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DLA Nordic

KUNGSGATAN 9, PO BOX 7315, 103 90 STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN
Tel:
Work +46 8 701 78 00
Fax:
Fax +46 8 701 78 99
Web:
www.dlanordic.com
Email:

The firm

DLA Nordic is a full-service law firm established in 1940. The Stockholm office employs about 110 people, of whom 80 are lawyers. The firm provides legal advice in all areas of business law, which includes corporate, banking and finance, IT, media, intellectual property, tax, M&A, transport and logistics, private equity, litigation, real estate, insurance, regulatory, insolvency and employment.

DLA Nordic provides a comprehensive cross-border service to its domestic clients and is well respected as a centre of expertise among businesses with an international focus.

DLA Nordic is a member of DLA Piper Group, an alliance of independent law firms with an exclusive agreement with global legal services organisation DLA Piper. Through the alliance, DLA Nordic is able to extend its reach to provide an integrated international legal solution for clients, wherever they chose to do business.

Areas of practice

Corporate law: advises on and has extensive experience in the area of general corporate law and securities market law.

Banking and finance: advises on the full range of Swedish and international banking, finance and investment activities. The firm acts for Swedish and international banks and other leading financial institutions, including investment banks, as well as borrowers and institutional investors.

Private equity: DLA Nordic handles all aspects of private equity and assists with legal specialist competence with regard to establishing and restructuring funds, investments in and disposals of portfolio companies, general corporate law issues and general advice to portfolio companies.

Mergers and acquisitions: advice on each phase of mergers and acquisitions; anti-takeover strategies; public and private financing; client due diligence and competition law.

Technology, media and IP: the firm has specialists in the law relating to technology, media and intellectual property.

Litigation: constitutes a central part of DLA Nordic’s practice. The firm’s integrated work method plays an important role, since litigation skills must often be combined with specialist knowledge.

Employment: DLA Nordic has years of in-depth experience in labour and employment law and practical industry knowledge.

Construction and real estate: DLA Nordic has an extensive construction and property law practice. Clients include several major real estate and construction companies in Scandinavia.

Restructuring and insolvency: DLA Nordic has in-depth experience from the entire insolvency field. As a market leader, the firm’s lawyers have broad experience in representing creditors holding claims against debtors in financial distress and have in that respect been acting in several major insolvency/restructuring cases in the Nordic countries.

Insurance and reinsurance: DLA Nordic provides legal services in a broad range of regulatory, transactional and litigation matters. The firm practises at the leading edge of every facet of insurance and reinsurance law, in both business matters and disputes.

Tax: the firm has specialists in both national and international tax law.

Transport and logistics: the firm offers services in relation to all issues concerning transport law, including financing and marine insurance.

Contacts
Per Rönström
Peter Ihrfelt
Bengt Kärde

Languages
English
French
German
Japanese
Russian
Spanish
the Scandinavian languages

Member DLA Piper Group

Number of lawyers 80

Above material supplied by DLA Piper LLP.

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