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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  • ‘Anders Nilsson is an extremely skilled lawyer with an exceptional ability to translate that into concrete and useful advice for our business. He is also easy to work with and I felt very safe with him by our side.’
  • ‘The team immediately gave us attention and showed responsiveness, giving us a better understanding of the issue and the way forward. The collaboration with their team and our team went very smooth the whole way.’
  • ‘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.’
  • ‘Consistently professional advice. We felt proud to have such competent advisors and we felt completely safe. ’
  • ‘Anders Nilsson is skilled.’
  • ‘Good team with large assignments.’

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Practice head

Fredrik Thor; Jörgen Wistrand

Other key lawyers

Christian Bergqvist; Anders Nilsson; Nina Baecklund