Mannheimer Swartling
Mannheimer Swartling is highly active in the fintech space, drawing on the firm’s strength in all related practice areas to offer expertise covering regulatory and intellectual property issues as well as transactions and disputes, among other areas. The team is at the forefront of developments in Sweden, with recent work including advising on distributed ledger technology and its place in the regulatory landscape; the group also has a strong track record in advising leading Swedish start-ups. IT and tech law specialist Anders Bergsten has considerable experience handling large-scale IT projects in the banking sector, while Carl Johan Zimdahl chairs the firm’s financial regulation practice; he recently assisted three major fintech clients with applications to become electronic money institutes. Banking and finance practice head Thomas Pettersson has extensive regulatory expertise, and Carolina Flagge (Sandell) is the key name at senior associate level.
Legal 500 Editorial commentary
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
- ‘The team distinguishes itself in the Swedish market with its depth of experience, client-centric approach, and skilled, hard-working team that consistently delivers results that make a meaningful business impact. They invariably provide exceptional, high-quality, and solution-oriented legal advice, consistently exceeding client expectations.'
- 'Carl Johan Zimdahl has an extremely analytical mind and a great knowledge of financial regulations. He is able to tackle the most complex regulations in the financial market.'
- 'Carolina Sandell is an extremely easy person to work with that is highly involved in the fintech scene in Sweden. She sees the possibilities in new technology and is amazing to work with.'
- 'Carl Johan Zimdahl is one of the market leaders on regulatory matters and provides exceptional, high-quality, and solution-oriented legal advice on complex regulatory matters. He is extremely responsive and puts in the time and effort you expect from a top-tier law firm.’
- ‘Carolina Flagge is an outstanding lawyer. She is pro-active, super reactive, gives high-quality legal advice, has fantastic knowledge of business and the market, and is very attentive (she listens closely). Her advice is practical and shows a great commercial approach to finding solutions. She provides some of the best advice in terms of overall quality one will ever get.'
- 'Mannheimer stands out for its knowledge and expertise, but also for its service level. The lawyers are always accessible and take the time to answer questions.'
'This is a skilled firm that understands complex markets and regulations, such as the role of tokenised depositions and regulated liabilities in the financial ecosystem.'
- 'Mannheimer has deep knowledge and is able to answer advanced questions regarding how distributed ledger technology fits within the financial market and what effect new and upcoming regulations will have.'
Key clients
- Klarna Bank
- Juni Technology
- Nasdaq
- Centiglobe / Centiglobe Technology
- Loomis
Work highlights
- Advised Juni Technology AB in relation to its application for an Electronic Money Institution (EMI) licence from the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority.
- Acted as sole legal counsel for Klarna Bank AB in its successful appeal of the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority’s decision on applicable Pillar 2 Guidance.
- Acted for Nasdaq OMX in its appeal of a sanction decision issued by the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority (SFSA) relating to alleged violations of the European Market Infrastructure Regulation, (EU) No 648/2012 (EMIR).
Lawyers
Rising stars
Leading Individuals
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Anders Bergsten, Carl Johan Zimdahl, Thomas Pettersson