Mr Stefan Balazs > Baker McKenzie > Stockholm, Sweden > Lawyer Profile

Baker McKenzie
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Sweden
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Work Department

Capital Markets

Position

Stefan Balazs is a member of the Firm’s Capital Markets Group in Stockholm and specialized in EU Prospectus and Market Abuse Regulation. Prior to joining Baker McKenzie, Stefan worked in the field of capital market law as a legal counsellor at the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority (Finansinspektionen), focusing primarily on prospectus law. He has also conducted studies in Business Administration and Economics at the Stockholm University. Furthermore, Stefan is the only Nordic representative of the Consultative Working Group within the Corporate Finance Standing Committee at the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA).

Stefan focuses his practice mainly on Equity Capital Markets, Debt Capital Markets, and public mergers & acquisitions. Stefan has extensive transaction experience from representing both issuers and investment banks in IPOs, public capital raisings (preferential rights issues and directed issues), bond listings, MTN-programmes and representing clients in SFSA imposed Market Abuse Regulation-sanctions.

Memberships

  • Swedish Bar Association
  • Member of the Consultative Working Group of the Corporate Finance Standing Committee within the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA)

Education

  • University of Stockholm (Juris Kandidat (LL.M.)) (2011)
  • University of Stockholm (Business Administration)

Lawyer Rankings

Sweden > Capital markets

Baker McKenzie’s team in Stockholm has a strong reputation for its equity capital markets expertise, handling a high volume of domestic and cross-border matters, including IPOs, and advising issuers, underwriters, and domestic and international investment banks. Practice head Joakim Falkner represents late-stage private and publicly-traded companies, investment banks, investors, shareholders and sponsors in relation to pre-IPO transactions, IPOs, primary share issuances, and preferential rights offerings, among other matters. Henric Roth has a broad practice, with particular experience in the technology and life sciences sectors. Stefan Balazs works on both the equity and debt side, including in connection with IPOs, preferential rights issuances, bond listings, and MTN programmes.