Carve-Outs

We guide clients through complex carve-outs – from strategy to execution. Our market-leading M&A practice, combined with top-tier expertise in tax, technology, competition, employment, IP, and data protection, ensures smooth separations that create long-term value.

Carve-outs as part of our M&A offering

Carve-outs are an increasingly critical feature of today’s M&A landscape. Companies strategically sharpen their portfolios, divest non-core businesses, or spin off divisions to unlock value and focus. These complex transactions involve disentangling operations, contracts, employees, systems, and intellectual property. Successful execution demands meticulous planning, top-tier cross-functional expertise, and seamless implementation.

Our Offering

We provide comprehensive advice to Swedish and international clients across all facets of carve-out transactions. Leveraging Sweden’s leading M&A practice, profound experience in private equity, and market-leading specialist teams, we deliver pragmatic, business-focused counsel that aligns with our clients’ long-term strategic objectives and supports successful outcomes.

What We Do

• Strategic planning – defining the carve-out perimeter and transaction structure.
• Execution – corporate, employment, pensions, tax, technology, IP, data protection, competition law, and sector-specific regulation.
• Tax structuring – our market-leading tax practice designs efficient structures, manages risks and handles cross-border complexities.
• Transitional services – identifying, analyzing, and separating IT and telecommunication assets; negotiating transitional services agreements and trademark licenses; and renegotiating commercial contracts.
• Risk management – identifying stranded costs, liabilities and dependencies.
• Post-closing support – ensuring smooth implementation and clean separation.
  
  

Why Choose Vinge

• Leading M&A practice with extensive carve-out experience, advising both private equity and strategic clients in complex, high-value transactions.
• A multidisciplinary approach, offering clear, integrated, solution-oriented advice from industry-leading experts across tax, corporate commercial, competition, employment, pensions, IP, technology and data protection.
• Deep local knowledge of the Swedish and Nordic markets, paired with strong international reach.