With offices in six locations spread across Sweden, Advokatfirman Lindahl KB’s nationwide M&A practice offers a comprehensive service covering transactional and strategic matters in a wide range of sectors, including tech, life sciences and energy. The team has a strong reputation for handling mid-cap M&A deals and has seen recent growth in its share of high-end transactions. Moritz Veller in Stockholm specialises in cross-border mandates, while Helsingborg-based Svante Liljedahl offers seller-side expertise. Johan Herrström, managing partner of the firm’s Malmö office, focuses on the IT and medtech sectors. Having joined the firm from Bird & Bird in May 2023, Jan Byström brings more than 25 years of M&A and private equity experience. The department was also bolstered by the arrival of Ahmed Al-Rahma from Roschier in September 2023.
Testimonials
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‘Erika Svensson is a very pleasant person to work with. She has the right knowledge, attitude and flexibility to achieve results.’
‘Moritz Veller is one of the best corporate/M&A attorneys for cross-border matters. He offers tailor-made advice and a very sound commercial mind. He also has great client handling skills.'
'The team has impressive cross-border capabilities owing to its dual-qualified lawyers. They offer business-oriented and pragmatic legal advice as well as impeccable client service.'
‘A competent and hungry team - keen on walking the extra mile and delivering above expectations for the benefit of clients.'
‘The team is super competent technically, pragmatic, and very good at dealing with people.'
‘The team is very flexible and agile. They know what we want to achieve and they are very pragmatic in their work.’
Key clients
- Ratos AB
- Polaris Private Equity
- CapMan Buyout
- Bonnier Capital
- Embracer Group
- Recover / EQT
- 1KOMMA5° GmbH
- Dacke Industri
- Viking Venture
- Hennes & Mauritz (H&M)
- Beijer Tech
- Turn Energy
- Sareq
- Cramo AB
- eEquity Venture
- ABB AB
- Cardo Health
- Palette Life Sciences
- Evolar
- Kamic/Amplex/Mindelon
- Miss Group
- Volati
- EAB
- Nolato
Work highlights
- Advised the shareholders of Palette Life Sciences on their sale of Palette Group to US corporation Teleflex, Inc. (deal value: USD 650 million).
- Advised Wistrandsgruppen on its sale of Dollarstore (enterprise value: EUR 345 million) to Finnish discount retail chain Tokmanni.
- Advised Polaris Private Equity on its acquisition of majority share in Micropower Group from its founders and management.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Mikael Smedeby, Thorbjörn Wennerholm, Svante Liljedahl, Henrik Nobel, Robert Asplund, Emanuel Wallin, Johan Herrstrom