‘Cirio has a good insolvency team with experienced people and is big enough to take on big assignments.’

‘Both Pierre Pettersson and Lars-Henrik Andersson are very experienced and talented. They often want to find quick pragmatic solutions in the cases they handle.’

‘Lars-Henrick Andersson is extremely well regarded and a brilliant operator and leader who has built an excellent offering at Cirio. He has great commercial awareness and is very well connected. Karl Björlin is also great and extremely responsive.’

‘The team is very experienced and well plugged in to the Swedish market and restructuring and insolvency community in Stockholm and London. They have a lot of experience of a breadth of insolvency and restructuring situations often involving cross-border issues. The team is user friendly and responsive and really good to work with.’

‘The insolvency team is extremely service minded and are always available, even at short notice. They have vast experience and good in-depth knowledge in different areas of the law.’

‘Christian Bergqvist has been involved in insolvency law for the last 35 years and has handled so many liquidations and bankruptcies that nothing is new to him. Marielle Norbäck is a younger partner with an ability to work the bankruptcies through correctly at a fast pace. The associates that prepare the final work are always correct and dedicated.’

‘Anders Nilsson is excellent and commercially minded. He is Sweden’s top insolvency litigator.’

‘Nicklas Körling is good with large matters. Anders Nilsson is theoretically skilled. Nina Baecklund is quick in handling and dealing with matters.’

‘A very professional team with in-depth knowledge and problem-solving skills. Anders Nilsson and Andreas Rönnheden in particular are recommended.’

‘Fredrik Thor is highly experienced and is a very skilled insolvency practitioner. In particular, Fredrik has a pragmatic and commercial approach which is appreciated by clients. He understands a client’s reality, targets and challenges.’

‘Sweden’s strongest team when it comes to insolvency litigation. They are tightly linked with the academic community through partner Marek Keller.’

‘Wistrand has recently joined CMS and thus acquired some international reach, which increases their capability to handle complex cross-border insolvency matters.’

‘The team has a very strong position in Sweden and the Nordics as well as in a much broader international context. They can assist you in practically all jurisdictions.’

‘Joakim Hedström is a true professional in both insolvency and litigation.’

‘Jonas Premfors is an experienced receiver.’

‘Erik Selander is a very knowledgeable insolvency practitioner with great experience of complicated in and out of court restructurings.’

‘Jonas Premfors stands out for his availability, efficiency, competence and pragmatism.’

‘They have a strong standing in the market.’

‘Björn Svensson is a very competent lawyer and a leader within his field.’

‘A leading legal firm in Sweden.’

‘The team’s dedication in an incredibly tough situation is admirable. They provide a steady but strong hand in the midst of chaos.’

‘My key contacts are partners Andreas Zettergren, Susanne Fagerman, and Christoffer Monell. All are very impressive lawyers combining industry experience in the energy sector with the application of Swedish insolvency laws including the new restructuring law and its initial uses and developments.’

‘Andreas Zettergren is an excellent operator. He is always calm in any situation and provides steady, balanced and very technical advice. It can sometimes be difficult to get lawyers to actually land on a view and give actual advice but Andreas will always give a clear view, simply articulated and one which he is very capable of defending.’

‘They always go above and beyond to help out clients, specifically Andreas Zettergren and Christoffer Monell, who work excellently together as a real team. Emelie Jivegård and Annelie Burström also provide excellent technical advice and support and are always on hand to provide support where needed.’

‘Emil Görrel is outstanding and one of the best lawyers I have worked with.’

‘I have worked with MSA for many years and always see MSA’s advice as of excellent quality, tailored and commercial, and typically delivered extremely fast when required to meet all client expectations.’

‘A great team that is highly skilled.’

‘It is probably the law firm that handles the most restructurings in the Swedish market. Hence, they are up to date with market practice and possible solutions. They are definitely problem solvers but with a solid legal knowledge. They complement each other very well as senior team members possess different strengths.’

‘Johan Häger and Carl Brodén both have unique knowledge and experience not only in bond restructurings but also in providing advice on the lender side. Johan Häger is very pragmatic, available and efficient. Carl Brodén has in addition a unique grasp of formal insolvency proceedings and technical aspects related thereto. The team is very pragmatic, available and easy going.’

‘Niklas Eriksson, Veronica Stiller and Harem Mahir also deserve to be mentioned as highly skilled within their field.’

‘Johan Häger stands out for his working capacity, problem solving, commercial approach, and market knowledge. Carl Brodén has outstanding legal skills and intelligence.’

‘They have exceptional knowledge in the restructuring and insolvency area. Roschier is in my view one of the market leading specialists in terms of banking and financing and out-of-court restructurings and has a unique grasp of formal insolvency proceedings. In addition, the team is in my view market leading as adviser on the Nordic bond market which add substantial value in insolvency matters.’

‘Roschier has a unique position in the Swedish corporate bond market.’

‘A highly capable, attentive and responsive team, which carries real weight in the market.’

‘A team with a strong standing in the market and several knowledgeable practitioners. The team’s standing in the high yield/LBO markets also makes them uniquely positioned to handle LME and out-of-court restructurings.’

‘One of the best teams in the country with really good theoretical and practical skills.’

‘Anna Palmérus is highly professional, super efficient, always forward-thinking, proactive with additional insights from Nordics and market reports, and always a step ahead of the other side. She helped us to achieve a better result than ever expected.’

‘Morgan Hallèn has long experience combining legal analysis with commercial understanding and stands out in the market.’

‘Anna Palmérus is clearly very knowledgeable in the area of insolvency. It was really easy to connect with her. I especially liked the fact that she gave very clear recommendations. It was professional, swift and she took care of all aspects, even the things I would not have thought of.’

‘The most prominent member of the team was Morgan Hallén who was consistently available, professional and pushed us forward to succeed with the plan we had. Morgan was also consistent in informing us of the benefits and drawbacks in the available choices we had. Jenny Sandlund was also a very appreciated member of the team and kept us all on our feet and contributed to us being able to have a tidy and formal structure.’

‘Anna Palmérus is very knowledgeable and solution oriented. The clients who have turned to her have made a good choice.’

‘Vinge’s insolvency team possesses great expertise. They are efficient and professional.’

‘An extremely experienced and skilful team that is very hands-on, always on, respectful, very empathic, fair, and offers balanced advice in a highly emotional context.’

‘A solid insolvency practice for domestic/small/midsize cases.’

‘Mathias Winge and Tobias Gårderyd did a great job for us in guiding us through. Both are very responsive, providing clear and concise legal advice which hit the mark every time.’

‘I mainly work with Mathias Winge. He is an experienced administrator in bankruptcies with a solid reputation in the insolvency community in Sweden.’

‘This firm had a great understanding in the area of Swedish insolvency laws and provided their advice in a clear and concise understandable way. They supported our own in-house thinking and guided us through a very intricate area but in a very simple and straightforward style. This firm is very responsive – they respond quickly to any request.’

‘Emma Berglund Uväng is always available and quick to respond. Her advice is spot on.’

‘The team has a problem-solving mentality and is business minded. It is great to work with Emma Berglund Uväng and Hans Renman who are superstars in Swedish R&I.’

‘Christofer Hemsedahl – having worked with Christofer a number of times now, I’ve always found him to be very responsive and he provides high-quality advice. Hans Renman is a very well-regarded practitioner, experienced in the local market and provides high-quality and practical advice.’

‘I had the pleasure to work with Hans Renman who I think is one of Sweden’s leading experts in this field. I think Hans and his team demonstrated strategic thinking, attention to detail and a strong commitment to their clients’ interests.’

‘One of the strongest insolvency teams in Sweden with still some senior high-profile lawyers like Hans Renman.’

‘Hans Renman is one of Sweden’s leading practitioners on clawback issues. Emma Berglund Uväng is also a very solid practitioner.’

‘A great team with varied competence.’

‘The team has a very good understanding not only of the legal framework, but also of the economical/financial environment, as well as cross-border aspects. The team provides practical advice, with a solutions-focused approach. When challenges arise, they work collaboratively to find solutions to the issue at hand.’

‘I have worked with Per Henriksson and he stands out as having very broad legal knowledge of banking law and is also very available when necessary in transactions.’