About

Since being appointed as the first in-house counsel of the ASSA ABLOY Group, a market leading electromechanical security provider in 2004, Jacob Wahlberg now heads a team of eight lawyers as general counsel. Together with his colleagues he has built the legal function of the group, working closely with the business on transactions in a variety of ways. With expertise in intellectual property, joint ventures and mergers, he handles some of the company’s most important work. Some notable work includes a public bid on Cardo AB in 2010/2011 and the subsequent trade sale of non-core assets, completing the work in an eight month period from the announcement of the bid to the closing of the last trade sale. In 2014, Wahlberg played a significant role in the ASSA ABLOY Group’s securing of 20 acquisitions.