2017 Business Excellence Awards

Acquisition International - Business Excellence Awards 2017 101 BE170145 Best Commercial Law Firm - Sweden Affärsadvokaterna Affärsadvokaterna offer advice mainly in regards to strategic agreements, IT law, outsourcing, dispute resolutions, procurements and privacy law issues. The firm has wide-ranging experience of complex and commercially decisive agreements and transactions and are widely acknowledged as possessing all the relevant expertise necessary from a legal, commercial and strategic perspective. Its clients appreciate the fact that the firm combine the commitment and dedication with an in-depth understanding of the commercial and technical conditions of the industry. Its background as corporate lawyers combined with its legal experience gives Affärsadvokaterna the opportunity to offer clients focused, cost-efficient management of ongoing legal issues with industry expertise. Drawing on the vast experience of its practitioners, the firm is able to support a wide range of clients. Mattias Lindberg has worked for many years as an expert advisor, both as an in-house corporate lawyer and for several well-renowned law offices. Mattias has wide-ranging experience of complex and commercially decisive agreements and transactions, and he is widely acknowledged as possessing all the relevant expertise necessary from a legal, commercial and strategic perspective. His clients appreciate the fact that Mattias combines his commitment and dedication with an in- depth understanding of the commercial and technical conditions of the industry. He has represented clients in a large number of disputes and is also a highly regarded public speaker, who is regularly invited to speak on various aspects of commercial law. In addition Mattias Lindberg has been recommended in Legal500 in 2014 and 2015 since he is ‘a great negotiator and tactician’. Affärsadvokaterna was ranked as a “Leading Firm” within its field in the 2015 edition of Legal 500. In the ranking of 2016 Mattias Lindberg was again recommended within his field and the ranking of Affärsadvokaterna improved when the firm once again was ranked as a ”Leading Firm” and this time was ranked in Tier 3 and motivated this by stating that “At Affärsadvokaterna i Sverige AB, clients consider practice head Mattias Lindberg’s knowledge of data protection laws and EU directives to be ‘outstanding’”. Affärsadvokaterna are a modern firm focused on commercial law, offering legal services of the highest quality and with the greatest commitment. We profile the firm to find out more about the secrets behind its success so far. Company: Affärsadvokaterna i Sverige AB Contact: Mattias Lindberg Contact Email: mattias.lindberg@ affarsadvokaternasverige.se Address: Vildkattsvägen 1, 167 66 Bromma, Sverige, Sweden Phone: 0708 13 05 18 Supporting Mattias is Pernilla Carlsson Rasiwala, who specialises on Public Procurement and has for many years been engaged as an Expert Advisor within this area of law. Pernilla has been employed by several prestigious law firms. She has also been working as an in-house lawyer with the public entity Stockholm Public Transport, SL. At SL Pernilla gained deep and invaluable knowledge of how a procurement should be carried in practice. Moreover, the work at SL gave Pernilla unique competence of procurements in Utilities Sector. Pernilla has extensive experience of planning and drafting Procurement Documentation and Tenders. In her role as an Expert Advisor she assists our Customers (to which we count both public entities and tenderers) in all phases and aspects of a both large and small procurements. Pernilla also assists our Customers with complaints due to alleged violations of the Procurement Laws, both in Administrative Courts and Civil Courts. The firm’s customers appreciate Pernilla’s experience of how procurements should be carried out in practice and that her advices are not theoretically but realistic and of great help for the Customers Business. In simple terms Pernilla gives clients practical advice, useful for the Customers’ whole organisation. Her advice is thus relevant from a legal, commercial and strategical perspective. Ultimately it is this dedication to client service and commitment to excellence that marks Affärsadvokaterna out as the best possible option for clients, and this will remain its ongoing focus as the firm looks towards a bright and prosperous future. “Drawing on the vast experience of its practitioners , the firm is able to support awide range of clients .”