Mr Niclas Rockborn > Gernandt & Danielsson Advokatbyrå > Stockholm, Sweden > Lawyer Profile
Gernandt & Danielsson Advokatbyrå Offices
HAMNGATAN 2
BOX 5747
114 87 STOCKHOLM
Sweden
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Mr Niclas Rockborn
Work Department
- Financial Regulation
- Corporate Compliance and Investigations
- Private Equity
- Insurance
- Legal Public Affairs
Position
Partner
Career
Niclas has been a partner at Gernandt & Danielsson since 2005 and heads the firm’s Specialists practice group. He has over 20 years’ experience advising clients who offer financial services and his qualifications in this area are regularly recognised in independent national and international rankings. His clients include entities in banking and insurance, asset management, e-money and payment institutions, and various operators in the FinTech sector. Niclas also has extensive experience advising investors in alternative investment funds and in connection with the establishment of alternative investment funds. He also has substantial experience negotiating international master agreements for OTC transactions, such as ISDA, GMRA and GMSLA.
Languages
Swedish, English
Memberships
- Member of the Swedish Bar Association since 2003
- Member of the International Bar Association (IBA)
- Member of the American Bar Association (ABA)
- Member and convener of the editorial board at the Swedish Institute against Money Laundering (SIMPT)
- Member of the Monterey Funds Club (an association of fund specialists from throughout Europe)
Education
- LL.M., Uppsala University, 1998
- Visiting student, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA, 1997–1998
Lawyer Rankings
Sweden > Fintech
(Leading Individuals)Gernandt & Danielsson Advokatbyrå’s multidisciplinary fintech offering is particularly strong in transactional and regulatory matters in the field, with companies, investors, regulators, banks and service providers instructing the group in relation to domestic and cross-border mandates. Niclas Rockborn, who has considerable financial regulatory expertise and acts for banks as well as e-money and payment institutions, leads the team alongside M&A, finance, and capital markets specialist Carl Westerberg. Nils Unckel left the firm for Advokatfirman Vinge in June 2023.
Sweden > Data privacy and data protection
Gernandt & Danielsson Advokatbyrå’s data privacy and protection team has broad experience advising on GDPR, data breaches, data transfers and online tracking issues, among other matters. Practice head Niclas Rockborn is particularly strong at handling data privacy issues in the finance and fintech sectors, while Ulrika Forsberg specialises in regulatory compliance and risk management work.