Advokatfirman Kahn Pedersen

Chairman: Johan Kahn
Managing Partner: Kristian Pedersen
Number of partners: 5
Number of lawyers: 18
Languages: English, Swedish

Firm Overview:
Kahn Pedersen is an independent Swedish firm entirely focused on specialised business law. Founded in 2015, the firm’s high degree of specialisation and integrity combined with a handpicked team of leading legal experts has enabled Kahn Pedersen to rapidly establish itself as a one of the leading practices in Sweden within the areas of information technology and public procurement. The firm has recently strengthened its offer when on-boarding leading legal competence within the industry and real estate sectors and now has first class resources within Industry 4.0 and Proptech as part of its Information Technology services and is able to offer drafting assistance of top-quality contracts as part of its public procurement services. Kahn Pedersen is a preferred supplier of highly specialised legal advice within Information Technology and Public Procurement also to clients that otherwise use the one-stop-shop firms.

Main Areas of Practice:

Information Technology:
The information technology practice provides legal advice for IT-related law, outsourcing, data protection, Industry 4.0, Proptech and IT-procurement contracts. Clients are mainly banks, insurance companies, large industrial companies, energy companies, real estate companies, public authorities, private equity firms and their portfolio companies as well as trade unions and other national member organisations. Recent key projects within the information technology practice include:
■ Advising a consortium of Swedish banks on cloud computing issues in relation to technology sourcing, data protection and regulatory requirements
■ Advising one of Sweden’s largest financial groups on sourcing of cloud computing services from a data protection as well as regulatory perspective
■ Representing a leading European private equity house in their strategic nearshoring of development services
■ Representing a global mining and smelting company in its automation of mining equipment
■ Advising a global Swedish industrial corporation in a strategic project for launch of digital services offerings worldwide (Internet of Things), including cloud supplier contract negotiations as well as data protection issues
■ Advising a major Swedish real estate company in respect of an open service exchange operator (OSEO) agreement for provision of an open fibre platform solution covering internet, IPTV and wireless connectivity for an upcoming development of cooperative apartments
■ Advising a global truck manufacturer with revising and negotiating an agreement to outsource its production, marketing and sales of merchandise worldwide. The matter included sourcing agreements, development of customer platform solutions and data protection questions
■ Representing a Swedish real estate company in the re-negotiation of a core business system agreement
■ Representing several Swedish government authorities in matters regarding sourcing and digitalization
Contact: Johan Kahn
Tel: +46 720 50 9221
Email: [email protected]

Public Procurement:
The public procurement practice provides legal advice and representation related to public procurement, public contracts as well as dispute resolution and administrative procedures. The firm has extensive experience from co-operation and development contracts. This has proven to be of great value in public procurement projects. Clients are mainly governmental agencies, municipalities (and associated companies), trade associations, energy and real estate companies owned by municipalities, and private companies. Recent key projects within the public procurement practice include:
■ Representing a Swedish healthcare service provider in a case in the Swedish Supreme Administrative Court
■ Advising a Swedish government authority in a strategic procurement project
■ Advising a large Swedish government authority in a strategic procurement and sourcing project
■ Advising a Swedish supplier of ground-breaking technology in the waste treatment industry with a research and development contract with a Swedish municipality
■ Advising a Swedish municipality in relation to its procurement of a water park, swimming pool and ancillary infrastructure
■ Expert opinion to the Swedish legislator on the concept and definition of a public procurement contract
■ Advising large energy companies in major procurement projects
■ Representing several Swedish municipal housing companies in public procurement court cases
■ Advising an international contractor in several procurements of large Swedish infrastructure projects
Contact: Kristian Pedersen
Tel: +46 720 50 9222
Email: [email protected]