Mrs Anna Cumzelius > Harvest Advokatbyrå > Stockholm, Sweden > Lawyer Profile
Harvest Advokatbyrå Offices
Engelbrektsplan 1
Box 7225
Stockholm
103 89
Sweden
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Mrs Anna Cumzelius
Work Department
FinTech, Banking and Finance
Position
Partner
Anna Cumzelius’ work is mainly withing the area of regulatory issues, especially in the field of asset management, securities, payment services, AML as well as data protection.
Anna has been active within the field since 2010 and frequently represents financial institutions which are supervised by the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority (Sw. Finansinspektionen). She maintains the position as compliance officer at several companies in the aforementioned categories. Anna has participated in a number of projects implementing new legislation, such as MiFID 2, AIFMD, PSD 2 and AMLD 4. She also advises clients in matters relating to corporate and contract law.
In addition, Anna’s experience includes M&A and she has assisted in several Swedish and international corporate transactions. Anna also frequently advises in matters of data protection (GDPR).
Anna was selected as the exclusive winner of the Lexology Client Choice Award 2024 for Banking in Sweden. Statements from clients include “Anna provides excellent services into the regulatory aspects of the markets and services” and “Anna Cumzelius has in-depth knowledge of the financial markets”.
Career
Harvest Advokatbyrå, Partner, 2016-
Magnusson Advokatbyrå, Associate/Senior Associate, 2005-2016
Bird & Bird, Legal Trainee, 2004
Advokatfirman Vinge, Legal Trainee, 2004
Languages
Swedish and English
Memberships
Member of the Swedish Bar Association since 2011
Education
LL.M., Stockholm University, Sweden, 2005
Personal
Winner of the Lexology Client Choice Award for Banking in Sweden, 2024
Lawyer Rankings
Sweden > Fintech
Harvest Advokatbyrå’s fintech team advises on a wide range of regulatory matters, including compliance issues, internal audits, licence application procedures, AML matters, and sustainability work, advising payment institutions, banks, fund managers, credit providers, and crypto-asset service providers. Co-founder Amin Bell leads the team alongside co-founder Anna Cumzelius; the pair have considerable combined financial regulatory experience. Niklas Sinander, who was formerly head of the financial regulation practice at Cirio Advokatbyrå AB, joined the firm in January 2023.