Baker McKenzie LLP

Joakim Falkner is based in Stockholm and is heading up Baker McKenzie’s Capital Markets Practice Group in Europe, Middle East and Africa. He is ranked as leading lawyer for capital markets by the leading legal directories. Prior to joining Baker McKenzie in 2012, he worked at another global law firm for six years in Stockholm and London. During the last six years (2016-2021), Baker McKenzie's Capital Markets Group in Stockholm has been ranked #1 in acting for investment banks in capital markets transactions (in terms of deal volume) and #1-3 in acting for issuers in capital markets transactions (in terms of deal volume). Mr. Falkner is qualified to practice in Sweden, England and Wales and has a U.S. LLM from Suffolk University in Boston, United States of America.

Mr. Falkner practices mainly in the fields of equity capital markets and represents late-stage private and publicly traded companies, investment banks, investors, shareholders and sponsors in a wide range of transactions, including pre-IPO transactions, IPOs, public offerings, primary share issuances, preferential rights offering, sell-downs and public mergers and acquisitions.