Eversheds Sutherland’s practice in Stockholm is led by Sara Malmgren. The team regularly advises clients ranging from start-ups to multinationals on a broad spectrum of data privacy and data protection issues, including GDPR compliance, data transfers, and personal data processing. Recent highlights for the group include advising on privacy issues concerning the use of AI and machine learning in the context of football data analysis. Torbjörn Lindmark is a key contact.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘Sara Malmgren is our GDPR lawyer. I have been working with lawyers for over 10 years regarding our GDPR approved data collection model using wi-fi for footfall, and Sara really stands out. She is very knowledgeable, fast and efficient and has help us to legally vet clients.’

  • ‘Sara Malmgren is a very competent and experienced lawyer with in-depth knowledge of the IT sector including internet infrastructure. She is very pleasant to deal with, keeps us informed at all stages of the matter and always replies promptly to any queries. We warmly recommend her for any IT queries.'

  • ‘The team utilises its global presence to summarise in-depth knowledge of crucial areas of importance within IT and tech. This creates extra value for us as customers as we cannot ourselves analyse all markets where we have customers.’

  • ‘Eversheds Sutherland has in-depth experience of the IT sector including internet infrastructure matter and we are very happy with its services.'

  • ‘We would highly recommend Eversheds Sutherland's team and their in-depth knowledge in the data privacy and data protection area. They have both the in-depth knowledge our experts need to rely on and the size we need to put in extra power around critical decisions.'

  • ‘I have been impressed by how efficiently they work across borders between different jurisdictions.'

  • ‘Very knowledgeable and quick to respond.’

Key clients

  • Veoneer Inc.
  • 3M Group
  • Acuvi AB
  • Omda AS
  • CatalystOne Solutions AB
  • BumbeeLabs
  • JonDeTech Sensors AB
  • American Express
  • ChargePanel AB
  • Froda AB
  • Industrial and Financial Systems, IFS Group
  • Johnson Matthey AB
  • Umida Group AB
  • Aeris Communications AB
  • Forest X
  • Iver Sverige AB

Work highlights

  • Advising a Swedish software developer and supplier on a data protection impact assessment process regarding a new service with complex privacy implications.
  • Advised ChargePanel AB, providing legal assessments and drafting of contracts for the client who is active within the new and technically evolving EV sector.
  • Advising a client in drafting and negotiating contracts in a global context related to the development and provision of software used to enable a high-tech audio solution in customer products, including advising on privacy compliance in relation to the technical solution and certain services which forms part of the contracts.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Sara Malmgren

Other key lawyers

Torbjörn Lindmark