About

The legal department at BillerudKorsnäs, a Swedish pulp and paper manufacturer, is widely regarded as a young, dynamic and versatile organisation. The team is praised by sources for being a key ‘speaking partner’ to the business and this is reflected via general counsel Andreas Mattsson’s close working relationship with the CFO and CEO. Since its establishment in 2013, the legal team at BillerudKorsnäs has ensured that support of the strategic direction of the organisation is a primary focus. On its creation, the team successfully increased overall legal awareness throughout the entire company in addition to enhancing general productivity. The constant demands from an ever changing regulatory environment resulted in the legal department being required to implement an advanced policy program within anti-bribery, competition law, and compliance. The program successfully improved company processes and reduced risk, and the team has gone on to align company processes to that of recently introduced legislation. The legal function has provided essential support to the company during a period of rapid growth; a period that encouraged the legal function to interact more closely with all departments, and act as a focal point for information.