SWEDEN Law and Practice Contributed by: Niclas Rockborn, Rikard Sundstedt and Robin Entenza, Gernandt & Danielsson
Gernandt & Danielsson has established a reputa- tion as one of the leading Swedish fintech law firms, particularly in payments, cryptocurrency/blockchain and other innovations in digital finance. Its financial services team brings together 12 legal professionals with diverse backgrounds in corporate law and se- curities, banking and finance, regulatory compliance, data privacy and cybersecurity and several other key areas. The firm services the full spectrum of fintech legal needs (excluding tax), covering payments and e-money, anti-money laundering, licensing of new
fintech firms, data protection, cryptocurrency (and other blockchain and distributed ledger technol- ogy matters), cybersecurity and intellectual property rights for the protection of unique fintech concepts. It advises a diverse roster of emerging and incumbent clients, including market-leading Swedish cryptocur- rency exchange service providers, multinational fin- tech companies (eg, offering cryptocurrency trading and transfer services), leading global cryptocurrency exchanges and major Swedish banking institutions.
Authors
Niclas Rockborn joined Gernandt & Danielsson in 1998 and heads the firm’s specialists practice group. He has more than 25 years of experience in advising on the regulation of financial institutions. His clients
Robin Entenza joined Gernandt & Danielsson in 2018 and primarily practises in dispute resolution. He has a special focus on the financial sector. He also has experience in advising on capital markets and corporate law
include entities in banking and insurance, asset management, e-money and payment institutions as well as various operators in the fintech sector. He has a particularly strong practice in fintech, the payments sector and digital assets. He also advises more broadly on matters relating to rapidly evolving rules and regulations, including the frameworks established under the PSD, GDPR, AIFMD, MiFID, CRD, the AI Act and other frameworks established as part of the European Commission’s Digital Decade Programme and its Digital Finance Package.
matters and has been active in the blockchain space from a capital markets perspective since 2018, after completing his Master’s thesis on initial coin offerings and EU securities market regulations. His recent work includes advising large institutions on the provision of blockchain-driven financial services in a complex multi-jurisdictional project.
Rikard Sundstedt joined Gernandt & Danielsson in 2017. He primarily practises in the area of financial regulation. He also handles regulatory matters more generally. His work includes assisting in licence
applications, transactions involving financial companies, supervisory investigations and sanctions matters and financial regulatory advisory matters. He has particular expertise in the field of payments, digital assets and other fintech regulation, where he regularly advises clients and co-authors guides and other publications.
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