Mikael Kövamees > DLA Piper Sweden > Stockholm, Sweden > Lawyer Profile

DLA Piper Sweden
Sveavägen 4
111 57 Stockholm
Sweden

Work Department

Banking & Finance

Position

Mikael Kövamees has extensive experience in all forms of banking and finance, particularly asset finance, leasing and other structured finance.

He has been the lead counsel in a large number of highly complex financing deals in Sweden and internationally, relating to e.g. rolling stock, aircraft, ships, infrastructure and many other types of industrial equipment, as well as project finance, factoring/receivables finance and export finance.

Mikael also advises on corporate law issues and matters of general commercial law as well as litigation and arbitration.

Career

Partner, Advokatfirma DLA Piper Sweden KB (2016)
Partner, Advokatfirma DLA Nordic (2001-2016)
Partner, Morssing & Nycander (1994-2000)
Legal associate, Morssing & Nycander (1988-1993)
Trainee, EG Commission (1987)
Tingsnotarie, Stockholms tingsrätt (1985-1987)

Languages

English, Swedish, German

Memberships

Member of the Swedish Bar Association
Member of the International Bar Association

Education

Master of Law (LL M), University of Pennsylvania Law School (1985)
Master of Law (LL M), University of Stockholm Law School (1984)

Lawyer Rankings

Sweden > Banking and finance

DLA Piper Sweden’s banking and finance team in Stockholm handles both lender and borrower-side mandates, both domestically and pan-Nordic, with particular expertise in real estate, asset and project financings as well as an increasing market share in leveraged and sustainable finance matters. Practice head Carl Schwieler focuses on leveraged and structured finance work and is also well regarded for his private equity and real estate sector expertise. Björn Sjöberg advises arrangers, lenders and borrowers, while Mikael Kövamees’s practice covers asset-based lending and receivables finance issues, among others. Marianne Ramel is a key contact, specialising in real estate and project financings, and Joséphine Tessmar handles acquisition finance work, syndicated lending issues and bond-related mandates.