
The well-established team at CMS Wistrand provides advice on complex restructurings and major insolvency cases, with clients spanning such industries as retail and construction. Stockholm-based Fredrik Thor and Gothenberg-based Jörgen Wistrand co-lead the team. Thor specialises particularly in handling insolvency proceedings, while Wistrand is regularly appointed as a bankruptcy administrator on major cases. Other key names include established expert Christian Bergqvist, Anders Nilsson and Nina Baecklund.
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Testimonials
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- ‘One of the top insolvency teams in Sweden, especially when it concerns insolvency litigation. CMS Wistrand is a solid traditional Swedish firm.’
- ‘Anders Nilsson is one of the most skilled trustees in Sweden with special knowledge in insolvency litigation. He has a solid reputation in the market and is known as a pragmatic and very technically skilled practitioner.’
- ‘Good team with large assignments.’
- ‘Anders Nilsson is skilled.’
- ‘Consistently professional advice. We felt proud to have such competent advisors and we felt completely safe. ’
- ‘Anders Nilsson among others was in our team. They really listened to our problem, and preferences, they were creative and came up with their own suggestions and solutions, and provided a good sounding board regarding general strategy, in addition to strictly legal issues.’
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Practice head
Fredrik Thor; Jörgen Wistrand
Other key lawyers
Christian Bergqvist; Anders Nilsson; Nina Baecklund



