Vinge Dude Diligence – for improved gender equality

VINGE IT – SELF-SERVICE STRATEGIC SUPPORT WINNER 2014

The winners of the Self Service Awards 2014 gathered at Cirkus in Stockholm last Thursday. Self Service Awards is an annual awards ceremony for those enterprises which have been most successful in increasing the level of support and degree of efficiency of the support function within their organization using ComAround’s self-service solution.

A record number of six new Vinge partners

Vinge is pleased to announce that Louise Brorsson Salomon, Jonas Johansson, Fredrik Lundblom, Dain Nevonen, Emma Stuart-Beck and Peter Sundgren, all based at Vinge’s Stockholm office, have been elected new partners at Vinge as of 1 January 2015.

Vinge climbs to first place - leading within real estate law

Vinge is ranked in first place the annual review of the leading real estate lawyers in Sweden. The transactions in which Vinge has been involved include Kungsleden’s acquisition of GE’s properties where Vinge represented GE in the largest individual transaction. This is followed by Trygg-Hansa’s sale of its head office on Kungsholmen in Stockholm.

VINGE HIGHLY RANKED IN PROSPERA

217 of the largest buyers of business law services have once again given Vinge a high ranking in the annual review Prospera Tier 1 Law Firm Review 2014 Sweden. In this year’s review, Vinge is ranked, as it was last year, in second place.

New top ranking for Vinge´s IP practice

Legal Media Group has published rankings within trademark law where Vinge share first position with one other firm for most number-appointed attorneys. The three appointed are Håkan Borgenhäll, Ulf Dahlgren and Richard Wessman.

Vinge represented Santander in major acquisition

Vinge wins Sweden Law Firm of the Year in Chambers Europe Award for Excellence

Vinge is pleased to announce its receipt of the Chambers Europe Award for Excellence - Sweden Law Firm of the Year 2014. The award follows previous wins in 2014 of the IFLR Swedish Law Firm of the Year and Managing Intellectual Property’s IP Law Firm of the Year.

Legal 500 gives top tier ranking for Vinge

Vinge is proud to announce our top tier ranking in 12 out of 18 categories by Legal 500´s ranking. The categories were as follows:Banking & Finance, Capital Markets, Corporate and Commercial, Employment, Environment, EU and Competition, Intellectual Property and Media, IT and Telecoms, M&A, Real Estate, Shipping and Tax. 

2013 IN BRIEF

2013 – the year in which Advokatfirman Vinge celebrated its 30th anniversary – was a successful one for the firm. The year was characterised, overall, by a continuation of the market’s wait-and-see attitude to M&A, but there were clear signs of a revival in stock market confidence.

Stefan Backman awarded company lawyer of the year

At an award ceremony held during the Swedish Company Lawyers Association Spring meeting on 3 April 2014, Stefan Backman, general counsel at Tele 2 Sverige AB, received the award Company Lawyer of the Year 2104.

Vinge awarded Swedish Law Firm of the Year by IFLR

Vinge received the award “Swedish Law Firm of the Year” at the IFLR’s European awards ceremony held at the Dorchester hotel in London on 3 April 2014.

Vinge wins IP Firm of the Year Award

At an awards ceremony in London yesterday, Vinge was awarded the industry’s top prize and declared “Firm of the Year – Sweden” – by the analysis company and media house, Managing Intellectual Property.

The launch of Vinge’s Expert Panel is in full progress

Vinge Expert Panel was presented to an invited audience of 35 in-house lawyers during an afternoon mingle at the Stockholm office on 16 January this year. Finn Madsen gave the opening speech and provided a brief presentation of the new concept.

News in IP

As previously communicated and following the arrival of Håkan Borgenhäll, one of Sweden’s leading intellectual property lawyers, as well as the recruitment of tier-1 ranked Ulf Dahlgren, Vinge continues to strengthen its full service IP Practice Group through the recruitment of Doctor of Laws Richard Wessman, who specialises in trademark rights.

Christer Söderlund appointed president

In August this year, Christer Söderlund of Vinge was appointed as president in arbitral proceedings between an investor and Venezuela before the ICSID in Washington DC. In addition, the Swedish Government recently renewed Christer’s appointment as an arbitrator at the ISCID for another six years.