Claes Cronstedt
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Claes Cronstedt is an international corporate lawyer
with 36 years of practice.
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
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”.
Corporate lawyer
A corporate lawyer is a lawyer who specializes in corporations law.As of 2004, there were 67,000 corporate lawyers in the United States, working on average for 50 hours per week, with a mean starting salary of USD64,000, rising to USD93,700 after 5 years and USD139,000 after 10–15 years.The...
with 36 years of practice.
Biography
Claes Cronstedt is a former International Partner of Baker & McKenzieBaker & McKenzie
Baker & McKenzie is an international law firm, founded in Chicago in 1949 by Russell Baker and John McKenzie. It is home to more than 3,800 lawyers spread over 70 offices in 42 different countries....
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
Compaq
Compaq Computer Corporation is a personal computer company founded in 1982. Once the largest supplier of personal computing systems in the world, Compaq existed as an independent corporation until 2002, when it was acquired for US$25 billion by Hewlett-Packard....
Computer AB, Granada Computer Services AB, Adobe Systems
Adobe Systems
Adobe Systems Incorporated is an American computer software company founded in 1982 and headquartered in San Jose, California, United States...
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
Corporate social responsibility
Corporate social responsibility is a form of corporate self-regulation integrated into a business model...
. He is also the co-founder and member of the Advisory Board of the Swedish Amnesty International
Amnesty International
Amnesty International is an international non-governmental organisation whose stated mission is "to conduct research and generate action to prevent and end grave abuses of human rights, and to demand justice for those whose rights have been violated."Following a publication of Peter Benenson's...
Business Group (link) and a member of the Geneva International Committee of Human Rights
Human rights
Human rights are "commonly understood as inalienable fundamental rights to which a person is inherently entitled simply because she or he is a human being." Human rights are thus conceived as universal and egalitarian . These rights may exist as natural rights or as legal rights, in both national...
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
International Alert
International Alert is a London-based charity and international non-governmental organisation working to prevent and end violent conflict across the globe that marked its 20th anniversary in 2006...
, London (link). As from 2006 he is a member of the International Commission of Jurists
International Commission of Jurists
The International Commission of Jurists is an international human rights non-governmental organization. The Commission itself is a standing group of 60 eminent jurists , including members of the senior judiciary in Australia, Canada, and South Africa and the former UN High Commissioner for Human...
´ (link) Expert Legal Panel on Corporate Complicity in International Crimes
Claes Cronstedt is the founder and the Chairman of Raoul Wallenberg
Raoul Wallenberg
Raoul Wallenberg was a Swedish businessman, diplomat and humanitarian. He is widely celebrated for his successful efforts to rescue thousands of Jews in Nazi-occupied Hungary from the Holocaust, during the later stages of World War II...
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”.