Mr Hans Svensson > Bird & Bird > Stockholm, Sweden > Lawyer Profile
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Mr Hans Svensson
Work Department
Corporate
Position
Hans Svensson a Partner in our office in Sweden, and the head of the Corporate practice group in Stockholm. He is a key member of our Media Sector Group and heads the Nordic Tech & Comms Sector Group and the Banking & Finance Practice Group.
Hans has more than 20 years of experience in public and private M&A, capital markets, financing and joint ventures both locally and internationally. His extensive experience means that Hans is very versatile and he is exceptionally successful in the field of transaction advice. His industry and sector experience spans over a wide range of businesses in the communications, media and tech sectors and his clients are mainly entrepreneurs, private equity owned companies, and businesses with strategic challenges.
Apart from offering transaction advice, Hans is also a trusted senior advisor to owners, directors and managers. He attracts extraordinary endorsements from an international and domestic client base.
Career
Managing Partner, Bird & Bird Sweden 2015- , Partner, Bird & Bird 2007- , Associate, Bird & Bird 2004-2007, General Counsel (corporate & M&A), Eniro AB (publ) 2000-2004, Associate, Lindahl 1996-2000, Law clerk, Gothenburg District Court 1994-1996
Languages
Swedish, English, French
Memberships
Hans is a member of the Swedish bar association, Advokat. He is also an active member of several formal and informal business networks in Sweden, Finland and France.
Education
LL.M., University of Lund – 1994, European Master in Law & Economics (Hamburg, Ghent & Paris IX-Dauphine) – 1993
Lawyer Rankings
Sweden > IT and telecoms
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.
Sweden > Commercial, corporate and M&A
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.