-
Associated with Advokatfirman Vinge – 1982-2003, partner.
Practising corporate, transport and bankruptcy law
-
President of the Association of the Official Receivers in Stockholm (Konkursförvaltarkollegiet i Stockholm) –1995-1997,
board member – 1993-1997
-
President of the Association Internationale des Jeunes Avocats (AIJA), the International Association for Young Lawyers –1991-1992.
(National Vice President for Sweden to the same organisation – 1987-1991)
-
Deputy Chairman of the Swedish Bar Association –1996-1999
-
Chairman of the Swedish Bar Association – 1999-2001
-
Head of the Swedish delegation to the CCBE (Council of the Bars and Law Societies of the European Union) – 1998-2003
-
Served as expert on several parliamentary committees
-
Judge at the European Court of Human Rights – 2003-2012
Vice-President of Section III – 2008-2011
Vice-President of Section V – 2011-2012
-
Iuris Doctor Honoris Causa, Stockholm University – September 2010
-
Chief Parliamentary Ombudsman of Sweden – 2012-2016
-
Member of the Independent Investigation Body with regard to allegations of corruption within the Parliamentary Assembly (IBAC) - 2017-2018
-
President of the board of trustees of the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law – 2016 - present
-
Member of the Parliamentary Board for the Examination of Transitionary Restrictions for Ministers and certain other Officeholders – 2020 - present
-
President of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission for Tornedalians, Kvens and Lantalaiset (governmental investigation) – 2020 - present