Mr Carl Svernlöv > Baker McKenzie > Stockholm, Sweden > Lawyer Profile

Baker McKenzie
VASAGATAN 7, FLOOR 8
PO BOX 180
101 23 STOCKHOLM
Sweden

Work Department

Corporate

Position

Carl Svernlöv — listed as a highly recommended lawyer in several law publications — practices in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, corporate law and corporate governance. He is an adjunct professor of the law of business associations at the Department of Law at Stockholm University and a member of the Scientific Counsel of non-profit Stockholm Centre for Commercial Law. In 2009 he presented an official report commissioned by the Swedish Government (SOU 2009:34) proposing simplifications to the Swedish Companies Act for small and medium-sized companies, many of now have been enacted into law. Prof. Svernlöv is the author of 12 books and over 150 articles on Swedish and international business and commercial law.

Carl represents clients in the aerospace, airline services, defense, industrial electronics, IT, manufacturing, private equity and telecommunications industries.

Languages

English, Swedish

Memberships

  • New York State Bar Association
  • Swedish Bar Association

Education

  • Stockholm University (LL.D.) (2007)
  • Stockholm University (Lic. jur.) (1998)
  • Harvard University (LL.M.) (1990)
  • University of Uppsala (B.A.) (1989)
  • University of Uppsala (LL.B.) (1989)

Lawyer Rankings

Sweden > Commercial, corporate and M&A

(Hall of Fame)

Carl SvernlövBaker McKenzie

Baker McKenzie’s M&A team in Stockholm remains active in the Swedish market. Experienced commercial lawyer Carl Svernlöv has broad experience advising clients in the aerospace, airline services, defence, industrial electronics, IT, and telecoms sectors, amongst others. He leads the group alongside managing partner Costin Mihailescu who advises private equity houses and their portfolio companies on M&A. Anders Fast and John Gustafson are key contacts in the team.