Mats Rooth > Baker McKenzie > Stockholm, Sweden > Lawyer Profile

Baker McKenzie
VASAGATAN 7, FLOOR 8
PO BOX 180
101 23 STOCKHOLM
Sweden
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Work Department

Banking & Finance

Position

Mats Rooth is head of Baker McKenzie’s Banking & Finance Practice Group in Stockholm. He specialises in financing and restructurings, particularly acquisition finance in relation to private equity transactions where he acts for domestic and international borrowers and lenders. Prior to joining the Firm in 2017, he was one of the founding partners and head of the Banking & Finance practice at Byström Rooth & Partners. Mats has also worked as a partner and head of the finance practice at Ashurst in Stockholm and at SEB Merchant Banking and Vinge.

Mats focuses on finance and restructurings. He has advised Nordic and international companies, investors and institutions as borrowers and lenders on a wide variety of transactions that involve financing, refinancing and restructuring.

Languages

English, Swedish

Memberships

  • Swedish Bar Association – Member

Education

  • University of Stockholm (LLM) (1994)
  • University of Cambridge (LLM) (1994)
  • University of Oslo (Maritime Law Degree) (1991)

Lawyer Rankings

Sweden > Banking and finance

Baker McKenzie’s banking and finance practice in Stockholm collaborates with the firm’s offices in other jurisdictions to offer considerable cross-border financing expertise, especially in connection with leveraged and fund financing deals. With extensive experience advising international borrowers and lenders in relation to acquisition financings and restructurings, Mats Rooth heads up the practice. Markus Meuller, previously an attorney in New York, has acted for private equity funds, corporations, investment banks, and commercial banks in connection with a variety of international and domestic financing transactions, including leveraged buyouts, mezzanine facilities, and investment grade financings.