Claes Cronstedt

Claes Cronstedt is an international corporate lawyer with 36 years of practice.

Biography

Claes Cronstedt is a former International Partner of Baker & McKenzie Law Firm (link) where he advised and was the chairman of the board of several clients, including among others: Teradyne Scandinavia Inc., TNT Sverige AB, Compaq Computer AB, Granada Computer Services AB, Adobe Systems Nordic AB, Lear Corporation Sweden AB and Novell Svenska AB. He was the head of the Corporate Practice Group in the Stockholm office and the leader of M&A transactions. He served as arbitrator as well as counsel in international arbitrations and was the founder and head of the Corporate Social Responsibility Practice Group in Stockholm.

Claes Cronstedt is a member of the working-group of experts of the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE) (link) which is currently drafting guidelines for EU's 700.000 lawyers on how to advise in Corporate Social Responsibility. He is also the co-founder and member of the Advisory Board of the Swedish Amnesty International Business Group (link) and a member of the Geneva International Committee of Human Rights Watch (link). From 2001 until 2004 he was a member of the Swedish Committee of the ICC Commission on Business in Society (link), engaged in drafting a Guidebook on Responsible Business Conduct. He was a trustee 1999–2006 of International Alert, London (link). As from 2006 he is a member of the International Commission of Jurists´ (link) Expert Legal Panel on Corporate Complicity in International Crimes ^[1]

Claes Cronstedt is the founder and the Chairman of Raoul Wallenberg Academy for Young Leaders (link) and the co-founder and Chairman of Get the Point Initiative (link), creating a community platform for young leaders against violence. He was a member of the board of the Stockholm Bar Association (link) 1993-1998, member of the board of the Swedish Federation of Service Industries (link) 1992-1998 and Chairman of the Swedish Marine Industries Federation, SWEBOAT (link) 1986-1995. During 1992-1998 Claes Cronstedt was the Vice Commodore and Honorary Secretary of the Royal Swedish Yacht Club (link).

"There is an increasing call to hold companies legally accountable for violations of international crimes. This, together with the increase in the number of crimes under international law, has created uncertainty as regards the conditions under which companies can be held legally accountable. The academics can guide businesses, investors, governments, the UN and NGO’s to understand when businesses have, and have not, crossed the border and become violators or participants of international crimes. The Globe Award (link) for researchers is a significant pillar in this regard and will help us to create a more responsible world”.^[2]

Notes

1. ^ International Commission of Jurists (http://www.icj.org/IMG/pdf/Expert_Legal_Panel_Members.pdf)
2. ^ Claes Cronstedt, International Corporate Lawyer, Globe Forum Business Network, Globe Award, Stockholm

[1]International Commission of Jurists (http://www.icj.org/IMG/pdf/Expert_Legal_Panel_Members.pdf)

[2]Claes Cronstedt, International Corporate Lawyer, Globe Forum Business Network, Globe Award, Stockholm

External links

• Claes Cronstedt homepage

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