Leif Ljungholm

Leif has held many commissions of trust in the Swedish Bar Association including member of the Board 1988-1994 and President of the Bar 1996-1999. He was a board member of the Raoul Wallenberg Institute for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law (RWI) 2000-2012. He has been a member of the IBA Council, 1997-2000 as well as a member of the Press Council PON) 2011-2017. He has been a member of the Disciplinary Board 2010-2022 (deputy chairman since 2017). He is a member of the Board of the Emil Heijnes Foundation for Legal Research since 2003 and in 2016 he was appointed by the government as a member of the advisory council of the Swedish Economic Crime Authority and 2022 he was appointed as bordmember of the Swedish Institute for Human Rights.

Leif Ljungholm was awarded the Swedish Bar Association´s price of 2022 for outstanding achievements within the legal profession. In January 2023 he was awarded H.M. The King´s Medal in the 8th size with the ribbon of the Order of the Seraphim for outstanding achievements for the Swedish legal society.

Areas of expertise

Company law, Insolvency law, Dispute resolution

Education

LL.M. Lund University 1972

Career

Partner, Ljungholm Boström, 2018-
Partner, Glimstedt, 2008-2017
Partner, Wistrand, 2000-2008
Partner, Lindahl, 1990-1999
Partner, Lundius, Laurin och Ljungholm, 1974-1990
Law clerk, Malmö District Court, 1972-1974

Membership and commissions of trust

The Swedish Bar Association, 1977
International Bar Association
Arbitration Association of Southern Sweden
The Oresund Association of Lawyers

Ranking

Insolvency
Guide to the World’s Leading Lawyers since 1993

White-collar crime
Expert Guides, Legal Media Group: White Collar Crime since 2014

Languages

Swedish, English, Danish

Publications

Bankruptcy Administration, Swedish Association of Lawyers 125 years, publisher Libris 2012