Legal Notice

Odebjer Fohlin Associates is an association of the two separate legal entities and law firms Advokatfirman Odebjer Fohlin (Hong Kong) and Advokatfirman Fohlin AB (Sweden). The use of the business name Odebjer Fohlin Associates is for description purposes only. Odebjer Fohlin Associates is not a legal entity and does not provide services to clients, whether directly or indirectly. Services are provided independently by Advokatfirman Odebjer Fohlin and/or Advokatfirman Fohlin AB, neither of which is responsible or liable for the acts or omissions of the other.

References to “Odebjer Fohlin Associates”, “our law firm”, or the like, on this website or otherwise are to be understood as references to Advokatfirman Odebjer Fohlin and/or Advokatfirman Fohlin AB. Further, references on this website or otherwise to any lawyer as a “partner” are used to indicate the standing and qualifications of the lawyer in question. Such references do not mean or imply that Advokatfirman Odebjer Fohlin and Advokatfirman Fohlin AB or their lawyers are in any legal partnership, nor that they accept responsibility for the acts or omissions of another.

Advokatfirman Odebjer Fohlin and Advokatfirman Fohlin AB are both bound by client confidentiality. However, due to the close cooperation between the two law firms, they are obliged to share information with each other for conflict control purposes.

The office of Advokatfirman Odebjer Fohlin is located in Hong Kong, and the office of Advokatfirman Fohlin AB is located in Stockholm, Sweden. The lawyers of Odebjer Fohlin Associates – Kristian Odebjer and Paulo Fohlin – are both admitted as members of and regulated by the Swedish Bar Association (Swed. Sveriges Advokatsamfund) and therefore both carry the title “Advokat”. Under Swedish law only members of the Swedish Bar Association may use said title.  Kristian Odebjer is also registered as a foreign lawyer with the Law Society of Hong Kong and regulated by said Law Society as a foreign lawyer.

Advokatfirman Fohlin AB is registered for VAT purposes, when applicable, with VAT registration number SE559210553901.

Our Association with Boase Cohen & Collins has been entered into pursuant to an agreement between Advokatfirman Odebjer Fohlin and Boase Cohen & Collins. The main purpose of this Association is to make it easier for our clients to access Hong Kong law advice. The Association with Boase Cohen & Collins has been approved by the Law Society of Hong Kong and the Swedish Bar Association.