Mats Hugoson

Partner

+46 734 15 26 43

+46 8 670 66 43

mats.hugoson@gda.se

Assistant

Emma Rydius

Mats has been a partner at Gernandt & Danielsson since 2001. He has extensive experience in private M&A in a number of different sectors (including banking and finance) and his qualifications in this area are regularly recognised in independent national and international rankings. Mats 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 with transactions within these practice areas, including privately negotiated acquisitions and divestitures, joint ventures, private equity investments, and private placements. Mats is also highly experienced with various commercial agreements, such as cooperation agreements, licensing, outsourcing, distribution, and other commercial agreements in the banking and finance/FinTech, IT, technology, and media sectors.

Practice areas

Experience

Gernandt & Danielsson since 1994 (Partner 2001)
Secondee, Allen & Overy, London, 1997
Secondee, ABB Group, Västerås, 1996
Legal counsel, IBM Sweden, 1993
Law clerk, Stockholm District Court, 1991–1993

Education

LL.M., Stockholm University, 1991

Languages

Swedish
English

Legal community

Member of the Swedish Bar Association since 1997
Professional memberships include the International Bar Association (IBA) and the Swedish IT and Law Society

Ranking

Ranked in Corporate/M&A by Chambers and Partners
Ranked as “Notable practitioner” in Capital Markets: Equity and M&A by IFLR1000
Ranked by Legal Experts Europe (technology)

“Technically very good and gets things done.”
Chambers and Partners, 2021

“Mats Hugoson advises clients from the TMT and finance sectors on a variety of corporate transactions throughout Sweden.”
Chambers and Parnters, 2022

“Mats Hugoson is proactive, engaged and very experienced.”
Chambers and Partners, 2023

Mats Hugoson advises clients from the TMT and finance sectors on a variety of corporate transactions throughout Sweden.

Chambers and Partners

News

Matters 2026-01-16

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