Data privacy and data protection in Sweden

‘A team and individuals that are genuinely very nice to work with and which provide pragmatic advice that my business can easily apply.’

‘High availability, attention to detail, takes responsibility for client.’

‘Very engaged and knowledgeable in the field.’

‘Cederquist has long and extensive experience in working with data privacy and data protection questions. They are on the forefront of legal developments and always have pragmatic legal advice to find solutions to data privacy and data protection questions.’

‘Johanna Linder is a stand out partner in this field and can provide clear and pragmatic advice in the area of data privacy and data protection. We sometimes work directly with Johanna and have been very happy with her legal advice in this area and ways to find solutions. Johanna Linder also builds strong legal teams with associates that provide excellent advice but she is always informed and available for them if there is something they need to verify with her.’

‘Cederquist has been very educational and has an understanding of the business and its maturity regarding IT security and GDPR. There is both a cutting-edge competence and a wide set of skills that is valuable to us.’

‘Johanna Linder has had a very good understanding of our industry and has the ability to explain in a way that becomes clear to all concerned. We have received quick feedback on our questions.’

‘They are quick to respond and deliver. Besides excellent knowledge in Data privacy and data protection, their advice is always pragmatic and easy to implement.’

‘The team lead by Caroline is competent, friendly and efficient.’

‘Caroline is the best resource they have. Excellent overview over privacy issues.’

‘Solid yet pragmatic advice packaged in a comprehensible way. Very good industry knowledge.’

‘The team, in particular Caroline, is a pleasure to work with.’

‘Besides the fact that they know what they are supposed to know, they are very good at building teams of different competences for a fast way ahead. They are keen on knowing your business and your needs, that they combine with relevant information. They help you either by supporting your own in-house work or taking the front role. Based on the purpose and best practice, no prestige involved.’

‘Always easy to collaborate with, they are interested not only in the specific question but the context to contributing to the bigger picture. They are easy and flexible to get in touch with. They have good practical examples that make the understanding of complex matters easier.’

‘The team is competent, efficient, service-minded and a pleasure to work with.’

‘They are very innovative when it comes to how they work, eg. processes, how they use modern technique, AI, etc. Caroline Olstedt Carlström has also excellent privacy lawyers in her data privacy and data protection team.’

‘David Frydlinger, the MP at Cirio, is a person that has a great deal of analytical skills. He is also the father of the modern way that Cirio operates.’

‘Johan Sundberg’s insights and business understanding is unique and creates opportunities that competitors are not able to produce.’

‘Kahn Pedersen’s highly specialized Digital Practice is unique since so many excellent and highly specialized lawyers are members of the team. The key strengths of the team are unrivalled legal proficiency, exceptional knowledge regarding the financial industry as well as the suppliers. In many ways Kahn Pedersen is a thought leader when it comes to legal issues like cloud computing and digitalization projects where they take the lead by publications and pushing the leading suppliers in the right direction. Kahn Pedersen is the number one firm for digital matters in Sweden.’

‘Johan Kahn is our main contact and in addition to him we would like to mention Daniel Lundqvist and Martin Brinnen. We have worked with Johan Kahn for a long time and he is the number one lawyer for cloud computing matters, IT contracts and outsourcings. Daniel Lundqvist is one of the foremost IT lawyers in his generation. Martin Brinnen is arguably the leading data protection lawyer in private practice in Sweden.’

‘Mannheimer Swartling has a large team of data privacy experts that stays connected to surrounding areas of law such as IT sourcing; this gives the team the possibility to give well balanced and pragmatic advice and guidance on how to practically implement such advice.’

‘Anders Bergsten had the knowledge and competence we were looking for in this particular matter. His advice was on point and I really appreciated that he is easy to work with and attentive to his client’s wishes. We came along really well and it was easy to collaborate with Anders.’

‘Very professional team.’

‘Erica Wiking Häger is a well respected professional with a long background in data protection and privacy related matters.’

‘Well kept practice, professional approach, always responds in a timely manner, a wide range of experts ensures that bordering questions (e.g. protective security) are juggled seamlessly.’

‘Meticulous, knowledgeable, pleasant to deal with, responds in a timely manner, grasps the problem easily.’

‘Partner Anders Bergsten has contributed with personal commitment and dedication in combination with very high skills, sensibility and an ability to address relevant legal issues. Anders Bergsten is solution-oriented, providing relevant and balanced advice with clear insight and with a pedagogical way of explaining.’

‘Mannheimer Swartling’s data privacy and data protection practice team has very solid professional privacy knowledge that they can apply in a way that very much understands the client’s needs and the underlying business. Therefore, ensuring compliance is a practical, “user friendly” exercise and can be executed on a risk-based approach.’

‘The Setterwalls privacy team are always available and ready to give useful and practical advice even if the matter or issue is vague or complicated.’

‘Niklas Follin delivers practical advice that is always business minded and on time. A star in my view.’

‘Ability to respond quickly.’

‘Quick and reliable information with quality; professionalism; friendliness.’

‘The team is always ready to provide relevant guidance to the client, regardless of client’s own maturity. Setterwalls has shown broad and deep understanding of the data privacy and data protection practice within Europe.’

‘Partner Fredrik Roos has a unique understanding of the data role in future business model. He has ensured that our Company is well protected against future unknowns without limiting the possibility to work with partners, customers and suppliers in a good way.’

‘Versatile practice group but we primarily work with Fredrik Roos.’

‘Fredrik Roos is very pragmatic and leads projects independently.’

‘Very strong TMT practice.’

‘Agnes Hammarstrand is very responsive, hands-on and pragmatic.’

‘The practice members are responsive, pragmatic and commercial in their advice.’

‘Agnes Hammarstrand is an expert at data protection.’

‘A diverse team of lawyers well versed in both the law and the business. Truly experts in this field and amazing partners to work with.’

‘Agnes Hammarstrand is superior in the field of privacy law.’

‘Agnes Hammarstrand is pragmatic and gives hands-on advice, based on extensive experience.’

‘Great people, who are nice to be and work with.’

‘They respond quickly and have excellent knowledge in GDPR related issues.’

‘Anne Fernqvist Svensson who is head of the Data Protection and Privacy practice group offers very practical and useful advice, and is combining Data protection advice with advice in employment law, which has been very useful.’

‘Fast and accurate help when needed. Covering lots of different segments.’

‘The Hellström team has provided valuable legal advice in relation to Data privacy and data protection, demonstrating exceptional capability to adapt our corporate standard package solution to local needs and compliance with local laws and standards.’

‘Anna Fernqvist Svensson and Mina Gholiof truly stand out displaying extraordinary understanding of the complexity of the issue and the trade-offs at hand. We valued their pragmatic approach, their understanding of our needs and challenges as well as limitations.’

‘Anna Fernqvist Svensson is very competent in her legal area. She is also an agreeable person to work with.’

‘The team is highly competent and supports their clients in a very professional manner. They are very responsive and available with short notice when required.’

‘Competent, responsive, professional, cooperative, supportive, easy to work with.’

‘They are very good at looking at the whole picture and simplifying contractual processes in general.’

‘The Roschier Data privacy and data protection team is highly knowledgeable, always available, and exceptionally adapt at triangulating data privacy issues.’

‘Björn Johansson Heigis has a broad knowledge within his field, excellent communicational skills, and high availability.’

‘Vinge’s team is excellent in understanding your situation and can give advice based on broad knowledge. The individuals in the team have specialized in different areas, which gives you an expert in every field.’

‘Emelie Svensäter Jerntorp is very good at understanding your problem/question and give you quick and informative advice. I am grateful for our collaboration.’

‘Vinge’s data privacy and data protection practice is great. We purchase services from this team on a regular basis, based mainly on their excellent advice but also on the fact the their advice is always suited for our business and can easily be put into practice. The team handles all kinds of GDPR related requests in a highly professional manner. The availability and pragmatic advice truly makes the team stand out.’

‘The level of understanding of our business – what to focus on / being pragmatic but still professional – and the way their advice can always easily be put into practice, make Nicklas Thorgerzon a great contributor to this team who should be mentioned.’

‘Great knowledge in the field, quick and correct info. Easy to work with.’

‘Nicklas Thorgerzon is an amazing lawyer. Exceptional knowledge in his field, super nice to work with, easy going and very quick. He is key to our business.’

‘Solid advice, very good knowledge of the market and very available. Always deliver on time.’

‘Bird & Bird are outpacing the competition due to Mattias Lindberg being there. Mr Lindberg holds a phenomenal combination of subject matter expertise as well as a exquisite sense of what is to be prioritized. The ways Bird & Bird collaborates with us as customers makes us grow in our business.’

‘The team continuously works with creating tools and using technology to make data privacy a business enabler and not a showstopper.’

‘Stand out for their availability, level of services, the way they acted and treated me during the period they helped me.’

‘They were always quick in their responses and very accurate in their services. Very competent in the way in which they would summarize complex issues and come up with a useful solution.’

‘The firm responded timely to inquiries on data protection questions within Sweden in particular. We were able to assess more than just the law but also trends happening in the country in particular sectors and a good understanding of the impact of governmental and quasi-governmental agencies.’

‘Martin Gynnerstedt is the partner we worked with. He is extremely knowledgeable, straight-forward and provides practical advice.’

‘Excellent collaboration and providing highly qualified associates to head projects together with in-house legal counsel.’

‘Specific data privacy/data protection expertise, expertise with EU-GDPR and Swedish law and regulation.’

‘Very knowledgeable and responsive.’

‘Good industry knowledge. Excellent at doing business. They produce high quality advice that provides pragmatic solutions. They always get the work done with the timeframes. They provide good value for money.’

‘Martin Gynnerstedt has been impressive. He is very responsive, knowledgeable and a pleasure to deal with. He is an asset to the team and never lets me down.’

‘Martin Gynnerstedt at Fylgia has been our main contact, and he has truly stood out in the way he has combined his knowledge in the practice with our business challenges providing advice and strategy opportunities in a way that we have not seen before.’

‘Fast and service minded communication. Prompt delivery of services. Great creative dialogues and professional custom made advice which has been very useful.’

‘Outstanding service in terms of attention, competence and pragmatic approach. Useful hands-on advice. The team that we worked with always delivered with great quality and on time.’

‘Anna Lööv has excellent qualifications and experience within the field. Very good pedagogical ability and very nice and easy to work with.’

‘Kompass Advokat has deep knowledge and track record in regulatory requirements of the insurance industry as well as recognized expertise in public cloud vendors general terms.’

‘Out of the people from Kompass Advokat I primarily work with Anna Lööv who is a partner at the firm. She has a very strong combination of being very productive, insurance industry experience, highly valued expertise in public cloud terms in combination with being humble and easy to work with.’

‘Strong in all areas of GDPR advice, but in particular high-end advice.’

‘Gabriel Svedberg has an unique ability to translate this complicated area of law into practical business advice.’

‘Mikael Olsson, associate, and Michael Edquist, partner (both at the Uppsala office) are competent and easy to work with.’

‘Excellent attention to details, proactive, and very good business understanding.’

‘Partner Gabriel Svedberg: Excellent hands on advice provided on short notice and very good attention to details.’

‘Associate Mikael Olsson: Real good knowledge within the data protection field, delivered in a easy understandable and hands on way.’

‘My key contact is Gabriel Svedberg. He is specialized in the software industry and data privacy regulations, and he has always been very supportive, knowledgeable and easy to work with.’

‘Knowledge, professionalism, availability.’

‘I have been working solely with Fredrik Gustafsson as a returning client with basically no need to seek his kind of expertise elsewhere.’

‘Great knowledge of the industry in which we act, and strong competence in the governing laws and regulations. Availability of the individuals I have worked has been excellent, and the commitment from them has really stood out.’

‘Fredrik is very competent yet humble and has the capability to spread calm even in quite nerve-wrecking situations. Exactly what one is looking for.’

‘Pragmatic and competent.’

‘Service minded and solution oriented.’

‘The team is service-minded, proactive, and knowledgeable in GDPR compliance, for which I use them. They are also very a business-practical firm.’

‘Fredrik Gustafsson is my main point of contact at the firm. He stands out above his peers with this proactive and business-practical approach while still being very knowledgeable in GDPR matters. He is able to find practical approaches while keeping our agreements compliant and our risks reasonably low. He is a good sounding board and adviser in all types of data privacy issues.’