CMS

Your bridge to successful cross-border business in Sweden and Germany / the DACH region

Trading between Sweden and Germany has been intense ever since the Hanseatic period, which has helped both economies to grow and develop. Conducting cross-border business is now a matter of course with Germany being Sweden’s largest international trading partner today.

Our German Desk lawyers have years of experience

CMS Wistrand is one of Sweden’s leading full-service corporate law firms, and our German Desk provides legal advice to clients from the DACH region regarding Swedish law and/or by way of its project manager function. The areas of advice include the formation of a subsidiary or branch, cross-border transactions, all types of commercial agreements, labor law, disputes, as well as ongoing advice concerning daily business life in Sweden.

Our German Desk consists of Swedish and German lawyers with many years of experience in corporate law advice to clients from Germany, Switzerland and Austria. All the lawyers have trained and worked in Sweden as well as Germany.

In addition, we assist our Swedish clients with cross-border transactions, investments and other business aspects regarding the German-speaking part of the World.

Lawyers 

Robert Kullgren – Over the years, Robert has represented a large number of major German investors in Sweden, such as Deutsche Bank, Deka, Bouwfonds, Patrizia and Berlinovo. He holds a LL.M from a German university and has previously worked for a German law firm. 

Sascha Schaeferdiek – Sascha is a dual-qualified Swedish Advokat and German Rechtsanwalt, and is regularly engaged in cross-border M&A transactions, in particular for medium-sized companies from the German-speaking countries. Sascha holds a German law degree and a doctorate from a German university and has worked for a German law firm for several years. 

Erik Hygrell – Erik has for several years advised German clients on investments and various corporate law mandates in Sweden, including in particular clients from automotive and other manufacturing industry sectors. Erik holds an LL.M from a German university and has previously worked for a German law firm.  

CMS Wistrand also has a strong international practise within Banking and Finance, and Debt Capital Markets. 

Monica Petersson – advises leading Swedish and international banks and blue chip corporates on all aspects of debt financing, ranging from unsecured and secured bilateral and syndicated loans and export financing to Debt Capital Markets, derivatives, and related regulatory matters. She was admitted to the New York Bar in 1990 and to the Swedish Bar in 1994 and is now considered to be one of the top banking lawyers in Sweden. 

Ulf Forsman – a dual-qualified (England and Sweden) banking and finance specialist, he focuses mainly on secured lending (including real estate finance), export finance, acquisition finance and receivables finance. Ulf worked as a banking lawyer in the City of London for over 10 years and was based in Brazil for nine years, where he was Head��of Legal for Latin America for a multinational company. In 2018 Ulf assisted the London Loan Market Association (LMA) in connection with the drafting of the export finance buyer credit agreement recently published by the LMA.