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Bird & Bird Offices
NORRLANDSGATAN 15
BOX 7714
103 95 STOCKHOLM
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Bird & Bird > The Legal 500 Rankings
Sweden > Tax Tier 2
Bird & Bird‘s tax expertise extends to a broad range of matters, including commercial transactions, holding structures, and indirect tax. The group has strength in international mandates, assisting clients with tax planning across Europe, the US, and beyond. Carl-Magnus Uggla leads the team, and has particular expertise in real estate and private equity tax, covering transactions, tax planning issues, and disputes. Victor Stålblad is a key name for tax issues relating to incentive schemes, and has significant litigation experience.Practice head(s):
Carl-Magnus Uggla
Other key lawyers:
Testimonials
‘Carl-Magnus Uggla is a great adviser. He is calm, competent and commercial. He literally writes the book on anti-avoidance tax advice.’
‘The knowledge they sit on is one of a kind. Bird & Bird has for the last couple of years always delivered on and above expectations.’
‘Carl-Magnus Uggla has such knowledge, not only in the area of tax, but in business in general, so he really understands our point of view.’
‘Carl-Magnus Uggla, probably the best tax expert in the Nordics. Gets the problem and help us solve it or to make the right direction.’
‘Carl-Magnus Uggla is always quick to respond, nice to talk to, and knows our business and challenges well. It applies regardless if it’s a short/simple question or something that needs some investigation.’
‘The Swedish tax team provide in-depth expertise in taxation, and practical and solution-oriented advice.’
‘Carl-Magnus Uggla is very knowledgeable, provides practical advice and is also a very nice guy to work with.’
Key clients
AF Gruppen
AG Mining (listed as Andean Ltd in Canada)
AIG
Ålandsbanken
Areim AB
Bain AB / Bain Inc
Beowulf Mining AB
Citi Group
Collegio
Combient AB / Combient Mix AB
Ferronordic AB
HSB Projektpartner AB
Lateral Management AB / Ltd
Majority Inc
Rebtel AB
Samsoe Samsoe
HSB ProjectPartner AB
Stiftelsen HSB Garantifond
TV4 Media AB / Telia AB
Qeros Inc
Work highlights
- Advised the US investor Wellington on the potential restructuring of its investment in Klarna AB.
- Assisted the founders of Sequal Games AB with tax structuring advice when establishing the company through a cross-border transaction.
Sweden > Commercial, corporate and M&A Tier 3
Bird & Bird’s corporate and commercial group in Stockholm is particularly strong in the tech, media, telecoms, IP, and renewables sectors. Hans Svensson has experience advising on public and private M&A, joint ventures, and strategic co-operations. He is especially active in the tech, communications, media, and payments sectors. Mårten Willamo has a strong track-record advising private equity investors and industrial companies on regional M&A. The two lead the team alongside commercial lawyer Mattias Lindberg. Martin Folke stands out for his work with high-growth tech companies.Practice head(s):
Hans Svensson; Mårten Willamo; Mattias Lindberg
Other key lawyers:
Testimonials
‘Mårten Willamo brings experience and unrivalled expertise to any team he’s leading. Regardless of the team composition you can, as a client, feel the presence of Mårten.’
‘The team is competent and available which are the two most important factors when dealing with transactions.’
Key clients
Fortum
Honeywell
Double Down Interactive
Nordic Alpha Partners
Guesty Inc
Green Cargo
Majority
Omnia
Sweden > Data privacy and data protection Tier 3
Bird & Bird’s commercial group regularly advises on technically complex data privacy and data protection issues; recent highlights include advising on the transfer of health data across open networks. Practice head Mattias Lindberg is noted for his experience advising on personal and patient data processing. At the associate level, Ana-Maria Barbu-Nyström and Julia Jansson play key roles.Practice head(s):
Mattias Lindberg
Other key lawyers:
Testimonials
‘Mattias Lindberg is great to work with.’
‘Mattias Lindberg keeps on being one step ahead. His intuitive understanding of what truly matters for a business, combined with his expertise in rules and regulations, makes him the player you want on your team.’
‘The team is knowledgeable, commercial and pragmatic.’
‘The team’s profound expertise in high tech and rules and regulations turns being compliant into a business opportunity.’
Key clients
Kontakta
Synsam Group One AB
AB Svensk Bilprovning
Barry Wehmiller
Work highlights
- Advised Synsam on strategic privacy issues such as data privacy assessments, including on the transfer of health data across open networks.
- Advised Vattenfall on various data privacy projects and matters such as the overhaul and consolidation of Vattenfall’s outward facing Privacy Notices.
- Advised Angelini Pharma Nordics on an overview of its data protection compliance for the Nordic region.
Sweden > Employment Tier 3
Bird & Bird’s employment team in Stockholm works closely with other offices in the firm’s international network to advise domestic and international clients on a broad spectrum of matters, including terminations, workforce restructurings, harassment claims, and trade secrets work. With considerable experience covering executive contracts, pensions, and compensation issues as well as transactional matters, Katarina Åhlberg
leads the group. Senior associate Dasha Arntyr’s broad experience includes whistleblowing, trade union, and compliance matters.
Practice head(s):
Katarina Åhlberg
Other key lawyers:
Testimonials
‘Bird & Bird delivers timely and clear legal advice, always with a commercial and solution-oriented approach.’
‘Dasha Arntyr not only walked me through the most basic tenets of Swedish employment law, but also coached me and our HR team through a redundancy and the aftermath, including a sticky employee situation. Dasha was practical, timely, and gave guidance that was easily understood and reflected a deep understanding of the nuances of our situation.’
‘I have been very pleased with the services we have received from the Bird and Bird team in Sweden. Given that I am a US based employment lawyer with a global scope and no previous knowledge of or responsibility for Sweden, having the Bird and Bird team there to answer even our most basic questions has been critical.’
‘Bird & Bird’s employment practice’s ability to move from high-level strategic advice – interweaving the relevant commercial and legal – to efficient hands-on execution makes them unique.’
Key clients
Unit 4
Lexmark
Implement Consulting
Work highlights
- Assisted Unit 4 inter alia in relation to restructuring projects, redundancies and settlement negotiations.
- Assisted Lexmark, inter alia, in relation to a global restructuring project.
- Advising Implement Consulting Group P/S on ongoing employment issues as well as Partner Performance and Incentive issues. This has included considerations in relation to consequences of non-satisfactory performance.
Sweden > Intellectual property and media Tier 3
Bird & Bird is active for numerous multinationals in contentious and non-contentious IP matters, advising on matters across the tech, automotive, and media sectors, among others. Gabriel Lidman leads the team, and has significant experience in dispute resolution, including both litigation and arbitration proceedings. Gunnar Hjalt is a key contact for small and medium-sized clients, and Wendela Hårdemark joined the practice in early 2025.Practice head(s):
Gabriel Lidman
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Key clients
Monster Beverage Corporation
Aptiv Contract Services Sweden AB
Momento Film AB
Work highlights
- Acting as counsel for Momento Film AB in a copyright dispute as regards the rights to the motion picture Madame Luna.
Sweden > IT and telecoms Tier 3
Bird & Bird‘s international network of offices positions the Sweden department well to provide a joined-up service across global jurisdictions, with expertise across innovative areas such as AI, blockchain, and evolving IP matters. Hans Svensson, a key name for commercial matters, co-leads the group with Mattias Lindberg, who is an ‘excellent lawyer with the right focus’. Ariana Sohrabi contributes strength in regulatory and data privacy matters.Practice head(s):
Hans Svensson; Mattias Lindberg
Other key lawyers:
Testimonials
‘Great knowledge and experience in the field. Commercial and pragmatic.’
‘Mattias Lindberg – excellent lawyer with the right focus. Very nice to work with.’
‘Bird & Bird is the leading law firm in Sweden with TMT focus and their position as one of the leading firms within communications is undisputed, both in terms of expertise and the seamless international network that they provide.’
‘Hans Svensson and his team deliver timely and clear legal advice, always with a commercial and solution oriented approach. Their ability to move from high-level strategic advice – interweaving the relevant commercial, legal and tax aspects – to efficient hands-on execution makes them unique.’
Key clients
Fortum
Honeywell
Nordic Alpha Partners
Guesty Inc.
Majority
Omnia
European Commission – European Blockchain Regulatory Sandbox
Adlibris
Kontakta
AB Svensk Bilprovning
RCO Security AB
Work highlights
- Advised EasyPark Group on its strategic business critical procurement of its new global ERP system.
- Advised Honeywell International Inc. on its acquisition of heads-up display (HUD) assets for use in a variety of Honeywell avionics offerings, from Swedish aerospace and defence company Saab AB.
- Advised Fortum, as investor, within the context of the €10m ($10.8m) investment round carried out by Eliq to help expand its operations around Europe.
Sweden > Capital markets Tier 4
Bird & Bird’s capital markets practice is particularly active in the tech, energy, and mining sectors. Practice head Ola Lidström specialises in matters concerning capital markets regulations, rights issuances, underwritings, and buyback programs. He is supported by associate Johanna Sternudd, who has experience handling IPOs, rights issuances, public takeovers, and share and share-related incentive programmes.Practice head(s):
Ola Lidström
Other key lawyers:
Testimonials
‘Ola Lidström is experienced and highly competent.’
‘A dedicated team with excellent competence and a good ability to cooperate in a project with financial advisers and management.’
Key clients
Beowulf Mining plc
Eurobattery Minerals AB
Botnia Exploration Holding AB
SECITS Holding AB
Seafire AB
Etteplan Oyj
St1 Nordic Oy
Nordic Iron Ore AB
Hitech & Development Wireless Sweden Holding AB
Talkpool AG
Work highlights
- Advised Finnish energy group St1 Nordic in connection with its SEK405m joint public offer to the shareholders of Swedish bio-energy group Biokraft International, listed on Nasdaq First North Growth Market in Stockholm.
- Advised First North Growth Market listed Swedish mining company Nordic Iron Ore AB in connection with its SEK163m accelerated book building and placing.
- Advised AIM listed exploration and development company Beowulf Mining plc in connection with its SEK8.5m rights issuance of Swedish depositary receipts and £2.1m Primary Bid offer.
Sweden > Dispute resolution Tier 5
Bird & Bird’s disputes team in Stockholm focuses on intellectual property disputes, including trade secret and copyright litigation. The group also handles general contractual disputes. Practice head Gabriel Lidman has notable experience acting for major pharma, biotech and tech companies in patent disputes.Practice head(s):
Gabriel Lidman
Key clients
Aptiv Contract Services Sweden AB
Handlarfinans Sverige AB
Momento Film AB
Green Cargo AB
Work highlights
- Acting for leading automotive technology supplier, Aptiv Contract Services, in major trade secrets litigation.
- Acting for leading railway freight transport company, Green Cargo, in major litigation against the Swedish Transport Administration Authority regarding contractual rights.
- Acting for car dealership financer, Handlarfinans Sverige, in bankruptcy recovery litigation.
Bird & Bird > Firm Profile
The firm: Bird & Bird is an international law firm, with a long-established reputation for having a rare and invaluable grasp of strategic commercial issues. The firm combines exceptional legal expertise with deep industry knowledge and refreshingly creative thinking, to help clients operating at the forefront of their industries to achieve their commercial goals.
Bird & Bird has over 1,600 lawyers and legal practitioners with broad advisory transactional and contentious capability, with a particular focus on key industry sectors. The firm has an extensive international reach with 32 offices across Europe, Asia-Pacific, Africa, North America and the Middle East, offering a seamless, cross-border service between locations and sector and practice groups.
The Swedish practice has a broad transactional and contentious capability with a special focus on the technology and communications, media, life sciences, energy and utilities and food and beverage industry sectors.
As an international law firm Bird & Bird co-ordinates its activities across all its international offices to ensure an integrated approach, continuity of client care and regular exchange of know-how and best practice.
The Stockholm office is located in the centre of Stockholm and has 80 employees, including 55 lawyers. The office is headed by managing partner Mårten Willamo.
Areas of practice: Underpinned by deep client and industry knowledge, the firm’s key sectors include:
Automotive: advising on all stages of a life cycle of a motor vehicle, from initial design, to sales and distribution, through to disposals.
Aviation, aerospace, defence and security: advising on asset management and financing, civil aviation matters, including airlines, regulatory and competition issues, and aerospace and defence, including PPP/PFI and product liability.
Electronics: advising clients operating in or serving the electronics industry, from R&D and component manufacturing, to technology licensing agreements.
Energy and utilities: advising large multinationals, investors, project companies and large energy consumers on electricity generation, energy trading, renewable energy, cleantech and climate change, and upstream oil and gas.
Financial services: advising global clients in the financial services sector, such as global retail and investment banks, investors and hedge funds, on transactions, regulatory issues, commercial contracts and dispute resolution.
Food and beverage: advising on a full range of areas, including branding, labelling, health claims, fair trade and patents on novel foods.
Life sciences and healthcare: advising clients in biotechnology, bioinformatics and pharmaceutical companies on licensing and drug development agreements, R&D collaboration, IP acquisitions and joint ventures.
Media and entertainment: advising clients from across the media spectrum on a wide range of issues, including exploitation across all forms of digital media and emerging areas, such as user-generated content exploitation.
Sports: advising clients such as national and international sports governing bodies, event organisers and sponsors on issues including exploitation of commercial rights, brand management, regulatory and disciplinary issues.
Technology and communications: advising on matters ranging from smaller innovative projects to some of the largest, most complex and ground-breaking transactions and disputes of recent years. Its team includes lawyers with a particular focus on communications, devices and components, digital tech and eCommerce, and software and services as well as a number of more specialist industries including data centres, postal and satellites.
Main Contacts
| Department | Name | Telephone | |
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| Commercial | Mattias Lindberg | ||
| Corporate | Hans Svensson | ||
| Dispute resolution | Gabriel Lidman | ||
| Employment | Katarina Åhlberg | ||
| Employee incentives and benefits | Katarina Åhlberg | ||
| Food and beverage | Caroline Grotenfelt | ||
| Technology and communications | Hans Svensson | ||
| Corporate/M&A | Mårten Willamo | ||
| Venture Capital | Martin Folke | ||
| Intellectual property | Wendela Hårdemark |
Lawyer Profiles
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Mrs Katarina Åhlberg | Katarina is the head of the Employment Group in Stockholm. She is… | View Profile |
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Wendela Hårdemark | Wendela is an experienced IP litigator and strategic advisor with almost 20… | View Profile |
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Mr Gabriel Lidman | Gabriel Lidman is partner at the Stockholm office and the head of… | View Profile |
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Mr Ola Lidström | Ola is a partner in our International Corporate Group, based in Stockholm.… | View Profile |
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Mr Mattias Lindberg | View Profile | |
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Mr Hans Svensson | Hans Svensson a Partner in our office in Sweden, and the head… | View Profile |
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Mr Carl-Magnus Uggla | Carl-Magus is a partner in our International Tax Group, based in Stockholm.… | View Profile |