Adv Johan Hallén > Setterwalls > Gothenburg, Sweden > Lawyer Profile

Setterwalls
SANKT ERIKSGATAN 5
PO BOX 11235
404 25 GÖTEBORG
Sweden

Work Department

Corporate and commercial, Technology, media & telecom

Position

Partner

For more than 25 years, Johan Hallén has assisted Swedish and foreign companies with advice relating to commercial contracts, often with international links.

Johan’s responsibility at the firm is to lead Setterwalls’ commercial law team and Setterwalls’ China desk. In his daily work, he helps companies to draw up and negotiate contracts, primarily relating to collaboration, joint ventures, development, licensing and purchase or sale of products and services. Many of Johan’s assignments are international, and he often works on projects in different parts of the world, such as China, Russia and the USA. Johan has extensive experience of working with companies in the automotive industry, and he also works with issues in the IT area.

Career

2008-, Setterwalls
2000, Pinsent Curtis Biddle
2000, Steele & Co
1997-2008, MAQS Law Firm
1998-1999, 2002 and 2003, Volvo Aero corporation, secondments as as in-house lawyer
1996-1997, District Court of Gothenburg, law clerk
1995-1996, Linklaters
1994, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
1991-1995, Lund University, LL.M.

Languages

English.

Memberships

Swedish Bar Association.

Education

1994, University of Copenhagen, Denmark 1991-1995, University of Lund, (LL.M.).

Lawyer Rankings

Sweden > Commercial, corporate and M&A

(Hall of Fame)

Johan HallénSetterwalls

Setterwalls’ corporate and M&A practice group, jointly led by Anders Söderlind in Stockholm, Anders Holmgren in Gothenburg, and Ola Grahn in Malmö, is regularly involved in major domestic, regional, and international transactions. Söderlind specialises in private equity and private M&A, particularly in the technology and finance sectors. Holmgren is best known for advising Swedish and international clients in high-tech sectors, including the gaming space. Veteran commercial lawyer Johan Hallén offers considerable expertise in commercial contracts.