Seminarium: Brexit vs. Bremain

Brexit vs. Bremain – the business perspective

As everybody knows by now, there will be a referendum in the United Kingdom on 23 June about the UK’s continued membership of the European Union. The polls currently show only a narrow margin between those who want to remain in the EU (Bremain) and those who want to leave (Brexit), so the outcome is difficult to predict. The UK potentially leaving the EU will have far-reaching effects for businesses in the UK, in Sweden and in the rest of Europe.There are already several seminars and breakfasts being arranged here in Stockholm about a potential Brexit. Our ambition is to arrange a seminar at which the case for both sides is fairly presented by relevant speakers and at which there is a discussion of the pros and cons of a Brexit from a business perspective, rather than a political perspective.

Program (updated continuously)

13.30 Registration and Coffee14.00 Welcoming speechFredrik Cappelen, Chairman, ICC SwedenAndré Andersson, Global Relationship Partner, Mannheimer SwartlingThe business case for brexitJohn Longworth, Chairman of the Vote Leave Business Council and former Director-General of the British Chambers of CommerceThe legal process for a brexit and its implicationsAndreas Johansson, Senior Associate EU & Competition, Brussels Office, Mannheimer SwartlingTommy Pettersson, Partner EU & Competition, Mannheimer SwartlingThomas Pettersson, Partner Banking & Finance, Mannheimer SwartlingPanel discussion and questions from the audienceThe pros and cons of a Brexit from a business perspective– for the UK, for Sweden and for the rest of EuropeJohn Longworth, Chairman of the Vote Leave Business CouncilAnne Gynnerstedt, General Counsel of Vattenfall ABJan-Olof Jacke, CEO of AstraZeneca ABStephen Powell Partner at Slaughter and MayPehr Wissén, General Director of the Institute for Financial Research at The Stockholm School of EconomicsClosing remarksErik Belfrage, Chairman Consilio International, former Swedish diplomat and Member of the ICC World Council16.00 Networking Drinks