Lotta Knapp
Lönroth
Lotta Knapp Lönroth is a member of the Swedish Bar Association and represents companies and owners in complex commercial disputes, with a particular focus on international arbitration and disputes with significant economic value. Her work includes disputes relating to mergers and acquisitions, shareholder and joint venture relationships, supply and license agreements and technology-related issues. She also represents plaintiffs in large-scale class action litigation.
Before joining Azelius & Partners, she was a senior in-house counsel at a major specialty chemicals company, where she led efforts related to governance, risk, and compliance and managed legal risks. Prior to that, she spent just over a decade at another law firm. She has also worked as a lawyer at the SCC Arbitration Institute and completed her notary internship at Lund District Court.
Lexology Index (formerly Who’s Who Legal) has recognized her as a Future Leader in Arbitration (2021–23 and 2025) and as Recommended in Arbitration (2025). She holds certifications in AI and law as well as data protection (GDPR). She is currently enrolled in the Arbitration Training Program organized by the SCC and SAA, moderates and lectures on topics related to dispute resolution, and mentors younger practitioners. Lotta works in Swedish and English.
Education and training
Data Protection Law, Lund University (2023)
AI and Law, Lund University (January 2023)
Lund University, Faculty of Law (Jur kand, 2010)
University of Nice Sophia-Antipolis, Faculty of Law (2009)
International Baccalaureate, Malmö Borgarskola (2004)
Career/Experience
- Partner, Azelius & Partners (2025–)
- Senior Legal Counsel GRC, Perstorp Group - a subsidiary of
PETRONAS Chemicals Group (2024) - Associate, Advokatfirman Vinge, Sweden (2012-2023)
- Member of the Swedish Bar Association (2015–2023 and 2025–)
- Secondment, Välinge Innovation (May-August 2021)
- Lawyer, SCC Arbitration Institute (September 2014-January 2015)
- Guest Lecturer, Faculty of Law, Lund University
(2010-2016) - Clerk, Lund District Court, Sweden (2010-2012)
- Trainee, William Crockett Chambers, Melbourne (2008)
Areas of knowledge
- Dispute resolution
- Corporate law
- Commercial agreements
- GRC (Governance, Risk and Compliance)
Mentions and certifications
Recognized by Lexology Index as a Future Leader in Arbitration in 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2025, and as Recommended in Arbitration in 2025.
Mentions from Lexology's 2025 survey:
Praised for “her experience in post-M&A disputes,” Lotta Knapp Lönroth is a leading arbitration lawyer in the Swedish legal market. Peers and clients describe her as “well-organized” and “commercial.”
“Lotta is a leading Nordic arbitration practitioner”
“With a background in the chemical industry, she brings valuable industry insight to complex commercial disputes”
“Lotta is well-known for her strategic mindset”
Selected assignments
- Board Member, Young Arbitrators Copenhagen (YAC)
2017–2026 - Board member, Swedish Women in Arbitration Network (SWAN)
2018-2023 - Guest Lecturer, Humboldt University, Berlin (2015)
Language
- Swedish (native)
- English (fluent)
- French (limited professional competence)
- Danish (limited professional competence)
- Norwegian (limited professional competence)
