Setterwalls

The firm:
Setterwalls is one of Sweden’s leading and largest full-service business law firms with some 245 lawyers servicing clients from its three offices in Sweden’s largest cities – Stockholm, Gothenburg (Göteborg) and Malmoe (Malmö). Setterwalls is an independent firm with an extensive, well-established international network. Established in 1878, Setterwalls is also the oldest law firm in Sweden.

Areas of practice:
Being a commercial full-service practice, Setterwalls offers clients a complete range of business law services, including within the following areas of practice:

■ Automotive industry
■ Banking & Finance
■ Commercial & Consumer Agreements
■ Compliance & Investigations
■ Construction Contract law
■ Corporate law
■ Dispute Resolution
■ Defence & Security
■ Employment & Pension
■ Energy & Commodities
■ Environmental law
■ Equity Capital Markets
■ EU & Competition law
■ FinTech
■ Financial Markets
■ Financial Services Regulation
■ Funds & Investments
■ Infrastructure, Aviation & Railway
■ Insolvency, Restructuring & Bankruptcy
■ Insurance & Reinsurance law
■ Intellectual Property & Marketing
■ IT law & Data Protection
■ Life Sciences
■ Maritime & Shipping
■ Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A)
■ Private Client
■ Private Equity
■ Public Procurement
■ Public Sector
■ Real Estate law
■ Sports, Media & Entertainment
■ Technology & Telecommunications
■ Tax law
■ Transport law

Clients:
By combining its legal expertise with extensive knowledge of numerous sectors, Setterwalls attracts clients within a wide range of sectors — from biotech entrepreneurs, clean tech and media companies to private equity firms, game developers and real estate funds — including many of Sweden’s, and the world’s, leading companies, banks and other financial institutions and government agencies.

Global work:
Since Setterwalls is based in Scandinavia, one of the world’s most globalised business environments, Setterwalls is accustomed to working in multinational contexts across linguistic and cultural boundaries. All in all, about half of Setterwalls client assignments originate from countries outside of Sweden, including from many of the world’s leading companies and banks and other financial institutions.

International desks:
Setterwalls has established several international desks – the China Desk, the French Desk, the German Desk and the India Desk – to meet clients’ demand for truly international expertise and legal advice. Each desk consists of a group of lawyers who combine legal specialist expertise with linguistic skills and a deep understanding of the business culture and legal system of China, France, Germany, and India respectively.

See the firm’s website for more information (www.setterwalls.se/en).