Data privacy and data protection

Hall of Fame
The lawyers at the very top of the profession, widely known and respected by peers and clients for their longstanding involvement in market-leading work.
Caroline Olstedt Carlström
Hall of fameCirio Advokatbyrå AB
Caroline is a partner and head of Cirios’s data privacy group. She has more than 17 years of experience in international data protection and has served as legal and strategic advisor to companies within IT, media, telecommunications, energy, finance and biotech sectors. Caroline's broad experience in data privacy covers a wide range of operational, compliance, regulatory, strategic and policy matters. She has advised some of the world's largest organisations on issues such as international data transfers (employee related privacy matters (monitoring, whistleblowing etc), regulatory compliance and of advising in connection with the drafting and negotiating of data processing agreements.
Leading partners
The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.
Anna Fernqvist Svensson
Hellström Law
Anna has extensive experience working with commercial contracts, mergers & acquisitions, and disputes, serving clients in both the private and public sector. Anna specialises within the fields of EU competition law, data protection (GDPR), and labour law. She also has vast expertise within the fields of IP and environmental law. Anna is the head of the Hellström’s competition law practice group, including IP and marketing law, and the head of the data protection practice group. She has practiced for many years in the areas of retail, real estate, IT, energy and infrastructure and is also a very experienced lecturer.
Johan Sundberg
edpLaw
Johan has over 20 years of experience working as a lawyer in the field of Data Privacy & Data Protection law, and employment law at a leading global law firm. He is one of the most recognised lawyers in the area of Data Privacy & Data Protection law in Sweden, being ranked as one of the leading lawyers by Legal500 and always well-regarded for assisting clients with his business insights and proactive approach. He assists clients in a broad range of Data Privacy & Data Protection matters, such as international data transfers, transparency obligations, data breaches, intra group data transfer arrangements, due diligence exercises, litigation and more. Johan also has extensive experience within the field of Employment law, where he regularly advises clients in relation to matters such as business transfers, terminations, equal opportunity questions and senior employee contracts. He is also an expert commentator for Blendow Lexnova and frequently holds courses and seminars within his areas of expertise. Johan and his Partner colleague Johan Thörn at edpLaw are known to peers, in-house counsel and data privacy professionals as "Johan & Johan".
Next Generation Partners
Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.
Björn Johansson Heigis
Roschier
Partner Björn Johansson Heigis is Head of Roschier's Digitalization & TMT and Data Protection practices in Sweden. He is also specialized in intellectual property, dispute resolution, ICT and IP transactions, as well as licensing. Björn has extensive experience of acting as counsel in arbitration proceedings and before national courts. In addition to his LL.M. degree, Björn holds a post-graduate LL.M. degree from Bond University, Australia.
Daniel Lundqvist
Advokatfirman Kahn Pedersen KB
Partner Daniel Lundqvist is one of Sweden’s leading attorneys within IT-related law, having a particular focus on digital transformation, IoT and strategic sourcing for Swedish industrials, utility companies and banking/insurance. Daniel represents Swedish and international clients in connection with drafting, review and negotiation of complex commercial contracts and strategic projects such as digitalization, cloud services, IT-sourcing, IT-projects and system development/delivery. Daniel also has extensive experience and expertise in data protection, commercialization of data and data-driven innovation.
Jennie Nilsson
DLA Piper Sweden
Jennie Nilsson specializes in Data Privacy and Information Security. She heads DLA Piper's Digital, Data & Cyber practice group in Sweden. Before joining DLA Piper, she was the head of Data Privacy at another international law firm in Stockholm, and served as an in-house legal counsel at an international audit and consultancy firm. She has also served as a law clerk. Jennie provides advice relating to all GDPR/privacy and information security-related matters, such as data transfer arrangements, personal data breaches, cross-border data privacy compliance projects, patient data considerations, advertising/marketing, the NIS Directive and AI/Data Governance.
Tahmina Sahibli
Advokatfirman Kahn Pedersen KB
Partner Tahmina Sahibli practices in Kahn Pedersen’s Digital-team, with a primary focus on advising Sweden’s largest banks and insurance companies. She specializes on IT-contracts and data privacy with a special interest on IT sourcing, cloud strategy and regulatory issues, and frequently manages large complex projects within the financial sector. Tahmina is also a lecturer in the advanced course for IT law and data protection at the Law School of Stockholm University.
Leading associates
Rising stars with regular involvement in their team's key work, and recognition from peers or clients as being ones to watch.

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