Start me up - Spotify GC Petra Hansson in profile | Law.com International (2024)

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What happened to Petra, the lawyer for Spotify? ›

The company's future was in jeopardy, and a solution appeared elusive, frustrating Petra. She realised that perhaps the answer lay beyond the realm of law. One fateful day, after yet another heated disagreement with Daniel and his team, Petra walked out of Spotify, announcing her resignation.

Petra Hansson is the web editor at EfD. She also handles other matters regarding communication for the organization. She has a degree in Business Management from the University of Lund and a degree in Journalism from the University of Gothenburg.

Eve Konstan is our General Counsel.

THE BIG STORY: Spotify Taken To Court Over Royalties

In a lawsuit filed last week, the Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC) claimed Spotify had “unilaterally and unlawfully” chosen to cut its royalty payments nearly in half by “erroneously recharacterizing” the nature of its streaming services to secure a lower rate.

In this fictionalized account, a Swedish tech entrepreneur and his partners set out to revolutionize the music industry with a legal streaming platform. Watch all you want. Edvin Endre, Christian Hillborg, Ulf Stenberg, Joel Lützow, Gizem Erdogan, Janice Kavander and Hanna Ardéhn star.

Subsequent to breaking the news that global licensing head Francis Keeling was out at Spotify, MBW has now been told that one of Spotify's longest-serving executives, Petra Hansson, has quit the company.

Spotify is owned by a number of individual and institutional investors, including the company's co-founders, Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon, and leading investment managers, such as Baillie Gifford.

Daniel Ek (2006–)

Spotify / CEO

Petra Hansson holds a 1990 - 1995 Lund University. With a robust skill set that includes Management, Legal Writing, Research, Commercial Litigation, Strategic Planning and more, Petra Hansson contributes valuable insights to the industry.

Personal life. In 2016, Ek married Sofia Levander, his longtime partner, at Lake Como.

Who heads up Spotify? ›

Daniel Ek is our founder, Chief Executive Officer, and Chairman of our board of directors. As our Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, Mr. Ek is responsible for guiding the vision and strategy of the Company and leading the management team.

Since leaving Spotify in 2018, Petra has worked as a legal advisor for a range of companies, including listed companies and start-ups. Her exceptional ability to balance legal challenges with business objectives, will make her a valuable addition to Devant. “When I heard about what Devant were doing, I was intrigued.

Once Rome formally took possession of Petra in A.D. 106, its importance in international trade began to wane. The decay of the city continued, aided by earthquakes and the rise in importance of sea trade routes, and Petra reached its nadir near the close of the Byzantine Empire's rule, around A.D. 700.

Bobbi T doesn't actually exist -- she's not even based on a real person; she's fictional. Carlsson mentioned in his book about Ek's paranoia over his dealings with Apple, and how the founder at one degree believed that Steve Jobs was prank-calling him.