Robert Molden

Areas of practice

EU and competition issues, Advertising and marketing practices, Public sector, Disputes and litigation, Intellectual property rights, German Desk, Procurement

Expertise

• Intellectual Property Law
• Competition Law
• Marketing Practices Law
• Public Sector and Procurement
• Procedural Law
• Arbitration

Education

• Licentiate Degree in Competition and Public Procurement Law, Stockholm School of Economics, 2016
• LL.M. in EU Competition Law and EU State Aid Law, College of Europe, Bruges, 1998.
• LL.M. in German Law, University of Kiel, 1997.
• LL.M. in Swedish law, Stockholm University, 1996.
• Master’s Degrees in Business Administration and Economics at the schools for economics in Gothenburg and Stockholm and the University of Paris, 1996.
• Clerkship, Stockholm District Court, 1996-1997.

Experience

• Advokat and Partner, Front Advokater, 2011-
• Senior Case Officer, Swedish Competition Authority, 2006-2011
• Associated judge in public procurement law, Gothenburg Administrative Court of Appeal, 2008-2009
• Doctoral Candidate in Competition and Public Procurement Law, Lund University and Stockholm School of Economics, 2007-
• Guest lecturer in competition and public procurement law, University of Rome Tor Vergata and University of Belgrade, 2015-
• Guest lecturer in EU State Aid Law, University of Stockholm, 2009-
• Freelance translator from German and French, Court of Justice of the European Union in Luxemburg, 2006-2008
• Associate, Baker & McKenzie, Stockholm, 2002-2003
• Associate, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom, Brussels, 2000-2001
• Associate, Van Bael & Bellis International Law Firm, Brussels,
• Trainee, European Commission – Merger Task Force, Brussels

Languages

English, German, French, Polish.

Miscellaneous

• Co-author of the leading Swedish book on the law applicable to municipally owned companies, “Juridik i kommunala bolag” 2nd edition published by Norstedts Juridik in 2018
• President of the Swedish Public Procurement Law Association
• President of the Gothenburg Lawyers’ Association founded in 1888
• Member and national rapporteur of the International League of Competition Law (LIDC),
• Board member of the Swedish Competition and Market Law Association (Konkurrens- och marknadsrättsliga föreningen)
• Member of the Swedish Bar Association since 2013.