Setterwalls leading Banking & Finance team moves up in the prestigious Chambers' ranking and strengthens the financial regulatory practice

Setterwalls prominent Banking & Finance practice has moved up its ranking in the newly updated Chambers Global, the leading guide to the best lawyers and law firms.

– We pride ourselves for being one of Sweden’s leading full-service law firms in terms of size and quality and the fast growing Banking and Finance team has had yet another very strong year, despite Covid-19 and the effects it has had on the market. We are very pleased that our full-service banking and finance practice, our high-calibre team and our recognition in the market have been recognised and that we have moved up in all rankings performed by the leading ranking institutes over the last year and now most recently the prestigious Chambers’ ranking, says Mikael Magnusson, partner and newly appointed Head of the Banking & Finance Practice in Stockholm.

Chambers and Partners, one of the world’s largest and most reputable legal ranking publications, is an independent research company operating across 200 jurisdictions delivering detailed rankings and insight into the world’s leading lawyers.
 

Specialist counsel joins Setterwalls Banking & Finance team in Stockholm

Setterwalls is delighted to announce we have recruited Tobias Björklund from the Swedish FSA to join our growing regulatory practice within our Banking & Finance group as a specialist counsel. Tobias has more than ten years of experience working with financial regulatory matters and the financial market. Tobias has had specialist and managerial roles at the Swedish FSA and has broad experience from different areas of the regulatory matters. He has worked with supervisory as well as licensing matters regarding a wide range of financial institutions and matters. Tobias also has in depth knowledge of cross border issues.

– I am excited about the opportunity to join Setterwalls esteemed Banking & Finance team and to contribute to the expansion of the regulatory offer within Setterwalls, says Tobias Björklund.

– We are very pleased that Tobias have joined our team and with him on board we have boosted the core of the regulatory practice and our offer within this field, says Mikael Magnusson.