Advokatfirman Cederquist KB’s M&A practice offers broad expertise spanning the infrastructure, telecoms, transportation, retail, and manufacturing sectors, amongst others. Practice head Pontus Röckert is well-known for advising private equity and venture capital funds on various transactions, including acquisitions, investments, divestments, mergers, and joint ventures. Carl-Johan Deuschl represents domestic and international companies, banks, and governmental bodies in relation to industrial M&A and infrastructure transactions. Martin Ulfson has a strong track-record in cross-border corporate matters. Johan Lidström has considerable experience handling private equity and M&A transactions in the large-cap and small to mid-cap segments. Senior associate Viktor Eriksson also plays a key role in the team.
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Testimonials
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‘Johan Linström and Pontus Röckert are very solid advisers who know the local venture capital landscape and its players well.'
‘Wilhelm Lühning and Anna Green Jensen are both excellent legal advisers; approachable, responsive and super professional. They are also very fair in their fee structure.’
‘Viktor Eriksson has a very commercial mindset and is focused on what really matters for the transaction and issues at hand.’
‘An excellent team that provides solid advice, is very accessible, and professional. They are also very knowledgeable when it comes to public-to-private transactions!'
Key clients
- Nordic Capital
- Norvestor Equity
- Polaris Private Equity
- Orkla ASA
- Instalco AB
- Creades AB
- Trill Impact
- Allurity
- Billerud AB
- Max Matthiessen
Work highlights
Represented Nordic Capital in connection with its acquisition of a majority share in Foxway, a leading European provider of circular IT services.
Represented MTR Nordic AB in the divestment of its subsidiary MTR Express AB, operating market-based open access railway traffic between Stockholm and Gothenburg, to VR Group.
Advised Kinnevik AB in connection with the sale of its entire shareholding in Tele2 to Freya Investissement, an investment vehicle controlled by the European telecoms group iliad and its chairman and founder Xavier Niel through NJJ Holding.
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Practice head
Pontus Röckert
Other key lawyers
Carl-Johan Deuschl; Martin Ulfson; Johan Lidström; Viktor Eriksson; Anna Green Jensen; Wilhelm Lüning