About

Provided by Setterwalls

Setterwalls is one of the leading banking & finance practices in Sweden & advise on all aspects of banking & finance transactions.

 

Complete & comprehensive range of transactions such as:

  • acquisition finance
  • real estate finance
  • asset finance incl. receivables financings, vessels, aircraft & wind farms
  • fund financing & capital call bridge financings
  • project & export finance
  • bonds & other capital market financing
  • securitisations
  • restructurings & workouts
  • sustainable finance & green loans


Our experienced team also works with complex matters regarding investments, sovereign loans, guarantees & related financing issues.


Acting for Swedish and international tier one clients:

  • banks & financial institutions
  • debt funds & direct lenders
  • private equity sponsors
  • corporate borrowers
  • issuers
  • arrangers
  • insurance & reinsurance companies
  • governmental & international organisations.


Cross-border transactions & well-established relationships with leading law firms worldwide enables us to work smoothly with colleagues in other jurisdictions.

 

Financial market regulation

Broad practical experience & in-depth knowledge of financial market regulatory issues & compliance-related matters, e.g:

  • authorization matters with the Swedish FSA
  • investigation & sanction processes as well as ownership- & management assessments with the Swedish FSA
  • producing & updating various types of policies & internal governance documents
  • investigating complex legal issues in relation to financial market regulations

Chambers Review

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Banking & Finance - Sweden

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What the Team is Known For

Setterwalls has a well-reputed banking and finance department that continues to impress commentators with its proficiency in real estate finance matters. The team stands out for its broader capabilities in acquisition and leveraged finance deals, and the lawyers are also well versed in refinancing mandates and loan restructuring. The department regularly acts for major Nordic banks, including syndicates.

Work Highlights

  • Setterwalls assisted Bulten with its credit facility agreement with Citibank, Danske Bank and Svensk Exportkredit for the purpose of refinancing a previous credit facility agreement.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Carl Lindencrona
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Carl Lindencrona
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Carl Lindencrona is a highly regarded practitioner who has considerable experience advising banks, including syndicates, on finance transactions. He assists with acquisition and leveraged finance mandates as well as real estate finance deals. He has additional knowledge in sustainability-linked facilities.

Carl knows everything you need to know from a legal perspective, and he's always up to date with legal developments. He's also very easy to deal with and it's always very easy to ask questions.

Carl Lindencrona is extremely skilled at drafting.

Carl is very business-oriented and always focuses on the right things.

Carl is very pragmatic, quick, available and a good partner to discuss problems.

Carl is very knowledgeable and very good at taking the transaction forward.

Mikael Magnusson
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Mikael Magnusson
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Mikael Magnusson frequently represents lenders in real estate finance transactions, with additional experience handling acquisition finance and refinancing mandates.

Mikael Magnusson is very business-oriented and can help us identify what's important.

He's always available and pays a high level of attention to all matters. If you have questions he's always available to jump in and he's very pragmatic.

Mikael is extremely good at taking the lead on processes. He knows exactly how to make the process smooth. He has been around for a long time and has a very high level of knowledge in the field.

Mikael is always available. He always takes the work very seriously and he's up to date with recent case law and developments in the market. He's very hardworking and ambitious.

He's very pragmatic and finds solutions in a way that both parties agree to.

Ranked Lawyers at
Setterwalls

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Banking & Finance

Carl Lindencrona
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Carl Lindencrona
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Mikael Magnusson
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Mikael Magnusson
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Members

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Jesper Kuschel

Jonas Frii

Åke Fors