition) and 2011 (EU & Competition och Corporate & Commercial).
Legal 500 rankes Michael Lettius as a Leading Individual within Dispute Resolution.
Publications
Production of a number of statements (mainly as author or co-author) on the behalf of the Swedish Bar Association etc. over referrals on new legislation since 2007.
Co-author of the articles ”Case legitimation in Competition cases” (PointLex Lex Legala Affärer September 2007), author to the article ”EU Competition Law” (Corporate International Magazine April 2008), author to ”Merger Control in Sweden” (Global Business Magazine October 2010) and ”Competition law in Sweden at a glance and recent developments” (Global Business Magazine januari 2011).
Area of practice
- General Business Law
- EU and Competition
- Dispute Resolution
- Construction and Infrastructure
- Corporate Commercial
- Mergers and Acquisitions
Languages
- English
- Swedish
Memberships
Swedish Bar Association, 2000
Swedish Bar Association, 2003
International Bar Association
Swedish Arbitration Association
International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA)
Arbitration Association South of Sweden