Björn Wendleby
Europe Guide 2024
Band 1 : Banking & Finance: Regulatory
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About
Provided by Björn Wendleby
Practice Areas
Björn Wendleby is specialized in financial regulation, mainly within exchange and securities law, banking and finance legislation, asset
management, sustainability regulation , crypto assets and AML. Björn has significant regulatory experience representing clients in c ontacts with the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority (Sw. Finansinspektionen). In his daily work, Björn provides advice in a variety of matters relating to authorizations with the Financial Supervisory Authority and in various implementation projects. He has over the years participated in several long term projects implementing new legislation, such as MiFID/MiFID 2, PSD/PSD 2, AIFMD and 4 AMLD.
Career
Harvest Advokatbyrå, Founding Partner 2016-
Magnusson Advokatbyrå, Partner 2010-2016
Advokat Björn Wendleby AB, Partner 2004-2010
ABG Sundal Collier, CEO, Partner, Compliance Officer and Head of Legal 2001-2004
ABG Securities Stockholm Branch, Compliance Officer and in-house counsel 2000-2001
Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken (SEB), In-house counsel 1998–2000
Service as appeal court judge, district court judge, court clerk 1988-1994
Professional Memberships
Swedish Bar Association 2006-
Publications
Björn has, together with other authors, written five books regarding regulatory and capital markets issues, including "The Act on Financial advice to Consumers" and "Prevention of money laundering - A practical guide"
Personal
Chairman of the Disciplinary Committee of Spotlight Stock Market
Chambers Review
Europe
Björn Wendleby of Harvest Advokatbyrå is a highly regarded specialist in banking regulatory matters, acting for a long list of investment and insurance companies among other clients.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Björn Wendleby has longstanding experience within his field. He is a good partner to discuss situations, questions and problems with."
"He is number one in this area in Sweden, and he is very service-minded."
"He is very interested and knowledgeable in our business. This is what really sets him out compared to other lawyers; he is good at understanding business and what kind of legal aspects matter to us."
"He is experienced and offers very good support."
"He is probably one of the most experienced lawyers in Sweden in this field."
"Björn Wendleby has longstanding experience within his field. He is a good partner to discuss situations, questions and problems with."
"He is number one in this area in Sweden, and he is very service-minded."
"He is very interested and knowledgeable in our business. This is what really sets him out compared to other lawyers; he is good at understanding business and what kind of legal aspects matter to us."
"He is experienced and offers very good support."
"He is probably one of the most experienced lawyers in Sweden in this field."