The Legal 500

Mårten Bengtsson, Ulf Skorup and Tomas Underskog at ‘top of the range’ boutique Advokatfirman Åberg & Co AB combine specialist technical expertise with transactional support. Widely admired for its contaminated land knowledge, it advises public sector clients on prestigious national projects.

At 11-lawyer environmental boutique Alrutz’ Advokatbyrå AB, 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.

‘Top-quality, service-oriented’ environmental boutique Fröberg & Lundholm Advokatbyrå assists corporates and municipalities with permit procedures and regulatory issues, transactions, environmental damage and sanction charges. Key clients include Nord Stream, Nordkalk and Sandvik. Ulf Bjällås and Karin Hultman from the Supreme Environmental Court joined the eight-lawyer team. Clients appreciate Mikael Berglund’s ‘professional expertise, response times and customer focus’.

Mannheimer Swartling’s ‘thorough, professional’ team includes practitioners in Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö, Berlin and St Petersburg. Group head Per Molander represents Boliden Mineral and E.ON Sverige in permit proceedings. The ‘ambitious, structured and experienced’ Mårten Tagaeus in Gothenburg is assisting new client Varbergs kommun with the Environmental Court of Appeal procedure for obtaining an environmental permit for the expansion of the port in Varberg. Bo Hansson in Malmö is advising WPD Scandinavia on establishing wind power plants.

Hans Bergqvist in Gothenburg and Erica Noble in Malmö lead Advokatfirman Delphi’s team, which ‘provides a good service’ to Swedish and multinational industrial and corporate clients on environmental issues and undertakes transactional due diligence. Highlights included assisting ports, airports and local authorities with environmental permits and permissions related to infrastructure projects. Patric Lundin advised on the environmental aspects of corporate transactions. Major clients include The City of Malmö and Volvo Heavy Truck.

At MAQS Law Firm, Magdalena Persson’s team in Gothenburg has particular expertise in liability for contaminated land and environmental impact assessments. Key instructions include advising Rabbalshede Kraft on wind parks and assisting BIM Kemi and Överumans Fisk with permits for environmentally hazardous activities. The practice was boosted by Malmö-based Anders Boquist, Torgny Nordqvist and Thomas Morän from Hamilton Advokatbyrå.

Advokatfirman Vinge’s Thomas Sjöberg in Stockholm and Ingela Malmborg in Gothenburg lead the team, assisting with transactions, disputes and regulatory and supervisory matters. The ‘pleasant, knowledgeable’ Maria Paijkull assists with environmental permits and permissions. The ‘sharp, efficient and easy-going’ Johan Cederblad is recommended. Clients include Cementa, Saft and Varta Batteri.

At Wistrand, Gothenburg-based Rudolf Laurin’s team assisted Lunnekullen Vindkraft with permits for an on-shore wind farm, Jönköping Energi for a heat generation plant and Renova for a waste treatment facility. Volvo Cars is a major client.

Staffan Michelson at Hellström Law advises on permits, litigation, environmental damage and clean-up liabilities and assists with ‘complex water-related problems.’

Jonas Bergquist at Magnusson Advokatbyrå is recommended for his ‘unparalleled experience’, advising the Swedish Energy Agency and new clients the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency and Kolmårdens Djurpark,

Setterwalls recruited Malmö-based practice head Anders Linnerborg, Jonas Söderstjerna and Andrea Wikhäll from Lindahl and Agnes Larfeldt Alvén in Stockholm from Mannheimer Swartling. The ‘responsive, accessible and timely’ team assisted Sydvatten with permit applications, disputes and day-to-day advice. Lennart Iwar advises Rexam on contamination liability and PEAB/Whilborg on liability and risk assessments.

Baker & McKenzie Advokatbyra’s environmental practice is supported by its global reach handling international instructions related to wind power, biogas and other renewable energy projects in Sweden and the Baltic states and clean-tech and solar energy projects in China. Jan Alexanderson advises on waste disposal and recycling initiatives.

Foyen Advokatfirma KB assists regional power company Mälarenergi with permit applications and forestry industry Bergvik Skog with windpower projects. Pia Pehrson is assisting Dragon Mining with its permit application for an underground gold mine.

Gothenburg-based Åke Lewensjö, Malin Wikström and Roland Adrell at Gärde Wesslau Advokatbyrå handle permit applications and environmental litigation for Stockholm-Arlanda Airport and Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport. Hans Nordström successfully represented the municipality of Västra Götaland in the Supreme Environmental Court.

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

At Lindahl Johan Lindberg advises on land exploitation, environmental damage, and energy, infrastructure and water. David Eliasson in Gothenburg and Gregor Holmgren in Helsingborg are leading names. The practice advised on the Port of Göteborg, Citybanan tunnel in Stockholm and Södertunneln in Helsingborg.

Niklas Hemberg and Per Lindell at Advokatfirman Nordia specialise in district heating and wind power.