Johan Axel-Nilsson Email & Phone Number

Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden

Gothenburg, Sweden

Gothenburg, Sweden

Providing legal advice and guidance in IP-related matters including technology development, licensing, co-operation, M&A projects, group restructuring, evaluation, purchasing and other forms of transactions. Drafting, negotiating and reviewing all forms of IP- and technology-related agreements. Working with software business and technology teams to further strengthen Volvo’s legal position in relation to software and software-based services, limiting legal risks as well as assessing and acting on international software enforcement matters. Collaborating with the Volvo Group IP Strategy and Portfolio and Patent teams on a daily basis. Managing inbound and outbound patent enforcement and infringement matters in collaboration with Volvo’s Patent Enforcement Attorney and external legal counsels. Setting up global working groups with involved stakeholders and managing such enforcement/ infringement cases on a project basis. Participating in the development and implementation of relevant Volvo group policies, directives, templates, plans and guidelines and performing F2F/online trainings of Volvo group employees (including open source licensing).

Stockholm, Uppsala And Göteborg, Sweden

Primarily provided legal support to the DICE, Ghost and Uprise software development studios. Key tasks included advising on and negotiating agreements relating to development, licensing, services, consulting, hosting partners, outsourcing, marketing, publishing, distribution, co-promotion and other miscellaneous IP- and technology-related agreements. The role required establishing and maintaining strong relationships with all involved stakeholders - from top executives to development engineers - within the EA group in Sweden and abroad. Other tasks included supporting executive teams, developing, implementing and promoting compliance policies, advising on general legal issues related to EA’s business in the Nordic territories (such as E-Commerce/Privacy/Consumer Protection), supporting the “shared services’ functions” in Sweden (Finance/HR/Recruitment/Comp&Ben/Marketing/PR/ IT/Facilities), handling general corporate matters and managing and providing support in relation to disputes, M&A projects, external and internal audits, inquiries, data security/hacking/mods issues etc. in collaboration with external legal counsels and related functions within the EA global legal team.

Göteborg And Stockholm, Sweden

General legal work including but not limited to reviewing, drafting and negotiation of various types of IP- and technology-related agreements and assisting clients in various other IP- and technology-related matters (M&A projects, disputes including infringements etc.). Clients ranging from multinationals to start-ups in a variety of industry sectors.

London, United Kingdom

Drafted and analyzed opinions, memorandums, contracts, letters and notices. Assisted in IP litigations, mainly through preparing and reviewing disclosure material related to a specific international patent litigation, and evaluated and developed general and specific IP strategies for the firm’s clients.

Göteborg, Sweden

Provided business and legal support to, amongst others, the projects and start-ups at Gothenburg International Bioscience Business School (GIBBS) and Chalmers School of Entrepreneurship (CSE). Involved in the different educational programs provided by CIP, both as course owner and as a content provider. Main areas of responsibility were general IP law and strategy and general business law in the context of technology development and innovation systems and processes. I also lectured on the topic of IP access and awareness to researchers and IP professionals at various conferences and seminars in Sweden, Denmark, Estonia and Poland.