LAWYER PROFILE

Carl Johan Zimdahl

Europe 2026

Mannheimer Swartling

Ranked in 1 practice area

Banking & Finance: Regulatory

Sweden

1 year ranked

About

Provided by Mannheimer Swartling

Europe

Practice Areas

Carl Johan Zimdahl is a partner at Mannheimer Swartling, chairman of the firm’s Financial Services practice group, and a member of the firm’s Private Equity and Fintech industry groups. He advises financial market participants on law and regulation affecting their business and products, with a focus on advising fund managers on the establishment and structuring of investment funds and management companies. Carl Johan regularly assists with licence applications, regulatory filings, fundraisings, transactions, restructurings, contentious matters and general advice on a range of EU and Swedish financial services regulation (e.g. the AIFMD, MiFID II, PSD2, SFDR, Taxonomy Regulation and UCITS Directive).

Carl Johan is counsel to Swedish and foreign private equity, infrastructure, real estate and credit fund managers as well as other financial market participants. He also advises financial investor clients on the regulatory issues relating to acquisitions, restructurings and exits involving investments in the financial services sector. Additionally, Carl Johan works with clients operating at the perimeter of the financial services sector, helping them navigate the boundaries between regulated and unregulated activities.

Clients have stated that ”Carl Johan Zimdahl is one of the market leaders on regulatory matters and provides exceptional, high-quality, and solution-oriented legal advice on complex regulatory matters”. They have also given reviews such as “extremely responsive” and “Carl Johan Zimdahl has an extremely analytical mind and a great knowledge of financial regulations. He is able to tackle the most complex regulations in the financial market.” (Legal500)

Carl Johan is the Swedish private equity industry’s representative in the Legal and Regulatory Committee expert group of Invest Europe (the European venture capital industry’s trade body). Carl Johan also regularly lectures at various universities on financial market law.

Career

Partner, Mannheimer Swartling, 2020-

Senior Associate, Mannheimer Swartling, 2016-2020

Associate, Mannheimer Swartling, New York, 2015-2016

Associate, Mannheimer Swartling, 2010-2015

Secondment, Danske Bank, 2011

Professional Memberships

Swedish Bar Association, 2014

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

Chambers European Guide

Banking & Finance: Regulatory - Sweden

Band 3

Individual Editorial

Carl Johan Zimdahl is chairman of Mannheimer Swartling's financial services practice group and receives acclaim for his noteworthy regulatory expertise. He assists financial institutions with the regulatory aspects of M&A within the sector in addition to fund formation and license applications.

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Strengths

Provided by Chambers

He has a good knowledge of the regulatory landscape. He's easy to work with, has business insight and can help us prioritise well. He always provides good advice and good project leadership.
Banking & Finance: RegulatoryChambers European Guide
He has a unique combination of legal knowledge, extensive experience of private equity regulatory matters and a commercial and pragmatic approach.
Banking & Finance: RegulatoryChambers European Guide
He is commercial and understands what the business needs, and helps me understand where I should take risks and where I shouldn't.
Banking & Finance: RegulatoryChambers European Guide
Carl Johan is an excellent adviser who is able to assist with complex legal matters while preserving a deep understanding of our business.
Banking & Finance: RegulatoryChambers European Guide
Carl Johan Zimdahl understands the commercial side as well as the regulatory side which is a key aspect of his role; he can understand both.
Banking & Finance: RegulatoryChambers European Guide