Bird & Bird > Stockholm, Sweden > Firm Profile
Bird & Bird Offices
NORRLANDSGATAN 15
BOX 7714
103 95 STOCKHOLM
Sweden
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Sweden > Tax Tier 2
Bird & Bird’s tax team in Sweden handles a wide range of matters, including acquisition and divestment structuring issues, real estate and IP holding structures, international tax planning work, VAT matters and disputes. Practice head Carl-Magnus Uggla has over two decades’ experience acting on Swedish and international corporate tax matters, particularly in relation to M&A transactions and restructurings; he also leverages his real estate and private equity expertise to advise on tax matters in those sectors. Senior counsel Victor Stålblad plays a key role in the team, specialising in contentious and non-contentious income and payroll tax issues concerning both individuals and corporations.Practice head(s):
Carl-Magnus Uggla
Other key lawyers:
Testimonials
‘Great team, super responsive, pragmatic and technical tax advice.’
‘It is hard to find a better tax lawyer than Carl-Magnus Uggla. He is commercial and pragmatic and is an expert on anti-avoidance.’Â
‘I know Carl-Magnus Uggla well. He is an outstanding tax adviser being very experienced, service minded and solution oriented. You get what you ask for.’
‘The team is headed up by the very experienced, service minded and solution oriented Carl-Magnus Uggla. They are always able to assist on short notice with practical and clear advice.’
‘Exceptional service & knowledge in a very good mix.’
‘Carl-Magnus Uggla stands out as a commercial and pragmatic tax adviser. He literally writes the book on anti-avoidance, so who better to provide advice?’
Key clients
10 chambers
AF Gruppen
AG Mining
AIG
Ã…landsbanken
Areim AB
Bain AB
Beowulf Mining AB
Citi Group
Collegio
Combient AB / Combient Mix
Ferronordic AB
HSB Projektpartner AB
Lateral Management AB
Majority Inc
Rebtel AB
Samsoe Samsoe
Slättö Förvaltning AB
Stiftelsen HSB Garantifond
TV4 Media AB / Telia AB
Work highlights
- Advised Lateral Management AB and Lateral Management UK, and its partners, on the sale of the group to ThreeSixZero Ltd and reinvestment in ThreeSixZero Ltd.
- Acted as adviser to Cardo Health AB, providing Swedish and UK tax advice in relation to incentive programs.
- Regularly advising long-term client HSB Projektpartner AB on a range of issues, including the initial acquisitions of land.
Sweden > Commercial, corporate and M&A Tier 3
Bird & Bird’s corporate and commercial practice group handles a wide range of matters, including M&A and joint ventures, private equity buyouts, venture capital investments, and post-integration work. The team has a strong reputation for advising on cross-border transactions, particularly in the tech, media, telecoms and IP sectors. Mårten Willamo, noted for his close ties to the Finnish market, leads the firm’s Nordic-wide corporate group. Mattias Lindberg leads the commercial group in Stockholm, while Hans Svensson is corporate head in Stockholm. Jan Byström left the firm for Advokatfirman Lindahl KB in May 2023.Practice head(s):
MÃ¥rten Willamo; Mattias Lindberg; Hans Svensson
Key clients
Arkance
Buy My Car
Getlife
Guesty Group
Hard Rock Cafecafé
Homery Digital, S.L.
Homeserve Asistencia Spain, S.A.
Job&Talent
Libnova
Luceiro Capital
Phone Service Center
Soedesco
Superlumen
Taxdown
Tuinar Plots & Houses, S.L.
Vass ConsultorÃa De Sistemas
We Are Knitters, S.L.
Work highlights
- Advising search fund Luceiro Capital on the structuring and implementation of the search fund shareholders’ agreement in relation to the acquisition of Spanish company Safetop Innovative Protection, S.L.
- Assisting Kambi Group with the 78,000,000 EUR acquisition of Shape Games, headquartered in Denmark.
- Advising Fertinagro Biotech, in the sale of 50% of the share capital of GlobalFeed to OCP Group, a global phosphate-based plant and animal nutrition products producer.
Sweden > Data privacy and data protection Tier 3
Bird & Bird’s commercial team in Stockholm advises on a wide range of cybersecurity and data protection issues, including compliance work and data breach investigations, leveraging the firm’s international network of data protection specialists. Commercial lawyer and practice head Mattias Lindberg has considerable experience in data protection and privacy matters.Practice head(s):
Mattias Lindberg
Testimonials
‘Mattias Lindberg’s exquisite legal know-how and truly competent social and teamwork abilities personifies the service given. Mattias’ way of working gives clients full trust in him.’
‘Mattias Lindberg has very broad knowledge of privacy legislation and a great ability to communicate his knowledge to business operations and their processes.’
‘Mattias Lindberg has a tremendous understanding of how legislation should be practically implemented in businesses.’
‘The team’s deep know-how of current and upcoming data privacy and data protection regulations gives clients confidence. They have an exquisite ability to make legal wording understandable.’
Sweden > Employment Tier 3
Bird & Bird’s employment team handles a wide range of matters, particularly those concerning workforce restructurings and workplace harassment issues. Practice head Katarina Åhlberg has over 20 years of experience in the field and is especially well known for offering strategic advice in relation to executive contracts, compensation and benefits, pensions, restructurings, and acquisitions; she is particularly active in the retail and life sciences sectors. Senior associate Dasha Arntyr is a key contact, specialising in restructurings and TUPE issues.Practice head(s):
Katarina Ã…hlberg
Other key lawyers:
Testimonials
‘The firm is able to conduct multijurisdictional projects, maintaining a uniform approach with very good coordination and alignment among team members. They also understand a company’s needs and communicate with clients regularly.’
‘Katarina Åhlberg is both a very good team leader and a great lawyer, knowing when to step in and when she can trust her team members with a matter.’
‘A business-friendly and reactive team that really makes the effort to understand their clients’ businesses and also offers good availability.’
‘Available and precise in their answers.’
Key clients
10 Chambers
DXC
Mitsubishi
Lantmännen
Rebtel
TwistShake
Unit 4
Corvia Ltd (Trading as Ticketer)
Gangsters Post AB
Work highlights
- Advised 10 Chambers (part of Tencent) on day-to-day employment law matters, employee data protection matters, as well as in relation to applications for work permits of new game designers.
- Acting for DXC Technology on all Swedish employment law related matters.
- Advised Mitsubishi in connection with a restructuring.
Sweden > Intellectual property and media Tier 3
Bird & Bird‘s Stockholm practice operates within the firm’s global network of IP specialists, and is adept at advising on IP litigation and protection matters. Gabriel Lidman, who leads the team, is well versed in dispute resolution, and has a solid track record in acting for clients from the pharmaceutical, tech, engineering and media sectors.Practice head(s):
Gabriel Lidman
Key clients
Accumulate AB
Aptiv Contract Services Sweden AB
Monster Beverage Corporation
Aron Flam
Öjvind Fahlström’s estate
Sweden > IT and telecoms Tier 3
Bird & Bird is active across a wide spectrum of IT sector matters. The team advises clients on IT-related regulatory, commercial, and contractual work, as well as procurement and outsourcing instructions. The group is recognised for its strong tech-focused international network, spanning Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. Hans Svensson, who advises on M&A and financing issues, co-heads the practice with Mattias Lindberg, who has an excellent reputation for acting on digital development projects and contentious IT matters. Beatrice Duke has left the firm for an in-house role.Practice head(s):
Mattias Lindberg; Hans Svensson
Sweden > Capital markets Tier 4
Bird & Bird’s capital markets team in Stockholm specialises in equity-side matters, particularly in the mining and technology spaces. Practice head Ola Lidström acts for issuers, underwriters, shareholders and bidders, and is increasingly active in alternative investment market mandates, concerning small-cap, speculative enterprises listed on the London Stock Exchange. Jan Byström left the firm in May 2023 to join Advokatfirman Lindahl KB.Practice head(s):
Ola Lidström
Testimonials
‘Ola Lidström stands out as the key player at the firm.’
‘The team offers a fantastic combination of being professional whilst giving a personal service at the same time.’Â
Key clients
Beowulf Mining plc
Eurobattery Minerals AB
Botnia Exploration Holding AB
EnQuest PLC
Leading Edge Materials Corp
Nasdaq Stockholm AB
Greater Than AB
Checkin.com Group AB
Iconovo AB
Nordic Iron Ore AB
CAG Group AB
Cytovac AB
Erik Penser Bank AB
Image Systems AB
Kommuninvest i Sverige AB
Inission AB
Upsales Nordic AB
Seafire AB
Hitech & Development Wireless Sweden Holding AB
Credit Suisse AG
Work highlights
- Advised Beowulf Mining plc in connection with its SEK85.5m rights issuance of Swedish depositary receipts and a £2.1m Primary Bid offer.
- Advised Botnia Exploration Holding on issues relating to a convertible debenture to Norrlandsfonden and a SEK80.8m rights issue.
- Advising Nordic Iron Ore AB on a planned SEK120m accelerated book building and placing and a planned SEK50m rights issue.
Sweden > Dispute resolution Tier 5
Bird & Bird’s dispute resolution practice in Stockholm specialises in IP licensing arbitrations as well as public procurement disputes. The group is overseen by experienced litigator Gabriel Lidman, who has notable patent litigation experience in the pharmaceuticals and tech sectors.Practice head(s):
Gabriel Lidman
Key clients
3G Infrastructure Services AB – 3GIS
Accumulate AB
Aptiv Contract Services Sweden AB
Municipality of Uppsala
Scutus Solution AB
StayAt Hotel Apart AB
Handlarfinans Sverige AB
Bird & Bird > Firm Profile
The firm: Bird & Bird is an international law firm, with a long-established reputation for having a rare and invaluable grasp of strategic commercial issues. The firm combines exceptional legal expertise with deep industry knowledge and refreshingly creative thinking, to help clients operating at the forefront of their industries to achieve their commercial goals.
Bird & Bird has over 1,450 lawyers and legal practitioners with broad advisory transactional and contentious capability, with a particular focus on key industry sectors. The firm has an extensive international reach with 32 offices across Europe, Asia-Pacific, Africa, North America and the Middle East, offering a seamless, cross-border service between locations and sector and practice groups.
The Swedish practice has a broad transactional and contentious capability with a special focus on the technology and communications, media, life sciences, energy and utilities, food and beverage, and aviation industry sectors.
As an international law firm Bird & Bird co-ordinates its activities across all its international offices to ensure an integrated approach, continuity of client care and regular exchange of know-how and best practice.
The Stockholm office is located in the centre of Stockholm and has 80 employees, including 55 lawyers. The office is headed by managing partner MÃ¥rten Willamo.
Areas of practice: Underpinned by deep client and industry knowledge, the firm’s key sectors include:
Automotive: advising on all stages of a life cycle of a motor vehicle, from initial design, to sales and distribution, through to disposals.
Aviation, aerospace, defence and security: advising on asset management and financing, civil aviation matters, including airlines, regulatory and competition issues, and aerospace and defence, including PPP/PFI and product liability.
Electronics: advising clients operating in or serving the electronics industry, from R&D and component manufacturing, to technology licensing agreements.
Energy and utilities: advising large multinationals, investors, project companies and large energy consumers on electricity generation, energy trading, renewable energy, cleantech and climate change, and upstream oil and gas.
Financial services: advising global clients in the financial services sector, such as global retail and investment banks, investors and hedge funds, on transactions, regulatory issues, commercial contracts and dispute resolution.
Food and beverage: advising on a full range of areas, including branding, labelling, health claims, fair trade and patents on novel foods.
Life sciences and healthcare: advising clients in biotechnology, bioinformatics and pharmaceutical companies on licensing and drug development agreements, R&D collaboration, IP acquisitions and joint ventures.
Media and entertainment: advising clients from across the media spectrum on a wide range of issues, including exploitation across all forms of digital media and emerging areas, such as user-generated content exploitation.
Sports: advising clients such as national and international sports governing bodies, event organisers and sponsors on issues including exploitation of commercial rights, brand management, regulatory and disciplinary issues.
Technology and communications: advising on matters ranging from smaller innovative projects to some of the largest, most complex and ground-breaking transactions and disputes of recent years. Its team includes lawyers with a particular focus on communications, devices and components, digital tech and eCommerce, and software and services as well as a number of more specialist industries including data centres, postal and satellites.
Main Contacts
Department | Name | Telephone | |
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Commercial | Mattias Lindberg | ||
Competition | Gabriel Lidman | ||
Corporate | Hans Svensson | ||
Dispute resolution | Gabriel Lidman | ||
Employment | Katarina Ã…hlberg | ||
Employee incentives and benefits | Katarina Ã…hlberg | ||
Food and beverage | Caroline Grotenfelt | ||
Intellectual property | Gabriel Lidman | ||
Tax | Carl-Magnus Uggla | ||
Technology and communications | Hans Svensson | ||
Life sciences | Ola Lidström | ||
Corporate/M&A | MÃ¥rten Willamo | ||
Venture Capital | Martin Folke |
Lawyer Profiles
Photo | Name | Position | Profile |
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Mrs Katarina Ã…hlberg | Katarina is the head of the Employment Group in Stockholm. She is… | View Profile | |
Mr Gabriel Lidman | Gabriel Lidman is partner at the Stockholm office and the head of… | View Profile | |
Mr Ola Lidström | Ola is a partner in our International Corporate Group, based in Stockholm.… | View Profile | |
Mr Mattias Lindberg | View Profile | ||
Mr Hans Svensson | Hans Svensson a Partner in our office in Sweden, and the head… | View Profile | |
Mr Carl-Magnus Uggla | Carl-Magus is a partner in our International Tax Group, based in Stockholm.… | View Profile |
Staff Figures
Number of lawyers : 1,450 at this office : 55Languages
English French German Swedish FinnishOther
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