Mannheimer Swartling’s leading EU and competition team regularly works on high-profile cases for major clients from a variety of sectors, including mining, manufacturing, trading and energy. Stockholm-based practice head Johan Carle has considerable experience working with domestic and European competition authorities. His broad practice covers merger control, cartel, abuse of dominance, state aid and public procurement cases. Fredrik Sjövall is a litigation specialist, while Stefan Perván Lindeborg moves between Sweden and Brussels to advise clients on merger control issues. Brussels-based Andreas Johansson handles merger control mandates, trade defence investigations, and EU litigation. Specialist counsel Jens Agö plays a key role in the Malmö office.
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Testimonials
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- ‘Stefan Perván Lindeborg is a very valuable legal advisor, not only for his in-depth competition law knowledge, but also for his ability to share valuable insights and give hands-on recommendations.’
‘A very strong team with in-depth expert knowledge.'
‘The strength of the team is that it is able to offer the specific skills needed for complex cases.'
‘The competition law team at Mannheimer Swartling always provide great and timely legal advice in a collaborative manner.’
Key clients
- Volvo Cars
- Northvolt
- Klarna
- Telia
- Nasdaq
- Swedish Match
- Volkswagen
- LKAB
- E.ON
- Lantmännen
Work highlights
- Advised gas wholesaler Gasum in high-profile arbitration proceedings against Gazprom, involving competition law grounds.
- Represented Nasdaq Nordic in relation to a SCA investigation concerning alleged price-based exclusionary practices. In August 2022, the SCA concluded its investigation with no further measures imposed on Nasdaq.
- Acted as lead counsel to Swedish Match, a global market leader in smoke-free tobacco products, in relation to Philip Morris’ USD 16 billion public acquisition bid.
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Johan Carle