The Legal 500

Leading boutique Advokatfirman Åberg & Co AB combines specialist expertise with transactional support. Ulf Skorup and Tomas Underskog successfully represented Stockholms Hamn in the Environmental Court of Appeal regarding environmental permit procedures for Stockholm Harbour. Underskog represented the Swedish Civil Aviation Administration regarding environmental permit procedures for Åre Östersund Airport. Mårten Bengtsson advises clients on waste disposal issues. The firm recently recruited Stefan Rubenson from the Ministry of Environment.

Environment law boutique Alrutz’ Advokatbyrå AB’s Louis Vasseur, Owe Björk and Thomas Carlberg assist with permissions for environmentally hazardous activities and other regulated activities. Clients include plant owners and operators and public authorities.

Another boutique, Fröberg & Lundholm Advokatbyrå assists a mix of corporates and municipalities with regulatory issues, transactions, environmental damage and sanction charges. The team advised the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency on reviewing Ukrainian environment legislation in the context of the IPPC Directive. The ‘skilled and dedicated’ Mikael Berglund acts for clients such as Nord Stream and Blekinge Offshore, and Mikael Lundholm assists Nordkalk with permits.

Mannheimer Swartling’s ‘thorough, professional’ team provides ‘solid advice with short lead times’. Group head Per Molander represents Boliden Mineral in permit proceedings. Gothenburg-based Mårten Tagaeus is assisting Varbergs kommun with an environmental permit for Varberg’s port expansion. Malmö-based Bo Hansson’s clients include the City of Stockholm. Mikael Wärnsby moved to Lindahl.

Advokatfirman Delphi’s Gothenburg-based Hans Bergqvist and Malmö-based Erica Nobel advise industrial and corporate clients on transactional and standalone issues, including assisting ports, airports and local authorities with environmental permits and permissions related to infrastructure projects. Nobel has been advising Peab Sverige on construction work at a former shipyard, and Patric Lundin acts for Geveko Industri.

Magdalena Persson’s Gothenburg-based team at MAQS Law Firm has particular expertise in liability for contaminated land and environmental impact assessments. It assisted BIM Kemi and Överumans Fisk with permits for environmentally hazardous activities and advised Structor Miljö Göteborg on developers’ liability regarding contaminated land.

Thomas Sjöberg in Stockholm and Ingela Malmborg in Malmö lead Advokatfirman Vinge’s ‘committed, serious’ team. Malmborg is representing Cementa in a high-profile dispute and Sjöberg is advising SSE Renewables Sverige on wind energy projects. Maria Paijkull assists with environmental permits and permissions.

Wistrand’s team is appreciated for its ‘accessibility and industry knowledge’. Gothenburg-based Rudolf Laurin heads the team, which successfully represented Volvo Cars in a Supreme Court permit application; advised Avfall Sverige (Swedish Waste Management); and assisted Renova with permits for a waste treatment facility. Malmö-based Veronika Wasserman assists with environmental permits.

Hellström Law’s Staffan Michelson provides ‘sound, valuable advice’ regarding permits, litigation, environmental damage and cleanup operations, especially ‘complex water-related problems’.

Magnusson Advokatbyrå’s Jonas Bergquist acts for Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, Kolmårdens Djurpark wildlife park, and IL Recycling.

Setterwalls provides ‘valuable, pragmatic, professional advice’. Practice head Agnes Larfeldt Alvén advises the Swedish Maritime Administration, and Malmö-based Anders Linnerborg advises SKF Sverige and Sydvatten on permit applications and day-to-day environmental issues.

Baker & McKenzie Advokatbyra’s environmental practice locally is supported by its global reach. The practice advises on wind energy, biogas and other renewable energy projects in Sweden and the Baltic states, as well as clean-tech and solar energy projects in China. Jan Alexanderson advises on waste disposal and recycling.

Foyen Advokatfirma KB’s Ingemar Alfrost handles environmental permit applications for Södertälje and Karlskrona harbours. Pia Pehrson is assisting Dragon Mining with a gold mine permit application. The team also represents Södra Skogsägarna and Södra Cell Mörrum.

Gärde Wesslau Advokatbyrå’s Gothenburg-based Åke Lewensjö, Malin Wikström and Roland Adrell handle permit applications and environmental litigation for Stockholm-Arlanda Airport and Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport.

Hans Nordström focuses on environmental, mining and real estate advice.

Thomas Rajala’s team at Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton handles environmental transactions and disputes, including advising on the Citybanan railway tunnel, the Norra Länken road tunnel and the Waterfront Building development.

Lindahl’s Johan Lindberg is expert in land exploitation and environmental damage. The practice advised the Port of Göteborg, and acted on the Citybanan tunnel in Stockholm and Södertunneln in Helsingborg. The firm recruited environmental law specialist Mikael Wärnsby from Mannheimer Swartling.

Advokatfirman Nordia’s Niklas Hemberg and Per Lindell specialise in district heating and wind energy.