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Entry into office of a new Advocate General to the Court of Justice
Formal sitting of 28 November 2012
By decision of 25 April 2012, the Representatives of the Governments of
the Member States appointed as Advocate General to the Court of Justice, for the
period from 7 October 2012 to 6 October 2018, Mr Nils Wahl, Judge at the General
Court since 7 October 2006, replacing Mrs Verica Trstenjak.
A formal sitting of the Court of Justice was held today on the occasion
of the departure from office of Verica Trstenjak and the entry into office of
Nils Wahl.
Curriculum vitae of Nils Wahl
Born 1961;
Master of Laws, University of Stockholm (1987);
Doctor of Laws, University of Stockholm (1995);
Associate Professor (docent) and holder of the Jean Monnet Chair of
European Law (1995);
Professor of European Law, University of Stockholm (2001);
assistant lawyer in private practice (1987-89);
Managing Director of an educational foundation (1993-2004);
Chairman of the Nätverket för europarättslig forskning (Swedish Network
for European Legal Research) (2001-06);
member of the Rådet för konkurrensfrågor (Council for Competition Law
Matters) (2001-06);
Assigned Judge at the Hovrätten över Skåne och Blekinge (Court of
Appeal for Skåne and Blekinge) (2005);
Judge at the General Court from 7 October 2006 to 28 November 2012;
Advocate General at the Court of Justice since 28 November 2012.