Board of Directors: Mårten Hulterström (Chairman), Martin Wedén, Lars Hasp, Jesper Grünbaum, Kristian Lundius, Lennart Olsson
- Number of partners worldwide: : 55
- Number of other lawyers worldwide: : 75
THE FIRM: Wistrand is a leading Swedish commercial law firm. Since the firm was founded in 1915, it has focused on providing quality legal advice to Swedish and international clients. The firm’s legal advice covers all areas of business law with an emphasis on M&A, corporate, real estate and construction, dispute resolution, energy and environment and banking and finance. As a full-service law firm,Wistrand also encompasses the following practice groups: financial markets, EU and competition, entertainment and sport, employment, intellectual property, IT and telecommunications, insolvency and restructuring, insurance, media and marketing, probate, public procurement, maritime and transport, tax and special assignments.
LANGUAGES: Czech, English, Finnish, French, Dutch, German, Norwegian, Danish and Swedish.
CLIENTS: Approximately 45 per cent of Wistrand’s revenues derive from international clients. The firm’s international client list includes multinational corporations, private equity firms, international banks and other financial institutions. There is a cross-border dimension to much of the work carried out for the firm’s Swedish clients. Wistrand advises strong clients such as Schibsted,CapMan,TeliaSonera,Nissan, Stena Adactum, Atea, Home Properties and Choice Hotels Scandinavia in, for example, the telecom, industry, media, banking and real estate sectors. The firm represented the European Investment Bank (EIB) in conjunction with the proposed loan to SAAB Automobile.