Stefan Wendén
Partner
Together with two other Linklaters partners, Stefan Moll started Wendén in 2003 by acquiring Linklaters’ Malmö office. Until 2025, he has been the firm’s Managing Partner.
Stefan has more than 30 years of experience in providing legal advice to Swedish and international companies in a wide range of legal areas and activities, primarily company and contract law, real estate law, business transfers, intellectual property and market law as well as dispute resolution. Transactions of great importance have been completed Stefan’s management in various industries, such as the real estate, IT, food, biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries.
Stefan has managed two of the firm’s specialist teams for 20 years – the dispute resolution team and the property team. His focus is currently mainly on real estate transactions and other real estate related issues as well as complex court and arbitration proceedings for both international and Swedish clients. Stefan has many years of experience in arbitration procedures within the framework of various regulations, including SCC, ICC and ad hoc proceedings with the application of both Swedish and foreign law. He frequently serve as an arbitrator in Swedish and international proceedings and has been a member of the Swedish Trotting Sports Supreme Court since 2010, of which he is chairman from 2023.
Industry experience
- Real estate & contracting
- Food & pet food
- Consumer products
- Life Sciences
- Medicines
- Forestry
- Technology and engineering
Experience
- Partner and founder Moll Wendén Law Firm, 2003 -
- Managing Partner Moll Wendén Law Firm, 2003 - 2024
- Partner Linklaters Law Firm, Head of the Swedish IP team, 2001 - 2003
- Partner Lagerlöf & Leman Law Firm, 1995 - 2001
- Associate Lagerlöf & Leman Law Firm, 1990 - 1995
- Associate Law Firm Lagerlöf, 1987 - 1990
- Law Clerk District Court of Eslöv, 1985 - 1987
Education
- LL.M. Lund University, 1984
Engagement
- Member The Swedish Bar Association, 1990
- Board member Swedish John Deere AB
- Chairperson The Swedish Trotting Sports Supreme Court
- International Bar Association (IBA)
- International Trademark Association (INTA)
- Competition and Market Law Association The Swedish Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (SFIR)
- Intellectual Property Association Forum (FIF)
- Association of Southern Sweden Swedish Anti-Counterfeiting Group (SACG)
- Responsible for Moll Wendén's co-operation with Medeon
Languages
- English
- Swedish
