About

Firm overview: Hammarskiöld is a leading Swedish Business law firm, established in 1998 with a substantial international practice. The firm regularly represents clients in connection with large international transactions, including banking and finance, M&A and debt and equity capital markets transactions. The firm also specialises in competition law, financial regulatory, arbitration and litigation proceedings and media and telecoms law. Hammarskiöld is known for handling high profile and complex matters including investigations and compliance matters and is a trusted legal advisor known for quality, competence and industry knowledge. As an independent firm, Hammarskiöld regularly works in international assignments together with top-ranked foreign and international law firms.

International work: Hammarskiöld is providing domestic and cross-border legal advice, frequently liaising with top-tier law firms in England, United States, the Nordics and Germany (among several other countries). The firm provides seamless representation to clients throughout the world. Being an independent firm, the firm can work with the foreign counsel of the client’s choice or choose the best lawyer or law firm suitable for the particular assignment. A very large part of the firm’s total assignments origins from international work or foreign clients. The firm acts as legal advisor on behalf of Swedish and foreign corporations, entities, organisations, funds, banks and acts as counsel to foreign law firms in all areas of practice in Sweden. Although the core of the firm’s practice focuses on Swedish law, the firm also has substantial expertise in advising on or handling the international implications of business law issues.

Practice areas
Banking and finance
Compliance and investigations
Capital markets
Dispute resolution
EU and competition law
Energy and public utilities
Employment law
General corporate practice
Healthcare and life sciences
Insurance and reinsurance
IT, technology and data privacy
Intellectual property
Marketing law
Mergers and acquisitions
Public procurement
Public affairs

Managing partner: Mattias Anjou
Number of partners worldwide: 15
Number of other lawyers worldwide: 21
Languages: Swedish, English, French, German, Punjabi, Urdu

Languages

  • English
  • French
  • German

Staffing Figures

  • 30 Number of lawyers