Michael Bark-Jones > White & Case Advokat AB > Stockholm, Sweden > Lawyer Profile

White & Case Advokat AB’s debt finance team is well known as ‘a large team capable of handling several complex transactions at once’ and stands out for its leveraged finance expertise. With broad experience covering IPO financings, restructurings, refinancings, and private equity fund financings, Oscar Liljeson focuses his practice on leveraged finance matters. He leads the team alongside debt capital markets specialist Michael Bark-Jones, who handles debt restructuring and acquisition finance mandates, among others. David Tayler’s varied practice spans acquisition finance work, public-to-private transactions, and real estate finance matters. Carl Hugo Parment retired from practice in July 2024, while Magnus Wennerhorn left the firm to join Linklaters in September 2024.

White & Case Advokat AB‘s capital markets team remains a firm of choice for international investment banks. ECM practice head Johan Thiman, whose varied practice sees him advise issuers, financial sponsors, and underwriters, is noted particularly for his work on major cross-border IPOs. Michael Bark-Jones, who has considerable experience advising arrangers, sponsors, and issuers on high-yield and investment-grade bond offerings on both the Nordic and international markets, leads on DCM matters. Former joint ECM practice head Rikard Stenberg left the firm in January 2025.