With historical strength in acting for borrower side clients, Snellman’s banking and finance team now primarily represents borrowers, including Swedish, Nordic and European banks as well as debt funds and private equity houses. The team has a long-standing presence in the real estate finance sector and more recently has ventured into the sustainable finance space. Managing partner Fredrik Olsson leads the team, with real estate finance, corporate lending, and asset finance expertise. Carolina Wahlby focuses on bank lending issues, acquisition financings, and the financing of public offers, while Maria Orrgard is experienced in leveraged finance work, corporate lending, and securitisations.
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‘The team is always engaged and is an excellent example of hard work and timely feedback. Quality wise, their work is always, or close to, 100%.'
‘Carolina Wahlby is highly knowledgeable, constructive and professional in her communications with clients and counterparties. She is available and takes responsibility for transactions.'
‘Maria Orrgard is professional, engaged, and service minded. Her competence is both broad and deep.'
‘A highly engaged team with good delivery capacity.'
Key clients
- P Capital Partners (previously Proventus)
- Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken
- Svenska Handelsbanken
- Cordet
- Capman
- KLAR Partners
- Systematic Growth
- Equip Capital Partners
- Dustin
- Eltel
Work highlights
- Advised P Capital Partners as lender in relation to the financing of Nordic Leisure Travel Group AB.
- Acted as lead counsel to KLAR Partners on the acquisition of the Norwegian entity Konstel and its subsidiaries, and the simultaneous merger with its existing portfolio entities Sandbäckens (Sweden) and QMG (Finland).
- Advised Equip Capital on the acquisition and acquisition financing of certain entities of the Lakers Group.
Lawyers
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Carolina Wahlby
SnellmanPractice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Fredrik Olsson