Lending & Secured Finance
Sweden
01 May 2025
CMS Wistrand’s banking and finance team is well known for handling domestic and cross-border real estate financings for both borrowers and lenders. Stockholm-based Håkan Lindgren, who focuses on real estate and asset finance work, leads the team alongside Kristofer Selvin in Gothenburg, who has experience advising borrowers, foreign banks and financial institutions, and the ISDA, among other clients. Ulf Forsman is noted for his considerable expertise in secured lending, export finance, acquisition finance, and receivables finance, while Hendrik Kangasmuukko specialises in acquisition and project finance mandates. Monica Petersson has retired from practice.
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Testimonials
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- ‘The team stands out for its knowledge, service-minded approach, and quick responses.'
- ‘Håkan Lindgren is a very skilled acquisition finance lawyer with deep market insight.'
- ‘Per Englund and Ulf Forsman both have deep knowledge.'
- ‘A very good team when it comes to banking and finance related to real estate.'
‘They are a strong team represented in both Stockholm and Gothenburg. We have seen them particularly in corporate finance transactions but also in transportation finance, such as ship finance.’
‘They are quick to deliver and provide excellent legal advice which is very good value for money.’
‘The practice is one of the best in the market. They act as great advisers not only from a legal perspective but considering also the commercial impact of their advice.'
Key clients
- Niam AB
- Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB
- AB Svensk Exportkredit
- Catella Real Estate AG
- Citibank
- ISDA
- Euroclear Sweden AB
- Westdeutsche ImmobilienBank AG
- Akademiska Hus AB
- Danske Bank
Work highlights
Advised global investment bank Nomura on its loan to real estate investment, development and management firm Hines to fund its acquisition of a Nobia kitchen factory in Jönköping, Sweden.
Advised Resinova Bostads AB on a substantial number of secured term loans in relation to multiple residential properties in Sweden.
Advised Niam in connection with an acquisition financing and refinancing in relation to a logistic property portfolio (diversified tenant mix).
Lawyers
Practice head
Håkan Lindgren; Kristofer Selvin
Other key lawyers
Ulf Forsman; Hendrik Kangasmuukko; Per Englund