Eric M. Runesson

Eric M. Runesson Sweden

Sole Arbitrator Member of the arbitral tribunal Mediator
Sweden Swedish (Sweden) Resident in Sweden English — Fluent German — Intermediate French — Intermediate

Surname
Runesson
First name
Eric M.
Current professional position
Private practitioner
Organisation / firm
Accursius Advokatbyrå AB
Country of residence
Sweden
Nationality
Swedish (Sweden)
Languages spoken & proficiency
EnglishFluent GermanIntermediate FrenchIntermediate

Arbitrator roles
Sole Arbitrator Member of the arbitral tribunal
Mediator roles
Mediator
Professional biography
Advokat Eric M. Runesson, LL.D, FCIArb, is a member of the Swedish Bar Association. He served as a justice of the Swedish Supreme Court 2018-2026 and was before that active as a partner of Sandart & Partners - a law firm specialising in patent law and other fields of intellectual property (1989-2018). During this time he was active in the intersection of arbitration and mediation and intellectual property. He has been an arbitrator in a variety of field in well over 100 international and domestic disputes and has been mediator in approximately 40 commecial disputes. In parallell to his clinical practice he has been active as a teacher and resercher. Following his doctoral thesis in contract law (1996) he holds, since 2000, the title associate professor at the Stockholm School of Economics. He has acted as assoiciate professor at the Stockholm University (2016-2018) and before that at the Univerity of Lund (2003-2009); he has also been awarded an honorary doctorate in Lund (2021). He is CEDR Accredited Mediator, PMAC Neutral and appointed by the Swedish government as one of the mediators for ICSID. He is a known teacher and lecturer in areas such as arbitration, mediation, negotiation, licensing and general contract law and is the writer of several books and aticles. Besides his legal practice he is since 2018 one of the 18 members of the Swedish Academy which among other scholarships and prices decides the award of the Nobel Price for great achivements in literature.

Arbitrations conducted
100-200
25 years in this role
Mediations conducted
10-50
25 years in this role
Role in arbitrations
Member of tribunal Presiding arbitrator Sole arbitrator

Legal / dispute expertise
Business & Corporate Law Commercial contracts Copyrights & related rights Dispute resolution / arbitration practice European patents Licensing & technology transfer National patents SEPs / FRAND Trade secrets & know-how

Bar admission(s)
Sweden
Governing law experience
Mixed
Seat of arbitration experience
Sweden, USA
Mediation style
Facilitative
Brief description

Eric M. Runesson usually suggests facilitative mediation, but insofar both parties so prefer at the outset or during the mediation proceeding he also acts in the evaluative fashion.

Education (degrees)
LL.M (Harv.), LL.D (HHS), Dr,h.c (Lund)
Memberships / accreditations
CEDR
Institutional panels & memberships
CIArb – Chartered Institute of Arbitrators ICC – International Chamber of Commerce SCC – Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce
Publications and/or speaking engagements

Contract Law in Sweden (co-author with prof. Boel Flodgren) (2015) [Patent- and Trade Secret Licensing as a Matter of Contract Law] (2014) [Handbook for Mediation in Commercial Disputes] (2010) [Transaction and Dispute Resolution Negotiation] (2003) [Reconstruction of Incomplete Contracts (dissertation)] (1996) Articles (selected) Jura novit curia and due process with particular regard to arbitration in Sweden, JT 2017-18 p. 281-309; An Overview of Nordic Contract Law (co-author with prof. Mads Bryde Andersen), p. 15-41 and Construction of Contracts in Nordic Law and the Role of Prudence, p. 217-227 in Håstad, T. [ed.] The Nordic Contracts Act. Essays in celebration of its one hundredth anniversary, DJOF Publishing 2015; The Arbitration Agreement under Swedish Law pp 3-43 in Heuman L. and Jarvin, S. [ed.], The Swedish Arbitration Act of, 1999: Five Years On: A Critical Review of Strengths and Weaknesses, Juris Net (2006) Dealing with Corporate Governance Disputes: Is Alternative Dispute Resolution and more specifically Mediation an Option?, Word Bank Research Paper (2006) [Interpretation, Reconstruction and Adjustment and the Need for Flexibility in Long-Term Contractual Relations – in the light of RH 14:1980], pp. 453-459 in Flodgren, B & al. [ed], Avtalslagen 90 år. Aktuell rättspraxis, Norstedts 2005 [The License Agreement, the Arbitration Agreement, and the Law of Intellectual Property Rights], JT 2002-03, p. 673 et seq.