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Annika Andersson

Annika Andersson

Annika Andersson is head of Cirio’s Equity Capital Markets and Public M&A department. Annika specialises in equity capital markets and corporate law with emphasis on capital market transactions and public M&A, including IPOs, capital raisings, public takeover offers and mergers, non-cash acquisitions and corporate spin-offs. In addition, Annika advises listed companies and investors in corporate law, corporate governance, listing rules, the Market Abuse Regulation (MAR), public disclosure rules, share-based incentive programs, share buy-backs, board responsibility matters and regulatory stock market issues, as well as operational and supervisory matters for securities institutions, mutual fund companies and alternative investment fund managers.Annika is one of the leading ECM lawyers in Sweden.
Maria Arnoldsson

Maria Arnoldsson

Maria specialises in equity capital markets and corporate law with emphasis on capital market transactions and public M&A, including IPOs, capital raisings, public takeover offers and mergers, non-cash acquisitions and corporate spin-offs.In addition, Maria advises listed companies and investors in corporate law, corporate governance, listing rules, the Market Abuse Regulation (MAR), public disclosure rules, share-based incentive programs, share buy-backs, corporate governance and regulatory stock market issues.
Magnus Björkander

Magnus Björkander

Magnus is specialised in Real Estate and has almost 20 years of experience from the real estate industry. Magnus’s practice covers a wide range of commercial real estate including real estate transactions, joint ventures, property developments and commercial leases. In addition to the real estate practice, Magnus also has considerable experience in cross border M&A, commercial contracts and corporate law.He has a background as Head of Legal and Head of Transactions & Investments at a leading Nordic real estate developer and has extensive experience in representing Swedish and international real estate companies, listed and private as well as real estate funds and other investors.
Karl Björlin

Karl Björlin

Karl mainly specialises in restructuring, insolvency and banking and finance. He has extensive experience of corporate restructuring, liquidations (voluntary and involuntary), advising directors on corporate governance and other matters related to financially distressed companies. Karl is accredited and regularly appointed as a bankruptcy trustee, and as an administrator and liquidator, both by the courts and the Swedish Companies Registration Office.Additionally, he represents banks, financial institutions and other creditors in various insolvency proceedings as well litigation. Karl is also highly experienced in assisting clients with financing and security arrangements and related matters.He has been the Secretary of the Swedish National Association for Insolvency Practitioners (REKON) during 5 years.
Emma Dansbo

Emma Dansbo

Emma is Cirio’s managing partner and a member of the firm's private M&A-group in which she also has particular focus with regard to representing founders, investors and other stakeholders in emerging and growth companies in the tech sector. Emma’s client base includes several Venture and Growth Capital funds as well as start-ups and emerging growth companies within a broad spectrum of technology verticals. Additionally, she has a prominent interest in digital transformation.Emma has extensive experience from a wide range of venture capital financings, M&A transactions and start-up work, often of a cross-border nature. Her work also includes advising in matters regarding shareholders' issues and corporate governance, incentive programs, commercial agreements and growth strategies.
Carl Gustaf De Geer

Carl Gustaf De Geer

Attorney-at-law Nornetlog-Legal Services in cooperation with Cirio.Carl Gustaf is highly regarded as one of the most experienced M&A practitioners in Sweden and the Nordic region. He has substantial experience acting as legal advisor to several listed companies, banks and private equity companies and has represented foreign companies in some of the largest transactions in the Nordic region. In addition, he is practiced in advising clients on compliance matters and corporate investigations.Carl Gustaf is head of the Asia Practice Group, and has derived significant insight from advising Chinese, Japanese and other Asian companies on legal matters in Nordic jurisdictions. He has also been engaged as a senior advisor by the most reputable law firms in Japan and India as well as representing Nordic companies in transactions, compliance matters, and other legal and strategic matters in Asia.
Lisa Ericsson

Lisa Ericsson

Lisa is head of Cirio’s employment law practice group and has more than 17 years of experience from advising Swedish and international clients on a broad variety of employment-related matters including reorganisations, termination of employment agreements due to personal reasons or redundancy, non-compete clauses and other restricted covenants as well as protection of trade secrets. Lisa has substantial experience in assisting clients in connection with M&A matters, business transfers, outsourcing as well as union negotiations, establishing European Works Councils, workplace investigations, discrimination issues and employment disputes.Lisa also advises on data privacy matters (GDPR) in relation to employees and other contracted personnel and frequently teaches employment law to both clients and other audiences.
David Frydlinger

David Frydlinger

David is a member of Cirio's Specialist group. He has extensive experience of drafting and negotiating IT agreements, including outsourcing, cloud computing, software development and similar contracts. He is also an expert in data privacy and information security.David is responsible for Vested and relational contracting at Cirio. He is a Certified Deal Architect in Vested and a lecturer in Collaborative Contracting at the University of Tennessee.David is responsible for Cirio's operations in sustainable business activities and advises companies on issues such as sustainability reporting, including CSRD and EU taxonomy, sustainable supply chains, and sustainability matters in acquisitions.
Lukas Granlund

Lukas Granlund

Lukas specialises in public affairs (including public procurement and state aid) and belongs to Cirio's sector groups Life Science, Healthcare & Food and Digital & Technology. Lukas also has special experience in general administrative law, municipal law and publicity and secrecy legislation in connection with business between the public and private sectors. In procurement law, Lukas works regularly all sectors, and thus has solid experience from both LOU, LUF, LUK and the LUFS legislation, including security-protected procurement. In procurement law, Lukas works continuously with advice and dispute resolution for both suppliers and contracting authorities.Through his involvement in Digital, Lukas has special knowledge and experience from procurement in the digital business sector. Through his involvement in Life Science, Healthcare and Food, Lukas also has special knowledge and experience of the procurement market in the Life Science sector.Lukas has written several legal articles in procurement law etc.Lukas is regularly leading courses in procurement under the auspices of Norstedts. In addition, Lukas is often hired as a speaker in seminars regarding procurement, and has, among other things, participated as a speaker at Upphandlingsdagarna, Mötesplats offentliga affärer, Almedalen and Swedish MedTech's procurement committee.
Maria Hanbo

Maria Hanbo

Most of Maria’s work relates to the energy sector. Her focus is on M&A, contracts and infrastructure/energy transactions. She has a thorough grasp of the legal issues involved in the permitting, procurement, financing, construction and operation of wind farms. She also has considerable experience in respect of district heating and electricity distribution advising clients on transactions, procurement processes and day-to-day issues such as permit compliance.Maria regularly advises Swedish and international clients on regulatory issues and acts for companies in commercial disputes in her fields of expertise.
Per Hedman

Per Hedman

Per is head of Cirio’s Life Science, Healthcare & Food group and is recognized as a leading lawyer in the life science field. Per regularly advises clients in transactional matters as well as complex regulatory issues that arise in respect of life science, healthcare and food.Per has extensive experience advising clients in connection with Swedish and cross-border M&A and VC investments particularly with regard to life science, healthcare and food.Per regularly advises Swedish and foreign clients on complex regulatory and market access matters in his areas of expertise, and his command of life science issues cover both medical devices and pharma.In addition, Per has significant experience in supporting clients in complex contractual matters whether it be of an operational nature (such as capex investment, supply of raw materials, manufacturing, and distribution) or regarding R&D. Per’s work in this regard is primarily focused in the life science, food, and forestry sectors.
Johan Hessius

Johan Hessius

Advokat Johan Hessius Advokatbyrå AB in cooperation with Cirio.Johan has more than 30 years’ experience of corporate law and public and private M&A, as well as divestments in multiple sectors. His expertise also includes retail and real estate transactions where he has acted for a wide range of domestic and international clients. Johan is on the board of directors of numerous companies, both private and public, and is frequently engaged to chair shareholders’ meetings of public companies.Johan has held a number of positions at the Swedish Bar Association including several years as Chair of the Stockholm Division.
Daniel Lander

Daniel Lander

Daniel is head of Cirio’s Dispute Resolution team.Daniel has acted as counsel for Swedish, foreign, and multinational companies throughout his 20+ years of litigation and arbitration experience in Swedish and international proceedings.His considerable expertise encompasses a number of sectors and legal areas including insolvency law, governance and professional liability, insurance law, construction, IT, data protection law, M&A, and general commercial agreements.Daniel's assignments have included regular audiences before courts and arbitral tribunals, and he has advocated before both general courts, including the Supreme Court, and administrative courts, as well as before various seats of arbitration with their specific arbitration rules. He also sits as an arbitrator in commercial disputes.
Peter Lilja

Peter Lilja

Peter is a member of Cirio’s M&A team, and specialises in complex M&A transactions for corporate clients and financial sponsors, corporate law, carve-outs, joint ventures and financing. Many of his clients operate within private equity, IT/telecom, retail and financial services. Peter is regularly mandated for sophisticated and high-end sell-side or buy-side mandates. He also has extensive international and cross-border experience and regularly acts as arbitrator in transaction litigation, domestic and international. Peter is the chair of Cirio’s board of directors, and holds other board assignments.
Anders Moberg

Anders Moberg

Anders Moberg is a Partner and Head of Cirio’s M&A practice, advising on M&A, private equity and venture capital transactions, with a particular focus on technology, fintech, life sciences, and energy & infrastructure.Anders advises Swedish and international companies, investors and boards on strategic acquisitions, divestments and growth investments, often in complex cross‑border matters requiring clear structuring, pace and confident decision‑making. Having previously practised at Milbank in New York, Anders brings a distinctly international perspective and extensive experience of US–Europe transactions.In addition to client work, Anders is actively engaged in discussions on fundraising, growth and structuring of high‑growth companies, including through panels, seminars and thought‑leadership initiatives.
Jörgen Möller

Jörgen Möller

Jörgen is head of Cirio's Energy practice and co-heads Cirio's sector group Energy & Infrastructure, with particular emphasis on energy. Much of his work involves M&A, corporate law, contracts and infrastructure/energy transactions. Jörgen has worked on a large number of infrastructure and energy projects, and has extensive experience of railway projects, planning, procurement, financing, construction and the operation of wind farms, as well as the purchase/sale of energy companies.
Fredrik Morfeldt

Fredrik Morfeldt

Fredrik is a partner at Cirio's private M&A division and focuses on the infrastructure, industrial, and energy sectors. Fredrik has considerable experience regarding renewable energy sources like on- and offshore wind, hydro, and solar power, battery storage, and hydrogen gas facilities, as well as other types of facilities like datacentres, power grids, and district heating.Additionally, Fredrik frequently advises clients on the development of infrastructure projects, industrial and energy facilities.Fredrik is a member of the Asian Practice Group.
Carl Axel Morvay

Carl Axel Morvay

Carl Axel is a partner in Cirio’s Banking & Finance and Debt Capital Markets practice. Carl Axel regularly acts for banks, sponsors and companies in complex financial transactions that focus on cross-border renewable energy and infrastructure projects, bond issuances, leveraged buyouts and acquisitions. Carl-Axel’s experience in equity capital markets and M&A assignments bridges the divide between equity and debt transactions. Carl-Axel advises Swedish and international clients on buy-and-build growth strategies, venture capital transactions, and investments.He has substantial experience of Swedish and international high-yield and investment-grade bond issues regularly acting for issuers, both PE-backed and listed companies, as well as arrangers.Carl Axel leads Cirio’s shipping team which offers full service legal advice on all aspects of shipping including M&A, financing, new builds, chartering, insurance, registration and flagging, and disputes, with a particular focus on dry shipping assignments.
Caroline Olstedt Carlström

Caroline Olstedt Carlström

Caroline is head of Cirio’s Data Privacy group. She has more than 20 years’ experience of international data protection and has served as legal and strategic advisor to companies in the IT, media, telecommunications, energy, finance and biotech sectors. Caroline’s broad experience in data privacy covers a wide range of operational, compliance, regulatory, strategic and policy aspects.She has advised some of the world’s largest organisations on issues such as international data transfers, regulatory compliance and product development. Additionally, Caroline served as Vice President Privacy at Klarna Bank, managing its Global Privacy Office and having global responsibility for Klarna group’s data protection strategy and compliance.Clients benefit from Caroline’s substantial expertise in data protection issues ranging from GDPR compliance to acting as a data protection officer. Additionally, she has represented high-profile clients in administrative court proceedings."Caroline Olstedt Carlström is a notable practitioner in the Swedish market. Great depth of knowledge and also a sounding board for day-to-day issues." - Legal 500.
Lennart Pettersson

Lennart Pettersson

Lennart is a member of the M&A group and is an experienced M&A lawyer whose focus lies on advising private equity firms and their portfolio companies, as well as Swedish and international corporates on cross-border and domestic transactions and joint ventures. He is also engaged as an advisor to Swedish boards of directors in financially challenging situations.He has multi-sector experience regarding business transactions including pharmaceutical, manufacturing, retail, healthcare, and financial services.
Pierre Pettersson

Pierre Pettersson

Pierre Pettersson is a partner specialising mainly in Insolvency & Restructuring and has extensive experience of corporate restructurings, distressed debt and workouts as well as liquidations (voluntary and involuntary). Pierre and the Cirio Insolvency & Restructuring team handle both domestic and cross-border insolvencies and are regularly retained in complex and high-profile cases acting for both creditors and other stakeholders, as well as being appointed by the courts as an administrator or bankruptcy trustee in company reorganisations or bankruptcies respectively.Additionally, Pierre is well-versed with respect to litigation and dispute resolution and regularly has court audiences. Moreover, he assists clients and financial institutions with a number of financing and security arrangements as well as advising on banking and financial regulatory matters.
Cecilia Rossing

Cecilia Rossing

Cecilia has extensive knowledge of the energy sector and has been involved in various energy projects, including solar and wind turbine portfolios, Power-to-X projects and energy storage including Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS). She primarily assists in the drafting and negotiation of contracts.Furthermore, Cecilia works with agreements relating to distribution, sales and purchase of goods and services, production and development collaborations in a broad spectrum of sectors.Our office is located in Stockholm, but Cecilia is based in Gothenburg.
Ulrica Salomon

Ulrica Salomon

Ulrica is head of Cirio’s Competition Law and State Aid group. She has broad experience of all aspects of competition law, including abuse of dominant position, anti-competitive behaviour, merger control and state aid. She also has a solid background in the legal aspects of procurement. Ulrica regularly acts for clients in court disputes, and in their dealings with public authorities. She is frequently engaged to lecture on public procurement and competition law.Ulrica is also a member of Cirio’s group for Compliance and Corporate Investigations, and regularly assists clients with issues relating to anti-corruption and other aspects of compliance/liability.Ulrica is also head of Cirio's team assisting clients with Foreign Direct Investments (FDI).Ulrica is named as a leading lawyer in Sweden in Competition and EU Law by Legal 500. Quote from Legal 500: "Ulrica is a very strong competition lawyer with a large diversified portfolio. She has significant experience from large and complex pan-Nordic mergers where she has achieved amazing results. She is very approachable and pleasant to work with."
Jessica Sondell

Jessica Sondell

Jessica has extensive experience and specializes in data protection, ePrivacy and information security.She has acted as legal advisor and assisted both companies and authorities in most industries and assists on an ongoing basis with, for example, Supervisory Authority investigations, GDPR compliance projects, complex investigations and legal assessments in data protection and ePrivacy, drafting of policies and governing documents, contract negotiations and preparation of intra-group agreements and data transfer agreements, complex data sharing projects, incident management, data protection impact assessments and advice related to cross-border transfers of personal data, camera surveillance, patient data and healthcare legislation, pharmacy data law, processing of personal data in research, direct marketing, web data/cookies etcetera.She also has extensive experience of working as an external data protection officer and of conducting due diligence and advising on data protection / privacy matters in connection with IPOs and mergers and acquisitions.Jessica also has experience in commercial contracts, litigation, marketing, consumer and IT law. Before joining the firm, she worked as an associate specialized in data protection/privacy and tech for a major law firm and before that a boutique law firm specialized in data protection and IT law.
Odd Swarting

Odd Swarting

Advokat Odd Swarting AB in cooperation with Cirio.Odd Swarting is a senior counsel at Cirio within the Life Science, Healthcare, and Food group. He primarily advises clients in matters appertaining to life science, healthcare/pharmaceutical, MedTech and other sectors including forestry. His focus is on regulatory and commercial matters for pharmaceutical and other life science businesses (biotech, pharma, MedTech, e-health, wellness and food, as well as healthcare and elderly care). Odd’s expertise is sought on a broad spectrum of matters ranging from market access (pricing and subsidies) to close collaboration with health care professionals and marketing departments. His practice is mainly directed at commercial contracts, research and development projects and public setor issues.In addition, Odd advises clients with regard to distressed companies, liquidation and restructuring.Odd has 25 years' experience in providing qualified legal advice and has been ranked for many years as a leading Swedish lawyer by Legal500.Odd has written numerous legal articles on life science law that have been published in The Life Sciences Law Review, Globe Law and Business, and Getting the Deal Through, Life Sciences.
Hanna Tilus

Hanna Tilus

Hanna Tilus is a partner and head of Cirio's Digitalization and Technology sector group. She is specialising in intellectual property, marketing law, consumer law, personal data protection, regulatory and commercial contracts. In addition, she has a strong focus on the Life Sciences sector.Hanna has significant experience from advising a wide range of companies within the life sciences sector including pharmaceuticals, medtech, healthcare and food companies. Furthermore, Hanna has in-house experience of the life sciences sector from working at Bayer, a global life sciences company, where she was responsible for legal affairs, corporate compliance and data protection primarily in Sweden but also in relation to global issues from her time at the Berlin HQ.Hanna also has substantial experience from advising clients in various sectors with respect to IP- and technology-related matters including M&A, licensing, technology transfers, co-marketing, R&D collaborations, complex commercial contracts, multi-jurisdictional IP-litigation and administrative appeals.Hanna is since 2023 recognised as a Next Generation Partner in Healthcare and Life Sciences by Legal 500, and mentioned as recommended lawyer in three further practice areas: Intellectual property and media, IT and telecoms; and Data privacy and data protection.