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Sweden's Vinge names new managing partner as Wigge steps down
Swedish law firm Vinge has appointed Stockholm banking partner Maria-Pia Hope as its new managing partner. Hope, who joined the firm in 1996 and made partner in 2003, will take over from current managing partner Michael Wigge no later than June 2012. ...
30 Jan 2012 | 11:39
Roschier and Hannes Snellman managing partners break away to launch new firm
The managing partners of Nordic law firms Roschier and Hannes Snellman have left their respective firms to launch a new venture in Helsinki. Roschier's Ulf-Henrik Kull and Hannes Snellman chief Carl-Henrik Wallin have joined forces to launch a new ...
07 Oct 2011 | 14:09 | 
Roschier names new Stockholm leadership alongside two partner hires
Roschier has recruited three partners from Vinge and appointed new management to take the helm of the firm's Stockholm office. Private equity and M&A partner Malin Leffler and corporate and M&A partners Pontus Enquist and Ola Sandersson are set to ...
06 Jul 2011 | 14:14 |
Picking up new business - is the Nordic legal market on the verge of substantial change?
The fragmented Nordic legal market is potentially on the verge of substantial change. Unlike in many legal markets globally, the force of change appears to be coming from two ambitious local players, Finnish firms Roschier and Hannes Snellman, which h...
05 May 2011 | 08:19 |
Swedish indie Magnusson hires six new partners ahead of Helsinki launch
Swedish independent Magnusson has recruited six partners for the firm's new Helsinki office with a raft of local hires. Peltonen Ruokonen & Itaeinen managing Tomi Merenheimo is set to take up the role of Helsinki managing partner when the new Magnu...
16 Feb 2011 | 15:53 |
Ashurst and Latham take lead on Sweden's $2.9bn bank stake sale
Ashurst and Latham & Watkins have taken lead roles on the Kingdom of Sweden's sale of $2.9bn (£1.8bn) of its stake in Swedish bank Nordea. Ashurst advised the underwriters on the deal, which included Nomura, Morgan Stanley and Swedish bank SEB Ens...
15 Feb 2011 | 07:39 |
Eversheds sees further departures in Denmark
Eversheds is set to see a team of lawyers led by local co-head Sam Jalaei leave the firm's Copenhagen office. Jalaei will join Danish firm Lett in January 2011 as a partner in its corporate and commercial team, bringing with him two trainees and on...
10 Dec 2010 | 13:28 |
Swedish indie to open up new office in Helsinki
Swedish independent Magnusson is set to open an office in Helsinki next year as part of its strategy to expand its presence in the Baltic region. The office will open on 1 February 2011 and is expected to house around 10-12 lawyers, including five ...
30 Nov 2010 | 06:56 |
Linklaters spin-off firm hires Bird & Bird litigation partner in Sweden
Linklaters' Swedish spin-off Kastell has hired Bird & Bird litigation partner Henrik Bielenstein. The hire gifts Kastell, which was launched earlier this month by former Linklaters competition partners Kent Karlsson and Erik Soederlind, with a liti...
23 Nov 2010 | 07:18 |
Linklaters partner duo quit to launch competition boutique in Stockholm
Two Linklaters competition partners have left the firm's Stockholm and Hong Kong offices to set up their own boutique in Sweden. The new boutique, launched by Stockholm partner Kent Karlsson and Hong Kong partner Erik Soederlind, went live yesterda...
02 Nov 2010 | 10:59 |
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Bird & Bird makes up Euro duo to partnership
Bird & Bird has made two further additions to its partnership in the firm's Paris and Helsinki offices. Maisa Nikkola, who joins the partnership in Finland, is head of the local employment group and specialises in employment contractual issues, tra...
28 Oct 2010 | 15:58 |
Eversheds cuts jobs in Denmark as firm appoints new office co-heads
Eversheds has made 12 redundancies in its Copenhagen office and appointed two partners to co-lead the base in the wake of former office head Troels Askerud's resignation. Partners Sam Jalaei and Nikolaj Juhl Hansen have been appointed to share the ...
25 Oct 2010 | 15:54 |
US duo take top roles on Danish jewellery retailer's €1.5bn listing
Latham & Watkins and Davis Polk & Wardwell have taken lead roles on the €1.5bn (£1.3bn) initial public offering (IPO) of Danish jewellery maker Pandora. Davis Polk advised the jewellery company on its listing, fielding a team led by London corpo...
20 Oct 2010 | 08:09 |
White & Case and Milbank take top roles on $15bn bond programme
White & Case and Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy have lined up on a $15bn (£9.4bn) covered bond programme that marks the first of its kind by a Nordic issuer in the US. White & Case advised the issuer, Stadshypotek, a Swedish mortgage institution, w...
08 Oct 2010 | 14:44 |
Finland's Hannes Snellman launches in Copenhagen
Finnish firm Hannes Snellman has launched an office in Copenhagen with the hire of Bech-Bruun's head of M&A. Philip Risbjorn has left the Danish firm to head up the new outfit for Hannes Snellman, with Amanda Tonsgaard, a director at private equity...
01 Sep 2010 | 14:00 |
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