The Legal 500

Within Banking and finance, tier 4

Sten Gejrot’s team at MAQS Law Firm is ‘service-minded, knowledgeable, available and quick’. It advised Nykredit Realkredit on a SEK225m bridge loan facility and Crédit Agricole CIB on a $20m export loan facility. Clients recommend Lars Isacsson.

Within Capital markets, tier 4

MAQS Law Firm recruited Jenni Laukkanen from the Swedish Financial Services Authority. Patrik Essehorn heads the team, which attracted new clients such as Fastighets AB Balder.

Within Construction, MAQS Law Firm is a second tier firm,

MAQS Law Firm’s Swedish and international clients include state-owned airport operator Swedavia. Lars Boman is acting as arbitrator in an international dispute concerning the construction of a shopping centre.

Within Corporate and commercial, MAQS Law Firm is a third tier firm,

MAQS Law Firm’s 20-partner group is ‘quick, and has strong business knowledge’, and handles cross-border contract negotiations and corporate structures. New clients include Philips, Valora Trade and Sephora. The team was strengthened by the addition of Jürgen Conzen from Gärde Wesslau Advokatbyrå.

Within Dispute resolution, MAQS Law Firm is a third tier firm,

MAQS Law Firm represented EADS CASA and its insurers regarding an aircraft accident, and shipowners in an industrial dispute concerning the Sava Star. Lars Boman handles construction, insurance and shipbuilding arbitrations. Monique Wadsted successfully represented the Motion Picture Association against Pirate Bay. Respected litigator Hans Bagner joined from Frank Advokatbyrå AB.

Within EU and competition, tier 4

Johan Lannering heads MAQS Law Firm’s competition group, which handles numerous merger filings, whereas Anders Stening and Kajsa Adlercreutz specialise in public procurement. Recent mandates for the firm include assisting Gratistidningarnas förening with a state aid complaint to the European Commission and representing public broadband providers before the Swedish Competition Authority.

Within Employment, tier 4

MAQS Law Firm’s clients include universities and travel, media and pharmaceuticals companies. Gothenburg-based Lars Lövgren is the key name in a group, which was reinforced by the addition of Hamilton Advokatbyrå’s Malmö team, notably Jan Gruvstad and Mats Nilsson.

Within Energy, MAQS Law Firm is a third tier firm,

MAQS Law Firm is recommended for its ‘high-quality service and responsiveness’. Practice head Katrin Troedsson is expert in the establishment and operation of wind farms. Gothenburg-based Magdalena Persson advises Göteborg Energi.

Within Environment, MAQS Law Firm is a second tier firm,

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.

Within IT and telecoms, tier 4

At MAQS Law Firm, Stockholm-based Monique Wadsted and Gothenburg-based Christina Berggren advise Hogia Business Solutions, Isolda Group and SYSteam.

Within Insolvency, MAQS Law Firm is a second tier firm,

MAQS Law Firm’s official receivers handled some 150 bankruptcies in the past year, and were instructed in company reorganisations and voluntary liquidations. Jörgen Estving in Gothenburg and Jan Gruvstad in Malmö are the key names.

Within Insurance, MAQS Law Firm is a first tier firm,

MAQS Law Firm assisted with the establishment of an entirely new insurance company, and also acts for Trygg-Hansa and the Kingdom of Sweden. Lars Boman is acting as lead counsel for certain reinsurers in major arbitrations. Hans Schedin is also recommended.

Within Intellectual property and media, MAQS Law Firm is a second tier firm,

MAQS Law Firm is ‘accessible, proactive and straightforward’. Monique Wadsted, who also represents Canal+ Sweden and TV4, successfully represented the Motion Picture Association against The Pirate Bay. Trade mark and counterfeiting expert Christina Berggren in Gothenburg represented G-Star in a copyright infringement claim, and also acts for Apple, Gucci and Botega Veneta. Clients describe Carl Fhager as ‘Sweden’s best sports lawyer’.

Within Legal market overview,

Among the global firms in the market, Baker & McKenzie Advokatbyra, Bird & Bird and DLA Nordic handle a combination of local and international mandates, whereas Linklaters LLP focuses on the larger cross-border mandates; having downsized considerably in recent years it has consolidated its position and begun to hire again. MAQS Law Firm continued to expand its pan-Nordic presence. Ashurst is increasingly visible on Swedish and cross-border mandates.

Within Mergers and acquisitions, tier 4

MAQS Law Firm’s practice head Jens André advised AcadeMedia on its $106m acquisition of Pysslingen and Bure Equity with its SEK300m divestment of shares in Energo to ÅF. Jürgen Conzen joined from Gärde Wesslau Advokatbyrå.

Within Real estate, MAQS Law Firm is a second tier firm,

MAQS Law Firm’s ‘service-minded, available and quick’ team advised Vasakronan ona SEK4.35bn property acquisition from Commerz Real, and NR Nordic & Russia Properties on the sale of a SEK3.37bn international property portfolio to Kungsleden. Stockholm-based Patric Olofsson and Gothenburg-based Magdalena Persson lead the practice.

Within Shipping, MAQS Law Firm is a first tier firm,

MAQS Law Firm recently advised on a $50m ship finance facility between Nordea Bank Norge and Walleniusrederierna. In other work, Per-Olov Håkanson handles complex shipping and insurance cases, Lars Boman advises on ship financing and handles shipbuilding and maritime disputes, Matthias Schmitt represents Swedish and German insurance companies, and Annica Börjesson advises clients such as the Swedish Club. Kawin Mårtensson joined from Trygg Hansa.

Within Tax, tier 4

Gothenburg-based Lars Odinge and his ten-lawyer team at MAQS Law Firm advised Fastighets AB Balder on its public offer for Din Bostad Sverige.