Theory and Practice – Combining Private Law Practice with an Academic Career

Abstract

Background 

In 1994, in parallel with my full-time work as an associate at the Stockholm office of global law firm Baker McKenzie, I enrolled as a doctoral student at Stockholm University with a view to writing a licentiate thesis on deputies (alternates) in limited companies under the Swedish Companies Act. The subject had caught my eye within the framework of my work at the firm and I had first met my excellent supervisor, Svante Johansson, when he as a doctoral student visited a law firm in New York, where I was a summer associate. So, even at that early stage, my academic work was closely intertwined with my professional career.