About

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CMS Wistrand, with a rich tradition in handling some of Sweden's largest and most high-profile bankruptcies, stands as a leading law firm offering unparalleled expertise in traditional insolvency work, corporate reorganizations, bankruptcies, and complex financial restructuring.

Insolvency expertise – across all sectors


We bring extensive experience in managing reorganizations and insolvency across all sectors. Our dedicated team consistently handles assignments related to financial restructuring, corporate reorganizations, bankruptcies, liquidations, and private compositions with creditors.


Our comprehensive advisory services also extend to creditors seeking to safeguard their interests in financially distressed companies. We represent creditors in formal insolvency proceedings and related disputes, providing guidance on personal liability issues for senior management and owners.


Key areas of our advisory services include:

  • Preventive analysis and measures
  • Financial restructuring
  • Capital injections and refinancing
  • Financings, acquisitions and disposals relating to companies in distress
  • Applications for bankruptcy or reorganization
  • Receivership in bankruptcies and administrators in reorganisations
  • Liquidation of solvent companies
  • Priority rights and security interests
  • Creditors and owners’ rights in formal insolvency proceedings
  • Personal liability for shareholders and members of the board
  • Insolvency related litigation, including claw-back disputes

Chambers Review

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Restructuring/Insolvency - Sweden

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Band 3

What the Team is Known For

CMS Wistrand benefits from a considerable number of partners at different levels of seniority who all attract attention for their work as appointed trustee, administrator or liquidator of struggling Swedish companies. The lawyers are active on matters across many sectors, including automotive, manufacturing and engineering. In addition to its administrator work, the law firm advises trade creditors on the protection of their interests during the restructuring or insolvency of customers, suppliers or group companies. It has further experience in distressed M&A mandates.

Work Highlights

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  • CMS Wistrand acted as trustee of the Swedish companies in the Detur Group on their bankruptcy.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Anders Nilsson
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Anders Nilsson
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Band 2
Anders Nilsson handles distressed acquisitions and acts on the trade creditor or debtor side of insolvency situations. He also acts as administrator, with experience managing the bankruptcy processes of retail companies or real estate developers.

He's one of the real experts in Sweden when it comes to insolvency litigation.

Niklas Alvestrand Körling
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Niklas Alvestrand Körling
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Band 2
Niklas Alvestrand Körling has a wealth of experience acting as court-appointed administrator, trustee or liquidator in insolvency situations. He also acts on formal reorganisation processes.

Niklas is a highly skilled administrator who understands the complexity and business value in larger restructurings.

Christian Bergqvist
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Christian Bergqvist
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Christian Bergqvist is regularly appointed as reconstructor or administrator of distressed Swedish companies, and wins instructions directly from clients on restructuring or insolvency mandates.

Ranked Lawyers at
CMS Wistrand

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Restructuring/Insolvency

Anders Nilsson
3
Anders Nilsson
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Band 3
Christian Bergqvist
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Christian Bergqvist
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Band 3
Restructuring/Insolvency: Trustees/Administrators

Anders Nilsson
2
Anders Nilsson
2
Band 2
Niklas Alvestrand Körling
2
Niklas Alvestrand Körling
2
Band 2
Christian Bergqvist
3
Christian Bergqvist
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Band 3

Members

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