Björn Svensson

Partner

+46 734 15 26 18
+46 8 670 66 18
bjorn.svensson@gda.se

Assistant

Cindy Fraga

Björn has been a partner at Gernandt & Danielsson since 2015 and co-heads the firm’s banking & finance practice. Björn has more than 20 years’ experience practicing 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.

Practice areas
Experience
  • Gernandt & Danielsson since 2005 (Partner 2015)
  • Legal Counsel, East Capital, Moscow, 2011–2012
  • Visiting lawyer, Slaughter and May, London, 2010
Education
  • M.Sc. (Economics and Business), Stockholm School of Economics, 2006
  • LL.M., Stockholm University, 2005
Languages
  • Swedish
  • English
Legal community
  • Member of the Swedish Bar Association since 2012
  • Lecturer in company and capital markets law at, among others, Stockholm University since 2005
Ranking
  • Ranked in band 3 in Restructuring & Insolvency by Chambers and Partners
  • Ranked in band 4 within Banking & Finance by Chambers and Partners
  • Ranked as "Leading individual" in Banking & Finance by Legal 500
  • Ranked as "Highly regarded" in Capital Markets, Restructuring and insolvency and Banking and finance IFLR1000
  • Recognised as “Recommended” within Insolvency an Capital Markets by Legal 500
  • Ranked as "Recommended" in Sweden: Banking and Banking: Banking - Finance by Lexology Index (Who’s Who Legal)

"He is solution-oriented, easy to deal with and very pragmatic in his approach."
Chambers and Partners, 2026

"Björn is always very responsive and to the point."
Chambers and Partners, 2026

"Björn Svensson is very attentive. He provides a high level of precision and outstanding responsiveness. He is focused on delivering practical solutions that align with our broader objectives."
Chambers and Partners, 2026

"He is extremely knowledgeable, to the point and multifaceted. He is able to see things from all perspectives."
Chambers and Partners, 2026

"He's really excellent technically."
Chambers and Partners, 2026

He is solution-oriented, easy to deal with and very pragmatic in his approach.

Chambers and Partners

News

News 2026-02-12

Gernandt & Danielsson top ranked by Chambers and Partners - Chambers Global 2026

We’re proud to once again be ranked by Chambers and Partners in the 2026 Global guide, recognizing our outstanding expertise within Banking & Finance, Capital Markets: Debt, Capital Markets: Equity, Corporate/M&A,  Dispute Resolution and International & Cross-Border Capabilities, with individual rankings for no less than 17 of our...
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