The Legal 500

Hammarskiöld & Co has acted as legal advisor to American Axle & Manufacturing in its acquisition of e-AAM Driveline Systems AB (e-AAM) from Saab's bankruptcy estate.

Hammarskiöld & Co has acted as Swedish legal counsel for Barclays Capital, Lloyds and Royal Bank of Canada on the financing of the acquisition of the Oberthur Technologies Group by Advent International Corporation.

Hammarskiöld & Co, together with Dittmar & Indrenius in Helsinki, represented the Swedish insurance company Folksam in relation to its acquisition of 51 % of the shares in Aktia Skadeförsäkring Ab from the listed Finnish financial institution Aktia Abp. The total consideration amounts to approximately EUR 24 000 000.

Hammarskiöld & Co acted as legal advisor to the Swedish insurance company Folksam in its acquisition of a 20 percent shareholding in the independent investment consultant Indecap AB. As part of the transaction Folksam also divested its 100 percent shareholding in the securities company Folksam Spar AB to Indecap. The transaction marks the start of a strategic cooperation between Folksam and Indecap.

Hammarskiöld & Co acted as legal advisor to the Swedish insurance company Folksam in its acquisition of a 20 percent shareholding in the independent investment consultant Indecap AB. As part of the transaction Folksam also divested its 100 percent shareholding in the securities company Folksam Spar AB to Indecap. The transaction marks the start of a strategic cooperation between Folksam and Indecap.

Hammarskiöld & Co acted as Swedish legal advisors to SC Motors Sweden AB in the sale of the car finance company SC Finans Sverige AB to DnB NOR Bank ASA.

The Stockholm District Court recently issued its judgment in a competition case between the Swedish Competition Authority and TeliaSonera. The case concerned abuse of dominance by TeliaSonera in the Swedish broadband market.  

Hammarskiöld & Co acted as legal advisor to the Swedish insurance company Länsförsäkringar AB (publ) in its acquisition of Länsförsäkringar Fondliv Försäkringsaktiebolag (publ). The acquisition is part of Länsförsäkringar Group’s largest investment so far in the occupational pension sector. The total consideration amounts to approximately EUR 550 million (approx. SEK 5,000 million).

Hammarskiöld & Co represented Munksjö in the sale of its packaging business to the  Norwegian packaging company Tommen Gram Folie AS.

Folksam becomes a partner in the wind power company PWP AB, together with Foundation Asset Management (FAM) - which is wholly owned by Wallenbergstiftelserna - and Proventus. Hammarskiöld & Co acted as legal advisor to Folksam in the transaction, where Folksam acquired a third of the shares in PWP AB.

Hammarskiöld & Co is expanding and proudly welcomes Eric Fahlgren and Peder Grandinson as partners from 1 July 2011.

Hammarskiöld & Co is representing the seller in the transfer of the Landic VIII portfolio to Hemfosa Fastigheter AB. The deal is based on a property value of 2,2 billion SEK and comprises a public sector portfolio with 57 properties in Sweden.

Munksjö acquires the decor paper, abrasive paper, thin paper and fine arts paper businesses from ArjoWiggins, including production sites in Arches (France) and Dettingen (Germany). The turnover of the acquired businesses amounts to approximately EUR 220 million and the acquisition price amounts to EUR 95 million on a debt free basis.

Hammarskiöld & Co has represented the Swedish Alcohol Retail Monopoly (Systembolaget) in the divesture of its subsidiary Lagena Distribution Aktiebolag

Hammarskiöld & Co has represented the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority (Finansinspektionen) before the Administrative Court in Stockholm in an appeal made against the decision of Finansinspektionen to i.a. restrict the right to be a "qualified" owner of a Swedish stock exchange.

Hammarskiöld & Co has, together with Plesner, represented Folksam in the acquisition of FIH Erhvervsbank A/S (“FIH”) for a total consideration of DKK 5.0 billion through a consortium which is comprised of ATP holding 49.95%, PFA Pension and Folksam each holding 19.98% and CPDyvig holding 9.99%.  

Hammarskiöld & Co, has together with Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, represented Morgan Stanley Principal Investments, including an affiliated entity, in the sale to Investor of its 34 per cent equity stake in Mölnlycke Health Care Group for a cash consideration of EUR 510 million (approx. SEK 5 billion).

Hammarskiöld & Co lead legal advisor to Inter IKEA and the Catella Foundation in their divestment of Catella

Hammarskiöld & Co represents GM Europe AG in the sale of Saab Automobile AB to Spyker Cars announced on January 26, 2010.

Hammarskiöld & Co advisor to Landic Property VI AB in its appr. SEK 2.3 billion divestment of a Swedish real estate portfolio to Hemfosa

Hammarskiöld & Co acted as Swedish legal advisors to CapGemini in its acquisition of e-purchasing solution provider IBX. IBX is a recognized pioneer in the field of e-purchasing with headquarters in Stockholm and 240 employees located across Europe and the US.

Hammarskiöld & Co represents GM Europe AG in the sale of Saab Automobile AB to Spyker Cars announced on January 26, 2010.

Alpiq sign project development agreement with wind farm developer Kraftö Vind

Reed Elsevier Overseas B.V. has sold the Nordic business of Reed Business Information (RBI) to Docu Group Sweden AB. RBI is a leading global business-to-business information provider with a portfolio of more than 100 news and information products relating to, inter alia, the construction market.

Hammarskiöld & Co’s team lead by Mattias Moskowicz, KM coordinator at Hammarskiöld & Co finished 13th out of the 1233 mix teams participating in this year’s Bellman Relay.

Hammarskiöld & Co represents Länsförsäkringar in the sale of Länsförsäkringar International to Gjensidige Forsikring.

Hammarskiöld & Co represented Tetra Pak in its acquisition of the Mixer Business of Scanima A/S. The Mixer division is the global leading producer of industrial mixers for the food, pharmaceutical and petrochemical industries.

Hammarskiöld & Co represents Länsförsäkringar in the sale of Länsförsäkringar International to Gjensidige Forsikring.

Hammarskiöld & Co represented Tetra Pak in its acquisition of the Mixer Business of Scanima A/S. The Mixer division is the global leading producer of industrial mixers for the food, pharmaceutical and petrochemical industries

Hammarskiöld & Co represented Chrysler LLC regarding Swedish legal issues relating to the transfer of Chrysler to the new company group Chrysler Group LLC, owned by Fiat, the U.S. Government, the Canadian Government and a foundation connected to the American United Auto Workers union. Hammarskiöld & Co also assisted Chrysler in connection with the dissolvement of the former joint ownership between Daimler and Chrysler.

Hammarskiöld & Co represents GM Europe AG in relation to the ongoing sale of SAAB Automobile AB with a team headed by Peder Hammarskiöld, Senior Partner. Other members of the team from the firm include Carl-Johan Deuschl, Partner, Erik Fahlgren, Senior Associate, Peder Grandinson, Senior Associate and Christina Blomkvist, Associate.

Hammarskiöld & Co has been shortlisted for the Chambers Europe Awards of Excellence 2009 in Sweden. The award honours a law-firm’s excellence in key-practice areas, as well as prominent achievements over the past 12 months, including excellent client service and strategic growth.

Swedish Match and Philip Morris International have established a joint venture company to commercialize Swedish snus and other smokefree tobacco products worldwide, outside of Scandinavia and the USA.

Once again it is proved that biggest isn’t always the best! In the Merger Markets latest Private Equity Review, Hammarskiöld & Co ranked as number eight among the legal advisors in the largest business deals (Private Equity sales) in Europe during 2008.

Hammarskiöld & Co advised Sveriges Riksbank, the Swedish Central Bank, when the Riksbank’s previously provided liquidity assistance to Kaupthing Bank Sverige AB was refunded.

...when Kaupthing paid back liquidity assistance funds. 31-03-2009 - Hammarskiöld & Co advised Sveriges Riksbank, the Swedish Central Bank, when the Riksbank’s previously provided liquidity assistance to Kaupthing Bank Sverige AB was refunded.