Björn Svensson

Partner

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.

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 as ”Highly regarded” in Capital Markets and Banking by IFLR1000
  • Ranked as "Leading individual" in Banking and Finance by Legal 500
  • Recognised as “Recommended” within Restructuring & Insolvency by Legal 500
  • Ranked in band 3 in Restructuring & Insolvency by Chambers & Partners

"Björn Svensson is an outstanding lawyer in his field, knowledgeable, innovative and with the client’s best interests in focus."
Legal 500, 2023

“He is a really good lawyer who is easygoing, always available and has his client's best interests as the goal.”
Chambers & Partners, 2024

He is a really good lawyer who is easygoing, always available and has his client's best interests as the goal.

Chambers & Partners

News

Matters 2024-12-04

Gernandt & Danielsson has advised Eastnine in connection with its acquisition of the office property Warsaw Unit

Gernandt & Danielsson has advised Eastnine AB (publ) ("Eastnine") in connection with its acquisition of the 46-storey office tower Warsaw Unit in Warsaw in Poland and the share issue that was carried out as part of the financing of the acquisition. The purchase price amounted to EUR 280 million, which makes the transaction the largest office...