List of lawyers in Sweden

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1 Prepared by British Embassy Stockholm The following list of lawyers has been prepared by the British Embassy Stockholm for the convenience of British Nationals who may require legal advice and assistance in Sweden. It is provided on the understanding that we (the British Embassy) do not assume or undertake any legal responsibility, to you, or those affected, if you choose to take it into account when instructing a local lawyer. Further and alternatively, we cannot accept any liability to any person or company for any financial loss or damage arising from the use of this information or from any failure to give information. Our aim is to provide our customers with as much relevant information to enable them to make better informed decisions but our lists are not recommendations and should not be treated as such.

2 Garde Wesslau Advokatbyrå Klarabergsgatan 23, Box 7253, Stockholm Tel: +46 (0) info@garde.se Website: specialisations are in business and corporate law and mergers and acquisitions they do have experience of representing British nationals staff speak English, Swedish,German, French, Chinese and Spanish they cover the whole country Advokatgruppen Hoppets torg 5, Jönköping Tel: +46 (0) jk@advokatgruppen.nu Website: specialisations are in business, family and criminal law they do have experience of representing British nationals they can t provide legal aid staff speak English, Swedish,Spanish, a little French and German they mostly cover Jönköping and the south region of Sweden 2

3 Advokat Claes Forsberg AB Nybrogatan 6, Stockholm Tel:+46 (0) Website specialisations are in family law, international civil law, citizenship they can offer a Pro Bono service staff speak English,Swedish,French They cover the Stockholm region They have international offices in France Advokat Gotland AB S:t Hansgatan 11, Visby Tel: +46 (0) tomas@advokatgotland.se specialisations are in criminal defense and representation of the injured party in criminal cases in criminal defense and representation of injured parties they can offer a Pro Bono service depending on the case staff speak English, Swedish, French and Spanish They cover Gotland and the Stockholm region 3

4 Advokatbyrån Ulf Carlzon AB Box 2070, Göteborg Tel: + 46(0) nan@advbuc.se specialisations are in criminal and family law they can offer a 15 minute Pro Bono service staff speak English, Swedish and a little German they cover the area around Gothenburg mainly but also the rest of the country Advokaterna Nyblom & Sarvik AB Stortorget 17, Malmö Tel: +46 (0) adv@nyblom-sarvik.se Website details: specialisations are in International and domestic family law, criminal law, migration law staff speak English, Swedish, French, Albanian, some German they cover the south region of Sweden 4

5 Advokatfirman Stefan Stålnacke Västra Norrlandsgatan 7, Umeå Tel: +46 (0) website: specialisations are in criminal law they can t provide legal aid staff speak English and Swedish they cover the north of Sweden Advokatfirman Vinge KB Box 1703, Stockholm Tel: +46 (0) johan.winnerblad@vinge.se website: specialisations are in Commercial law they can t provide legal aid staff speak Swedish, Cantonese, Chinese, Danish, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Italian, Mandarin, Norwegian, Persian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish they cover the whole country have international offices in Brussels 5

6 Advokatfirman Öberg & Associés AB Skeppsbron 26, Stockholm Tel +46 (0) website: the Bar Council of England and Wales, and the Danish Bar and Law Society specialisations are in (but not limited to) Human rights and constitutional law, Immigration & Citizenship, EU and competition law they can offer a Pro Bono service staff speak English, Swedish, French, German, Danish, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese They cover the whole country They regularly advise clients abroad, and regularly conduct litigation before international courts. Bird & Bird Advokatbyrå Norrlandsgatan 15, P.O. Box 7714, Stockholm Tel: + 46 (0) rickard.poppelman@twobirds.com website: specialisations are in Swedish and International business law they can offer a Pro Bono service staff speak English, Swedish, German, French They cover the Stockholm region They have international offices in 19 countries including the UK 6

7 Donner & Partners AB Riddargatan 45, Stockholm Tel: +46-(0) they have native English speaking staff they are independent legal advisors specialisations are in real estate,family, banking and business law they will not offer a Pro Bono service staff speak English, Swedish, Spanish and German with some Finnish they cover all of Sweden they cooperate with colleagues in London, Johannesburg, Philadelphia, Lima (Peru) and Madrid Garde Wesslau Advokatbyrå (i Skåne AB) P.O. Box 1422, Helsingborg Tel: +46 (0) info@garde.se Website: specialisations are in M&A transactions, commercial transactions and international commercial arbitration (also as arbitrator) they do have experience of representing British nationals they can t provide legal aid staff speak English, Swedish,German,French they cover the south region of Sweden 7

8 John Goldie Advokatbyrå Brunnsgatan 7, Stockholm Tel: +46 (0) Website specialisations are in mergers and acquisitions,labour and family law in some cases they can offer a 1 hour Pro Bono service staff speak English, Swedish, German, French They cover the Stockholm region MarLaw Law firm AB P.O. Box 3079, Stockholm Tel: + 46 (0) mail@marlaw.se website: specialisations are in marketing law, intellectual property law and related areas they can offer a Pro Bono service staff speak English, Swedish, German, Dutch and Spanish They cover the Stockholm region 8

9 Notes: *Swedish Bar association What is legal aid (rättshjälp)? If you find yourself in a dispute and you and the other party are unable to solve the matter, you could require help from a lawyer or a legal practitioner. To pay the cost of a lawyer or legal practitioner you must first use the legal protection cover that is included in your home insurance. If you do not have insurance, you could be entitled to legal aid in certain circumstances. Find out more on the Rättshjälpsmyndighetens website: You can also find a lawyer in Sweden by searching on 9

10 Feedback Form for Customers If you do decide to use any of the lawyers on this list, we would like to hear from you. While there is no obligation on your part to provide feedback on the services you receive, any feedback you can give us is helpful. Once completed, please return the form to the British Embassy by post to Skarpögatan 6-8, Stockholm or by to Thank you for your help. 1. Name of firm: Name of lawyer: 2. Date of contact: Are any of the details on our list regarding this provider wrong? (e.g. address, telephone number, etc.) 3. What service did you need? 4. Why did you need this service? Please circle the appropriate boxes below: (a) If the service provided English speaking services, how would you rate the standard of English? Excellent Good Average Poor Very Poor (b) How would you rate the professionalism of the staff? Excellent Good Average Poor Very Poor (c) How would you rate the overall service received? Excellent Good Average Poor Very Poor 10

11 (d) How would you rate the value for money? Excellent Good Average Poor Very Poor 5. Do you have any other comments? We would like to share this information with other customers but if you would prefer it not to be seen by others please tick the box Feedback provider s name: Tel. No.: Date: 11