Katarina is the head of the Employment Group in Stockholm. She is also co-head of the International Employee Incentives and Benefits Group. Katarina has been involved in many extensive mergers and acquisitions transactions, nationally and internationally and has longstanding experience in providing corporate employment advice mainly to clients active in the Financial Services, Information Technology (IT), Media, Life Sciences and Food and Beverage Sectors. Advice to clients encompasses the full range of human resources (HR) services; Katarina is a trusted advisor on management contracts, incentives and benefit programmes, pension and insurance, collective employment issues, restrictive covenants, trade secrets and other loyalty issues. Advising international corporations with mobile workforces, she has further developed a practice where all aspects of business migration are managed in an efficient way. Katarina is an experienced litigator within the employment and benefits field, advising clients in court disputes as well as arbitration. In the field of work environment, Katarina advises on the full range of workplace safety issues and how to manage them effectively, including developing appropriate policies and procedures. This includes advice on corporations’ liability to prevent health hazards in the work place as well as managing disputes arising from workplace injuries and accidents.
Bird & Bird
Bird & Bird’s employment team handles a wide range of matters, particularly those concerning workforce restructurings and workplace harassment issues. Practice head Katarina Åhlberg has over 20 years of experience in the field and is especially well known for offering strategic advice in relation to executive contracts, compensation and benefits, pensions, restructurings, and acquisitions; she is particularly active in the retail and life sciences sectors. Senior associate Dasha Arntyr is a key contact, specialising in restructurings and TUPE issues.
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‘The firm is able to conduct multijurisdictional projects, maintaining a uniform approach with very good coordination and alignment among team members. They also understand a company's needs and communicate with clients regularly.'
‘Katarina Åhlberg is both a very good team leader and a great lawyer, knowing when to step in and when she can trust her team members with a matter.'
‘A business-friendly and reactive team that really makes the effort to understand their clients' businesses and also offers good availability.'
‘Available and precise in their answers.’
Key clients
- 10 Chambers
- DXC
- Mitsubishi
- Lantmännen
- Rebtel
- TwistShake
- Unit 4
- Corvia Ltd (Trading as Ticketer)
- Gangsters Post AB
Work highlights
- Advised 10 Chambers (part of Tencent) on day-to-day employment law matters, employee data protection matters, as well as in relation to applications for work permits of new game designers.
- Acting for DXC Technology on all Swedish employment law related matters.
- Advised Mitsubishi in connection with a restructuring.
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Katarina Åhlberg