Jan Byström

Practice Areas

Corporate Commercial, Private Equity, M&A, Corporate Law

Experience

Jan is a transaction lawyer with more than 25 years of experience, including from M&A and finance departments of traditional Wall Street firms in New York. He advises Nordic and multinational corporates and private equity buy-out funds on cross-border mergers and acquisitions. With dual qualifications (Sweden and New York) and having practiced in both continents, in and out-bound North American transactions is a specialty. Jan is recognized and ranked as a leading lawyer by Chambers & Partners in the practice areas Corporate/M&A and Private Equity and with clients commenting ”Jan is a very experienced adviser with a commercial mind" and ”he is a very advanced and visionary type of adviser".

Career

2023– Lindahl law firm

2018–2023 Bird & Bird, Stockholm

2013–2018 Baumgarten Byström Rooth & Partners, Stockholm

2012 Ashurst, Stockholm

2004–2011 Vinge, Stockholm

2000–2004 Davis Polk & Wardwell, New York

2000 Fordham Law School New York, LL.M

1998–2000 Hunton & Williams, New York

1996–1997 Davis Polk & Wardwell, New York (as secondee)

1993–1998 Vinge, Stockholm

1992 King’s College London, LL.M

1990 Uppsala University, LL.B./LL.M