Setterwalls recruits further within EU and competition law and welcomes Magnus Jonson from the Swedish Competition Authority

By recruiting Magnus Jonson, Setterwalls’ law firm continues to make top level recruitments to its more than 20 lawyer strong EU and Competition department.  Magnus Jonson has more than 20 years of experience from work with other law firms and is most recent coming from the Swedish Competition Authority where held a position as the deputy head of Legal Service. Recently, Tommy Pettersson, a former partner of Mannheimer Swartling, was also recruited to the department.

EU- and competition law is becoming more and more important to Swedish and international companies and organizations and is key in complex transactions such as acquisitions, restructurings and joint ventures. Moreover, the number of dawn raids, investigations and proceedings in relation thereto has increased substantially during recent years.

– Setterwalls’ has one of the strongest offers within EU and competition law on the Swedish legal market. We notice that more and more clients are requesting advice within this area says Ulf Djurberg, partner and head of the EU and Competition department, and continues

– Our reinforcements, by hiring Tommy and Magnus, also includes that we are broadening  our competence within compliance, public procurement, state aid, anti-dumping, free movement and internal investigations.

– There are few law firms in Sweden offering this width and depth within EU and competition law, which was extremely important to me in the choice of law firm when leaving the Swedish Competition Authority after six years. Moreover, the culture and the people at Setterwalls is fantastic, says Magnus. 

Setterwalls’ is one of Sweden’s leading full-service law firms with a truly international network. Setterwalls’ has 260 co-workers whereof 180 qualified lawyers working out of offices in Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmoe.