7 articles found in Sweden

Practical Compliance Snapshot FARA covers private Swedish firms: The U.S. Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) is not limited to state-owned entities. It applies directly to private Swedish corporations (Aktiebolag) if...

Zero Inheritance Tax: Sweden abolished inheritance and gift taxes in 2005, meaning you owe no local tax on the value of your inherited assets. Forced Heirship: Direct descendants (children) have...

Decide on the CISG early: Determine whether the UN Convention on the International Sale of Goods or the domestic Swedish Sale of Goods Act (Köplagen) governs your transaction, as they...

EU Judgments Are Virtually Automatic: Commercial judgments from EU member states do not require a formal registration process (exequatur) and can be enforced directly through the Swedish Enforcement Authority. Non-EU...

Global Scope: Sweden's default marital property regime (bodelning) encompasses your global assets. Foreign real estate, overseas bank accounts, and international corporate shares are split 50/50 unless legally protected. Foreign Prenups...

Sweden International Trade Law and Tariff Dispute Guide Unified EU Framework: Swedish customs procedures are governed by the EU Union Customs Code (UCC), but administered locally by the Swedish Customs...

The Swedish Competition Authority (Konkurrensverket) exercises broad dawn raid powers, including mirror-imaging servers, accessing cloud databases hosted abroad, and copying mobile devices. Communications with in-house counsel, including foreign group legal...