About

Kinnevik is an investment company that was founded in 1936 and is focused on building and backing high-growth challenger businesses that use technology to provide consumers with more and better choice. Kinnevik concentrates on TMT, e-commerce, financial services and healthcare, large sectors in the process of technological disruption. The firm believes in delivering both shareholder and social value by building leading, sustainable companies that contribute positively to society. Mattias Andersson has been with Kinnevik as the company’s general counsel since 2016, and explains how he perceives the legal department in the company as ‘a tool to achieve the company objectives’. With a strong M&A focus as well as high emphasis on corporate governance and capital markets as well as sustainability, Andersson explains how the legal function sits ‘in the core of the business’, and highlights ‘actively supporting our companies in their growth journey and being involved in day to day negotiations with partners, owners and senior management’. As Kinnevik sits in ‘the heart of a fast-paced investment environment’, Andersson’s ethos is to add value ‘as both a legal and business advisor when balancing operational risks with the overall objectives and ambitions’. With a company that displays such a commitment to its sustainable investment approach, Andersson expresses the belief that operating with a responsible outlook is ‘critical for building value and the key to long-term sustainable growth’. He further demonstrates the commitment to these core values as follows: ‘Companies that operate in a responsible and ethical manner will be better able to offer products and services that meet the demands of their customers, as well as to recruit the best employees, thereby outperforming their competitors in the long run’. Prior to his current role, Andersson served as legal director at SKF, an associate at Setterwalls Advokatbyrå, and associate at Mannheimer Swartling after graduating with an LLM from the University of Gothenburg and serving in the Swedish Armed Forces in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo.