⬤ M&A, VENTURE CAPITAL & PRIVATE EQUITY SPECIALIST DEDICATED TO ENTREPRENEURS & HIGH-GROWTH COMPANIES. ⬤
Björkhem provides high-caliber strategic and legal advisory services in connection with private capital transactions. From incorporation and early-stage transactions through high-stakes fundraisings and exit transactions, Björkhem combines excellent transactional expertise from major international law firms and financial institutions in Stockholm, with expertise from one of Europe's leading management advisory firms in Paris, specializing in private equity. Björkhem works together with a vast network of advisors, bankers and investors in Sweden and abroad, enabling the firm to keep an ear to the ground while staying versatile. Björkhem provides innovative, tailor-made solutions adapted to the challenges of high-growth companies, and the unique legal needs of the individuals that build them.
M&A
Björkhem provides high-caliber services in connection with M&A transactions to help clients understand, negotiate, and execute their most complex financial transactions in Sweden, and cross-border. With an emphasis on advising entrepreneurs, Björkhem advises sellers and buyers on various types of M&A transactions, including auction processes, negotiated deals, and carve-outs, from routine M&A engagements to large, complex transactions involving multiple jurisdictions and local partners.
Venture Capital
With an emphasis on founder and company representation, Björkhem is regularly trusted by first-time entrepreneurs to navigate fundraisings and governance matters in Sweden, and cross-border. Björkhem is often involved from incorporation and seed financing, through complex growth investments and exit transactions. The services provided include e.g., investment modelizations, negotiating strategies, and expertise in structuring the equity through different classes of preferred shares.
Management Advisory
Björkhem understands the critical role that management plays in successful sales of companies to private equity buyers. Björkhem provides services to CEOs and their management teams to help them navigate the sale and re-investment aspects of a private equity transaction, often in collaboration with trusted partners, to maximize price and deal fulfilment for sellers and to establish a foundation for a respectful and productive relationship with the buyer.
Corporate Commercial
Björkhem provides services in connection with corporate and commercial matters, including contractual drafting and negotiation, as well as general legal consultancy to businesses’ day-to-day operational needs. The services include M&A-related advice, e.g., carve-outs, joint-ventures and due diligence, as well as compensation, employment, and incentive matters, shareholders’ and board meetings, minority shareholder protection, and director’s liability.
Technology
Björkhem provides services on legal and strategic issues involving IT and technology. With a range of clients in the IT and technology sectors, from startups to high-growth companies, we understand the sector’s evolving complexities and opportunities, and have developed expertise in drafting commercial agreements within this field.
