Partner
Amin Bell is specialized in financial regulation, especially in the areas of payment services, credits, securities, asset management as well as AML. Amin has been active within the field since 2007 and frequently represents financial institutions which are supervised by the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority (Sw. Finansinspektionen), such as payment institutions, credit institutions, investment firms and fund managers in matters relating to regulatory compliance.
In his daily work, Amin provides advice in a variety of matters relating to authorizations with the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority and in various implementation projects as well as corporate and contract law issues. Amin has participated in a number of projects implementing new legislation, such as MiFID 2, AIFMD, PSD/PSD 2 and AMLD 4.
Amin has held the position as compliance officer at numerous companies in the aforementioned categories.
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Partner
Anna Cumzelius' work is mainly withing the area of regulatory issues, especially in the field of asset management, securities, payment services, AML as well as data protection.
Anna has been active within the field since 2010 and frequently represents financial institutions which are supervised by the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority (Sw. Finansinspektionen). She maintains the position as compliance officer at several companies in the aforementioned categories. Anna has participated in a number of projects implementing new legislation, such as MiFID 2, AIFMD, PSD 2 and AMLD 4. She also advises clients in matters relating to corporate and contract law.
In addition, Anna’s experience includes M&A and she has assisted in several Swedish and international corporate transactions. Anna also frequently advises in matters of data protection (GDPR).
Anna was selected as the exclusive winner of the Lexology Client Choice Award 2024 for Banking in Sweden. Statements from clients include "Anna provides excellent services into the regulatory aspects of the markets and services" and "Anna Cumzelius has in-depth knowledge of the financial markets".
Founding Partner
Björn Wendleby is specialized in financial regulation, mainly within exchange and securities law, banking and finance legislation, asset management, sustainability regulation, crypto assets and AML. Björn has significant regulatory experience representing clients in contacts with the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority (Sw. Finansinspektionen). In his daily work, Björn provides advice in a variety of matters relating to authorizations with the Financial Supervisory Authority and in various implementation projects. He has over the years participated in several long term projects implementing new legislation, such as MiFID/MiFID 2, PSD/PSD 2, AIFMD and 4 AMLD.
Partner
Gustav Sälgström’s work is mainly within the area of regulatory issues, especially in the field of securities and fund operations as well as AML. Gustav has been active within the above-mentioned field since 2008 and has advised both fund and asset management companies on various legal matters and on their contacts with the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority (Sw. Finansinspektionen).
In his daily work, Gustav provides advice in a variety of matters relating to authorizations with the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority and in various implementation projects as well as corporate and contract law matters. He has participated in a number of projects implementing new legislation, such as MiFID 2, AIFMD, and AMLD 4.
Gustav has maintained the position as compliance officer at numerous companies in the aforementioned categories, including fund managers investing in real estate. His work experience also includes advising banks and borrowers in connection with financing.
Counsel
Liselotte Calander has been active in the financial industry since 1998.
Liselotte is specialized in financial regulation, mainly in the areas of securities, asset management and banking and finance and has significant regulatory and legal experience from the banking industry.
In her daily work, she provides advice in a variety of matters relating to authorizations with the Financial Supervisory Authority, various implementation and restructuring projects as well as corporate and contract law issues. She has over the years participated in several long-term projects implementing new legislation, such as MiFID/MiFID 2.
Liselotte has several years’ management experience from the legal department at a large Swedish bank.
Counsel
Niklas Sinander has been working with financial regulatory compliance matters as well as banking and finance since 2013. He joined Harvest in 2023 from another Swedish law firm where he was Head of Financial Regulation.
Niklas provides legal and strategic advice to Swedish and international investors as well as regulated entities in all financial regulatory areas. His expertise in financial regulation primarily covers the areas of payment services, consumer credits, securities, asset management (UCITS and AIFMD), investment services (MiFID), crypto-assets, anti-money laundering and counter terrorist financing (AML) and outsourcing, where he advises on a broad range of matters including license applications, regulatory compliance and cross-border business expansions.
His expertise in banking and finance includes advising Swedish and international lenders and borrowers on structured finance such as acquisition finance, project finance, real estate finance, alternative lending, peer-to-peer lending and other innovative credit structures. Niklas has extensive experience of both domestic and cross-border transactions.
He has for several years participated in educating LL.M. students on financial regulation and banking and finance at the advanced master program course ��Credit and Financial Market Law” at Stockholm University.