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CMS Wistrand

CMS Wistrand

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Sweden

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Employment

The team at CMS Wistrand advises clients across a broad range of sectors, specialising in the consumer product and construction sectors in particular. The team has experience handling both contentious and regulatory matters, including wrongful dismissal and mobbing mandates. Jakob Bernander is a key contact for workforce reductions, while Jörgen Larsson is frequently engaged by international clients. Maria Kosteska Fägerquist co-leads the team alongside Bernander and Larsson, and specialises in business transformations.
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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘Maria Kosteska Fägerquist is a highly skilled lawyer and a true pleasure to work with. She has an exceptional ability to provide advice that is both practical and effective for clients.’
  • ‘Maria Kosteska Fägerquist and Aaron Coster are very hands-on, solid advisors.’
  • ‘The team has a great ability to combine deep legal expertise with a very practical, solutions-driven approach. Also, the strengths we value most are their responsiveness, clarity of communication, and genuine understanding of our business needs.’
  • ‘What makes this practice unique is the combination of deep technical expertise with a very client-focused and collaborative approach. From my experience, the team is highly knowledgeable and extremely approachable, ensuring that advice is both commercially sound and easy to apply in practice.’
  • ‘Maria Kosteska Fägerquist has a deep legal knowledge of Swedish employment laws and a remarkable ability to break down complex issues into actionable steps, which gave me both confidence and a clear path forward. What made her different from others I have worked with was the combination of expertise, responsiveness, and genuine support.'
  • ‘The team has good and broad expertise in all areas, delivers quickly, and you can feel safe in handing over the matter to the company.’

Key clients

  • Swedish Construction Federation
  • Strawberry (formerly Nordic Choice Hotels)
  • Serneke (bankruptcy estate)

Work highlights

Advising the Swedish Construction Federation (Sv. Sveriges Byggindustrier) on a number of disputes with the Swedish trade union Byggnads concerning collective bargaining agreements.
Representing Strawberry (formerly Nordic Choice Hotels) for over a decade in a range of general employment and work environment matters.
Advising the receiver, or Serneke Sverige AB, following its bankruptcy in January 2025, including assuming HR functions, handling the process of mass terminations, and retaining a large number of key personnel to wind down or continue projects.
Practice head

Jakob Bernander; Jörgen Larsson; Maria Kosteska Fägerquist

Other key lawyers

Aaron Coster

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