Björn Svensson
Europe Guide 2024
Band 3 : Restructuring/Insolvency
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About
Provided by Björn Svensson
Practice Areas
Banking & Finance.
Company Law.
Debt Capital Markets.
Equity Capital Markets.
Private Equity.
Restructuring & Insolvency.
Professional Memberships
Member of the Swedish Bar Association since 2012.
Languages Spoken
Swedish.
English.
Personal
Björn has been a partner at Gernandt & Danielsson since 2015 and co-heads the firm’s banking & finance practice. Björn has more than 17 years’ experience practising in the areas of financing, restructuring, capital markets, and private equity in a number of different sectors. He has also had secondments in London and Moscow. Björn is frequently engaged by clients and universities to provide training and teaching on, among other things, company law and capital markets law.
Education
Stockholm School of Economics
M.Sc. (Economics and Business)
2006
Stockholm University
LL.M.
2005
Experience
Gernandt & Danielsson since 2005 (Partner, 2015).
Legal Counsel, East Capital, Moscow, 2011–2012.
Visiting lawyer, Slaughter and May, London, 2010.
Chambers Review
Europe
Björn Svensson is experienced in the market and regularly advises debtors and municipalities on complex financial restructuring mandates.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"He is a really good lawyer who is easygoing, always available and has his client's best interests as the goal."
"He is a really good lawyer who is easygoing, always available and has his client's best interests as the goal."