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Mandate Vinge advises the founders in connection with Polaris’ investment in Distriktstandvården

September 01, 2020

Vinge advises the founders of Distriktstandvården Ibbe Gnem and Jan Lindqvist in connection with Polaris’ investment in the company.

Distriktstandvården is the leading independent private dentistry chain in the greater Stockholm region. In addition to general, emergency and aesthetic dentistry services, Distriktstandvården offers specialist dental care as well as mobile and anaesthesia treatments. Following the investment, Polaris becomes a co-owner of Distriktstandvården alongside its founders who founded the company in 2010.

Vinge’s team consisted of Jonas Johansson, Matthias Pannier, Carl Sander, Nina Gransäter and Hanna Risberg (M&A), Ebba Svenburg (Employment), and VDR-specialists Jessica Öijer and Christoffer Widström.

Jerker Kjellander is a new partner in Skåne

 Dispute resolution expert Jerker Kjellander has been elected as a partner in Vinge’s Skåne office.
November 20, 2020

Amendments to the Swedish Competition Act provide extended powers for the Swedish Competition Authority

Early in 2021, the Swedish Competition Act (2008: 579) will be amended in several important respects. The background to the amendments is Directive (EU) 2019/1 of the European Parliament and of the Council, which aims to harmonize the investigative and sanctioning powers of the European competition authorities in their enforcement of the EU competition rules. Undertakings active in Sweden will be affected by the amendments in several ways.
October 12, 2020

Vinge contributes to IUMI Eye

 International Union of Marine Insurers (IUMI) is preparing for its first web based conference – Stockholm 2020 – of which Vinge is a proud sponsor. In the latest edition of IUMI Eye, published just in time for the conference, Vinge’s Paula Bäckdén and Sweden Insurance’s senior advisor Mikaela Tamm discuss the implications of waiving liability limitations.
September 15, 2020