With a multidisciplinary team, the group at Mannheimer Swartling is frequently engaged by a blue-chip client base on regulatory matters, acquisitions, and disputes. Alongside this, it has a particular strength in handling privacy issues and cryptocurrency in this space. For financial regulatory matters, Carl Johan Zimdahl is a key contact with experience in distribution, sanctions, and litigation. Likewise, Carolina Flagge is a notable name in this area, with a particular focus on electronic money and corporate loans, while Anders Bergsten is the group’s IT law expert, recently working on a range of information security mandates.
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Testimonials
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- ‘Carl Johan Zimdahl is very knowledgeable. Delivers commercial and practical advice, which is rare among lawyers within the field of financial regulation.’
- ‘The team has a very good regulatory understanding and can combine this legal understanding with an understanding of the commercial and technical aspects, which is very important in the fintech area.'
- ‘Very knowledgeable. Delivers commercial and practical advice, which is rare among lawyers within the field of financial regulation.’
- 'Carl Johan Zimdahl has done a great job on the matters I have worked with him on and referred to him and his team.’
Key clients
- Klarna Bank
- Nasdaq
- Nordea
- Swedbank
- Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken
- DNB Bank ASA
- Söderberg & Partners
Work highlights
Advised DNB on the transformational, high-profile acquisition of the Carnegie Bank group.
Advised Handelsbanken on the carve-out and divestment of part of its group Finnish operations to a Finnish consortium.
Advised one of the largest Nordic banks in a major license review matter, concerning the bank’s payment solutions.
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Leading associates
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Practice head
Carl Johan Zimdahl
Other key lawyers
Carolina Flagge; Anders Bergsten