Carl Westerberg

Partner

+46 734 15 26 24
+46 8 670 66 24
carl.westerberg@gda.se

Assistant

Moa Lindeman

Carl has been a partner at Gernandt & Danielsson since 2007 and is co-head of the firm’s corporate/capital markets practice group. He has more than 20 years’ experience in private and public M&A and equity capital markets in a number of different sectors and his qualifications in this area are regularly recognised in independent national and international rankings. Carl also has extensive experience in advising private equity clients in connection with investments in, and disposals of, portfolio companies. He has a broad range of experience from transactions within these practice areas, such as privately negotiated acquisitions and divestitures, public takeovers, joint ventures, and private equity investments, as well as public equity offerings and private placements.

Practice areas
Experience
  • Gernandt & Danielsson since 1999 (Partner 2007)
  • Board member, Gernandt & Danielsson
  • Secondee, Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett LLP, New York, 2004–2005
  • Secondee, Slaughter and May, London, 2003
Education
  • LL.M., Stockholm University, 1999
Languages
  • Swedish
  • English
Legal community
  • Member of the Swedish Bar Association since 2006
  • Member of the American Bar Association
  • Carl has been teaching special courses on securities law and corporate law to students at Stockholm University since 2007
  • He has also written several articles on corporate law, M&A and private equity
  • Board member in Gernandt & Danielsson
  • Co-author of Chambers In-depth Sweden: A Corporate/M&A Overview 2026
Ranking
  • Ranked in band 1 within Capital Markets: Equity by Chambers and Partners
  • Ranked in band 2 within Corporate/M&A by Chambers and Partners
  • Ranked in band 2 within Private Equity by Chambers and Partners
  • Ranked as "Leading individual" in Corporate/M&A and Capital Markets by Legal 500
  • Recognised as “Recommended” within Fintech by Legal 500
  • Ranked as "Highly regarded" in equity capital markets and M&A by IFLR1000

"Carl is a very strong partner with fantastic legal skills, and an international and entrepreneurial mindset."
Chambers and Partners, 2026

"Carl is strategic, nuanced and balanced. He is the kind of lawyer you can bring in to the boardroom as he is very pragmatic and straightforward."
Chambers and Partners, 2026

"Carl Westerberg is an outstanding transactional lawyer with the ability to deliver solutions to the most complex matters."
Chambers and Partners, 2026

"Carl Westerberg is experienced, supportive and always available."
Chambers and Partners, 2026

Carl Westerberg is exceptionally sharp and commercially minded. He has a great ability to focus on the bigger picture and drive the deal forward, while still keeping track of the details that matter.

Chambers and Partners

News

Matters 2026-02-19

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