Ms Carolina Wahlby > Hannes Snellman (Sweden) > Stockholm, Sweden > Lawyer Profile
Hannes Snellman (Sweden) Offices
KUNGSTRADGARDSGATAN 20
P.O. BOX 7801
SE-103 96 STOCKHOLM
Sweden
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Ms Carolina Wahlby
Position
Specialist Partner
Career
Carolina advises clients on all types of financing transactions with particular focus on bank lending, acquisition financing and the financing of public offers. Carolina also specialises in restructuring situation advising lenders and other stakeholders in restructurings and other insolvency situations, and recent references include:
- Counsel to a minority shareholder in the acquisition of the majority of the assets from a bankruptcy estate
- Counsel to a non-Swedish company in the bankruptcy of its Swedish key counterparty
- Counsel to major Swedish industrial company in the company reorganisation of its strategic counterparty
- Counsel to a Company within the public sector in connection with the company reorganisation of its key counterparty
Carolina also has experience from being a visiting lawyer at a Stockholm based credit institution conducting business in several European countries, where she gained experience working with general corporate law, debt purchase and regulatory.
Languages
English, Swedish, Spanish
Memberships
- Swedish Bar Association, 2020
Education
- Partner, Hannes Snellman, Stockholm, 2023
- Specialist Partner, Hannes Snellman, Stockholm, 2019
- Managing Associate, Hannes Snellman, Stockholm, 2018
- Senior Associate, Hannes Snellman, Stockholm, 2015
- Associate, Hannes Snellman, Stockholm, 2010
- Jur.kand. (LL.M.), Uppsala University, 2010
Lawyer Rankings
Sweden > Insolvency
Hannes Snellman (Sweden)’s finance and restructuring team, working closely with the firm’s M&A, tax, IP and disputes departments, handles a variety of domestic and cross-border restructuring and insolvency matters. Managing partner and practice head Fredrik Olsson
specialises in private equity-related restructurings and has notable experience in the restaurant industry. Ola Åhman advises companies, creditors and suppliers in relation to insolvency proceedings and distressed situations, while newly promoted partner Carolina Wahlby has expertise in food, entertainment and hotel sector restructurings.
Sweden > Banking and finance
(Next Generation Partners)With historical strength in acting for borrower side clients, Hannes Snellman (Sweden)’s banking and finance team now primarily represents borrowers, including Swedish, Nordic and European banks as well as debt funds and private equity houses. The team has a long-standing presence in the real estate finance sector and more recently has ventured into the sustainable finance space. Managing partner Fredrik Olsson leads the team, with real estate finance, corporate lending, and asset finance expertise. Carolina Wahlby focuses on bank lending issues, acquisition financings, and the financing of public offers, while Maria Orrgard is experienced in leveraged finance work, corporate lending, and securitisations.