The British-Swedish Chamber of Commerce, in cooperation with AmCham Sweden and Cirio Advokatbyrå, hosted this virtual seminar about Foreign Direct Investments (FDI), from a Swedish and International Perspective on 14 June 2021. At this seminar, we talked about the FDI Rules in the Nordics, the UK, and the U.S., the policymakers' approach to FDI, the consequences of national FDI Rules which differ in substance in most countries, the political agenda, ...
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Making Sense of Global Trade With Anna Sellinger, of the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise, and Sebastian Remøy, of Kreab Introduction Anna Stellinger has two decades of experience in International Affairs, global trade and EU Affairs which include heading up two government agencies. Furthermore, Stellinger has served three years as the Vice Chairman of Lund University and now works as the Deputy Director General, of International and EU Affairs, at the Confederation of Swedish ...
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The pandemic deeply disrupted economies around the world, prompting a massive policy response from governments and central banks. The COVID-19 vaccine provides hope for a return to normalcy, but there may be some difficult months ahead. How long will it be before normal patterns of commerce are restored, and what lasting impact will the pandemic have? The answers to these questions were discussed, at this webinar with Carl Tannenbaum, the ...
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The British-Swedish Chamber of Commerce is delighted to welcome you to this Webinar and Q&A on 25 May at 08.00 CEST. Today, as businesses strive to stay abreast of an unprecedented rate of change, they’re faced with significant challenges. Identifying opportunities and threats presented by market disruption is, of course, critical - but it is only part of the story. It is the capacity to respond and adapt that will ultimately ...
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Kevin Brown was appointed as managing director of BT Security in November 2018, with responsibility for all elements of their global security activity. He reports to BT’s CEO. In his role, he makes sure that BT Security have the right policies and systems in place to keep the company’s assets – whether physical, logical or information – secure from attacks. On 10 May 2021, Mr. Kevin Brown discussed Cyber Security with ...
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Global Economic Outlook With Christian Keller, Head of Economics Research at Barclays Bank Introduction There will be a global recovery, stimulated by the U.S.A., with expansion of around 6.4% y/y this year. Importantly, this represents a faster economic rebound than that seen following the 2008-09 recession. The unprecedented US fiscal stimulus and continued Chinese growth are supporting the lagging European and EM economies. Inflation should rise in the coming months due to higher oil prices, ...
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3 months with the Brexit Agreement: Insights to a new economic relationship With Erik Lagerlöf, of Vinge Advokatbyrå, and Henrik von Sydow, of Carnegie Investment Bank Introduction Erik Lagerlöf is a lawyer at Vinge Advokatbyrå with expertise in EU Competition and Regulatory law, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and Brexit. Erik is also an Adjunct Professor at the Stockholm School of Economics and has previous experience as visiting scholar at Harvard Law School and ...
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The British-Swedish Chamber of Commerce hosted this Virtual Roundtable Discussion on 25 March at 15.00 CET. At this roundtable event, Mr. Mattias Hedwall, Partner, International Commercial & Trade at Baker McKenzie, lead a discussion on the current state of international trade and presented key macro-trends affecting international firms. Mattias Hedwall heads Baker McKenzie’s Global International Commercial & Trade Group and supervises the International Commercial & Trade Group in Stockholm. He joined ...
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The British-Swedish Chamber of Commerce is delighted to welcome you to this Webinar and Q&A on 19 March at 12.30 CET, with James Marriott and Ana-Maria Barbu of Bonde Barzey Advokatbyrå AB. This webinar will provide an overview of the main issues that companies should take into consideration in the field of data protection and intellectual property law in light of Brexit and the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement. The discussion ...
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The New UK-EU Relationship: What has changed? With Ros Kellaway, a Partner at Eversheds Sutherland Introduction Ros Kellaway is a Partner at Eversheds Sutherland and is the Global Co-Chair of Competition, EU and Trade at the company. Overview of the Trade Deal It was an ambitious, last minute, trade deal: Fisheries: the UK compromised to achieve return of 25% of EU boats’ fishing rights in UK waters Governance: EU win on single framework: UK win on no ...
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