TM & Partners

Number of partners: 16

Number of lawyers: 60

Languages: English, French, German, Portuguese, Swedish

Firm Overview:

TM & Partners is a leading Swedish commercial law firm, specialised in transactional and high-end advisory work. The firm provides comprehensive legal services within the areas of M&A, banking and finance, capital markets and public M&A, corporate real estate, corporate and commercial, dispute resolution, employment, IP and technology, and restructuring and insolvency. The firm is particularly strong in such business sectors as financial investors, financial services, real estate, energy and infrastructure. TM & Partners has a strong track record in cross-border transactions and maintains close, working relationships with leading law firms in other jurisdictions, which ensures a seamless service delivery across the borders. The high level of senior attention in each assignment is a cornerstone of the firm and distinguishes it from its peers. For more information, please visit www.tmpartners.se.

Main Areas of Practice:

M&A:

The practice is recognized for high quality work on M&A transactions of all types, acting for a broad number of Nordic and European private equity funds, state-owned companies and several large industrial corporates. The firm is also well known among the leading Swedish corporate finance firms and departments of audit firms for its work on sales mandates for entrepreneurs divesting their companies. The team continues to advise on some of Sweden’s and the region’s most demanding transactions and often acts as lead counsel in complex cross-border projects involving multiple jurisdictions in the Nordics and beyond.

Banking & Finance:

TM & Partners advises Swedish and international companies, private equity funds, banks and other financial institutions on a broad spectrum of domestic and cross-border financing transactions, including debt capital markets deals. The team offers expertise in bilateral and syndicated lending, mezzanine debt financing, issuance of bonds, notes and other debt instruments, acquisition finance, real estate finance, asset and project finance, export and trade finance, structured finance and securitisations, sale and leaseback transactions, derivatives, venture capital lending, workouts and debt restructurings. The practice also advises on regulatory and compliance issues.

Capital Markets & Public M&A:

The capital markets team oversees and manages all types of capital markets transactions, from stock exchange listings and public takeovers to capital raisings and restructurings. The team advises Swedish and international listed companies and other players such as private equity and venture capital funds, investment banks, investment funds and securities companies, and other stakeholders within the capital markets area. The team also assists clients with regulatory matters including, e.g., licensing and disclosure requirements in general and legal issues associated with the establishment of fund structures.

Corporate Real Estate:

The team provides expert advice on acquiring and selling real estate and real estate companies, as well as assistance with financing of real estate transactions. The clients include both Swedish and foreign players, including private and listed real estate companies, real estate developers, funds and institutions. The team maintains excellent relations with leading property experts at foreign law firms and offers assistance in cross-border transactions. In addition to transactional advice, the group provides assistance with commercial leases, tenancy disputes, property registration and permit issues, land development, expropriation and other compulsory purchase issues.

Corporate & Commercial:

TM & Partners advises both Swedish and international business on a wide range of corporate and commercial matters, such as corporate governance, liability issues, shareholders rights and drafting, review, and negotiation of commercial contracts, including contracts for agency and distribution, manufacturing and outsourcing, procurement, services, maintenance and support, partnerships and co-operations, joint ventures and strategic alliances and IT and licensing.

Dispute Resolution:

TM & Partners provides legal advice and architects commercially beneficial solutions to safeguard and promote the clients’ interests in the event of an uprising dispute. The team’s approach is focused on the clients’ interests, not to make big cases. However, if the dispute cannot be managed without formal dispute resolution, the team has profound experience of successfully representing clients in complex commercial litigation in Swedish courts as well as through arbitration, domestic as well as international. Viktor Magnell and Kristoffer Stråth both frequently act as arbitrators.

Employment:

TM & Partners’ well established, highly regarded employment practice advises on a broad spectrum of employment law matters ranging from transactional work to employment disputes. Other areas of expertise include internal investigations, trade secrets and non-compete matters, labour/union negotiations, international restructurings, pension, and benefits matters and GDPR.

IP & Technology:

TM & Partners advises clients in the full spectrum of IT-related matters, such as contracts within the fields of development, maintenance and support of applications, infrastructure service, cloud services, outsourcing, data protection and privacy (GDPR), commercialisation of intellectual rights and use of open source. The team has vast experience in all forms of complex IT related deals and the law relating to the latest IT trends.

Restructuring & Insolvency:

The firm provides advice regarding insolvency law to companies in financial difficulties, to banks and other financial institutions, investors, and other financial players, as well as companies that within the course of their general business, need insolvency law assistance. The team’s approach is to offer comprehensive advice within the field of insolvency and for this reason the practice group includes lawyers with significant experience of receivership, reorganisation and liquidation.