NEWS & TRANSACTIONS

Wigge & Partners has become a signatory of the UN Global Compact initiative as a part of our sustainability strategy. The focus of the UN Global Compact is to build a sustainable and inclusive global economy by incorporating ten principles that focuses on human rights, labour, the environment and anti-corruption.

Wigge & Partners has advised Areim on their acquisition of one of Stockholm’s most famous landmarks, Dagens Nyheter Tower (DN-skrapan) from Fabege AB, in the centrally located neighborhood of Kungsholmen in Stockholm.

Wigge & Partners has advised Folksam in connection with their SEK 1,5 bn investment into Infranode II, the second infrastructure fund set up by Infranode.

Wigge & Partners has advised Alecta in connection with their SEK 6,2 bn investment into Heimstaden Bostad and the underlying purchase of a Dutch residential property portfolio with a gross asset value of SEK 18 bn from Heimstaden AB.

Wigge & Partners has advised Altor Fund II in connection with the divestment of NorthStar to EnerSys; the global leader in stored energy solutions for industrial applications

Wigge & Partners has advised the sellers in connection with the divestment of all the shares in Replace OÜ to the Xllnc group, majority owned by Norvestor

Wigge & Partners advised Magnolia Bostad in relation to the formation of a joint venture (JV) with Slättö.
The JV will be developing housing and residential care facilities for long-term ownership and management.

Wigge & Partners advised Willhem AB (publ), owned by Första AP-fonden, on the acquisition of one project with 256 residential apartments in Sorgenfri in Malmö from Fastighets AB Trianon.

Wigge & Partners is a leading boutique law firm in Stockholm offering high-end transactional advice to well reputed clients within our practice areas. We are driven by the joy of doing business and of growing and maintaining successful long-term relationships.

Wigge & Partners is thrilled to announce that it has been placed no. 1 in the Swedish property publication Fastighetssverige’s yearly overview of the leading Swedish law firms in real estate transactions, ranked on transaction value per employee.

Wigge & Partners is delighted to announce that, for the second time in a row, it has been selected the preferred supplier of legal expertise with regard to Swedish law by the European Central Bank.

Wigge & Partners’ Banking & Finance team has advised Eurocommercial Properties Sweden AB in connection with a SEK 650,000,000 loan financing from in connection with the acquisition of the C4 Shopping centre outside of Kristianstad.

Wigge & Partners’ Banking & Finance team has advised EQT Real Estate in connection with the financing of the acquisition of 21 logistics properties in Stockholm and surrounding university cities from Kvalitena AB (publ).

Wigge & Partners acted as legal adviser to the sellers in connection with the divestment of Team Hälso & Friskvård i Göteborg Aktiebolag to Stockwik Förvaltning AB (publ) in a share for share plus cash transaction.

Wigge & Partners advised Areim Fund II on the sale of the office property Brädstapeln 16 to KPA Pension (part of the Folksam group). Brädstapeln 16 is a landmark building on Kungsholmen in Stockholm, designed by architects Anders Tengbom and Stefan Salamon and originally built for Trygg-Hansa in 1975.

Wigge & Partners advised Blackstone and Areim on the sale of the property Sågen 4 in Västerås to Korsängen Fastighets AB, a company established by Pareto Securities

Wigge & Partners has advised CapMan Nordic Real Estate II on the letting of approx. 11,000 sq. m. of mixed warehouse, production and office space in Eskilstuna to ASSA AB, the global lock manufacturing company, on a long-term lease.

Wigge & Partners have advised the sellers in connection with the divestment of Cliniclands AB to Henry Schein, Inc.

Wigge & Partners has advised POP HOUSE Group in connection with its MSEK 480 acquisition of the hotel and restaurant building that accommodates Hotell Hasselbacken, from the seller Pandox AB (publ).

Wigge & Partners advised IMAS Foundation in connection with its equity investment into Northvolt to enable the establishment of a factory for lithium-ion battery cells in Sundsvall.

Wigge & Partners has advised Altor Fund IV in connection with its acquisition of a majority share in the fast-growing Swedish consumer brand iDeal of Sweden from the current owners, including founders Joachim Lindström and Filip Ummer.

Wigge & Partners acted as legal adviser to EcoDataCenter in connection with its acquisition of all shares in Fortlax AB

Last week, the team for Alternative Investments & Fund Formation at Wigge & Partners held the second module of the seminar series regarding commercial conditions for alternative investment funds.

Wigge & Partners acted as legal adviser to the seller in connection with the divestment of the All-Print Holding AB group to Koenig & Bauer Coding GmbH. All-Print specialises in the development, manufacturing and distribution of products within the segment of print & apply and labelling systems within the industrial marking market.

Wigge & Partners advised Alecta Pensionsförsäkring, ömsesidigt on the sale of property known as Tretornfabriken, consisting of the properties Hermes 10 and Hermes 16 in central Helsingborg, to Wihlborgs.

Wigge & Partners has advised Kallebäck Property Invest AB (publ) and its property owning company Näringsfastigheter Kallebäck AB in connection with a SEK 481,000,000 loan refinancing from a Nordic bank.

We are now recruiting two lawyers to our team, one junior position and one senior position, with prior experience of, or a genuine interest in, alternative investments and fund formation – transaction or regulatory side, national or international is relevant. The person we are looking for is a driven, centered, collaborative individual with a sharp commercial mind. 

Wigge & Partners has advised POP HOUSE SWEDEN in connection with its MSEK 230 acquisition of the hotel and restaurant operations at Hasselbacken from Scandic Hotels.

Wigge & Partners advised CA Fastigheter AB on the acquisition of Fredells’ retail and warehouse property of 50,000 sq.m. in Nacka.

Frida Sander has joined Wigge & Partners to head up the Alternative Investments & Private Equity team and brings her specialist team with her.

Wigge & Partners acted as legal adviser to Procuritas Capital Investors V and the Werksta group on the add-acquisition of Karosserispesialisten in Norway.

Wigge & Partners has advised Kvalitena AB (publ) in connection with the divestment of 1,500,000 A-shares and 3,133,389 B-shares in Stendörren Fastigheter AB (publ) (representing 16.46% of the capital and 35.80% of the voting rights in Stendörren)

Wigge & Partners has advised Brunswick Real Estate and Allianz Real Estate in connection with a SEK 1,560,000,000 loan financing to Gränby Centrum AB (an indirect subsidiary of Atrium Ljungberg AB (publ)).

Wigge & Partners acted for an investor in relation to a SEK 495,000,000 senior secured and floating rate notes issue by Fastighetsaktiebolaget Grönlandet Södra 13.

Wigge & Partners acted as legal adviser to the seller in connection with the divestment of Women Executive Search Sweden (WES)

Wigge & Partners has advised LKAB on the acquisition of a new hotel in Kiruna from Skanska. The hotel will be constructed by Skanska and is expected to be completed during the autumn 2021.

Wigge & Partners has advised EcoDataCenter in connection with Areim’s 200 MSEK investment in the company.

Wigge & Partners acted as legal advisor to MVI Fund I AB on its acquisition of 50.1 per cent of the shares in Los Tacos AS, a Norwegian taco restaurant chain.

Wigge & Partners has advised LRF Konsult in connection with LRF Konsult’s acquisition of the digital accounting firm Bokoredo.

Wigge & Partners acted as legal advisor to MVI Fund I AB on the divestment of Lakers Holding AB to Summa Equity AB. Lakers specializes in service and sales of pumps within the Nordic region.

Wigge & Partners acted as legal adviser to Procuritas Capital Investors V and the Werksta group on the add-acquisition of Bulk Bilskadeservice in Norway.

Johan Hörnberg has joined Wigge & Partners as a partner to set up the firm’s employment law practice. His appointment adds another dimension to the growing partnership, which is establishing itself as one of Sweden’s leading corporate transaction law firms.

Wigge & Partners advised Hemfosa on the acquisition of a property portfolio from Klövern with a value of MSEK 1,145 and consisting of seven properties comprising predominantly office premises with tenants in the community services sector.

Wigge & Partners advised Magnolia Bostad on the framework agreement, pursuant to which Heimstaden has agreed to acquire residential projects from Magnolia Bostad with a value of around SEK 9.6 billion

Wigge & Partners acted as legal adviser to MVI and Nordic Feel in the divestment of Nordic Feel to eleven

Wigge & Partners acted as legal adviser to Eurocommercial Properties in relation to a SEK 700,000,000 term loan from SEB to finance the shopping centre Hallarna outside Halmstad.

Wigge & Partners has advised SCA in relation to a planned partnership with the energy company St1 for the purpose of developing large-scale production of tall oil based commercial biofuels

W&P supports Swedish youth tennis and our M&A partner Henrik Wenckert (on the right hand side of Stefan) is this year´s champion of Streber Cup.

Wigge & Partners has advised Max Sievert and Convini in the acquisition of Kaffeknappen from Nestlé

Wigge & Partners has advised DBT Capital INV AB in connection with their first bond issue. The bonds may be issued up to MSEK 200, are subordinated and have a tenor of three years. DBT Capital INV AB will