Vinge advises Fazer in connection with its acquisition of Aroma
Fazer has entered into an agreement to acquire Konfektyrfabriken Aroma AB, a Swedish confectionery m…
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Practice Areas
Environmental Law, Market surveillance
Business Sectors
Energy, Life Sciences & Health, Community development and infrastructure
Johan Cederblad is a partner and attorney at Vinge in Stockholm, where he heads the firm's environmental law group. He specializes in environmental law with a particular focus on permitting proceedings for energy facilities – for example offshore and onshore wind power, solar power and other types of energy installations. Johan also has broad experience of permitting proceedings in other areas, such as the food industry and water operations. He also advises on transaction-related environmental law and is consistently ranked among Sweden's leading lawyers by Chambers & Partners and Legal 500, which describes him as "outstanding".
"Johan is great to work with. He is eager to learn and develop and to deliver what's best for the client." Chambers & Partners 2026
"I have worked with Johan Cederblad and found him to be highly competent, personable, empathetic, honest, and innovative. He consistently delivers excellent service, and I am very satisfied with the collaboration we have had." Legal 500, 2026
"Johan Cederblad is outstanding. He really takes a proactive role in our projects and makes sure we're always on top of things. When we ask him to do something, he's most often already done it. He knows what we want and need." Legal 500, 2025
"Johan Cederblad is very easy to talk to and quick to answer." Legal 500, 2025
"I have mostly worked with Johan Cederblad. He is very skilled and had great problem solving skills." Legal 500, 2025
"Johan is awesome. He is always very accommodating and delivers good advice. He always answers fast and acts proactively." Chambers & Partners 2025
"Johan Cederblad is great at navigating both complex projects and understanding the level of effort required." Chambers & Partners 2025
"He is proactive and has extensive experience and good knowledge of the industry." Chambers & Partners 2025
“Johan has in-depth legal expertise and knowledge, and is able to translate it very well into understandable business language.” Chambers & Partners 2024
‘Johan Cederblad is very competent. He is proactive in addressing any questions before they become problems and he is very easy to communicate with. His calm way of working inspires security.’ Legal 500 2024
‘Vinge and Johan Cederblad provide top-drawer legal support in a highly professional and pragmatic way. They are very precise in their advice and make the complicated simple.’ Legal500 2024
“Johan Cederblad is awesome: he always responds swiftly, even on small matters, he is always really accommodating, and his expertise is really good.” Chambers & Partners 2024
My experience from working with Johan Cederblad is that he is very knowledgeable and cares about his clients and our businesses. As a client, I feel prioritised and appreciate his balance between being very professional and at the same time down-to-earth in his communication.’ Legal 500 2023
"Johan is a brilliant lawyer, very customer-centric and eager to help. Knowledgeable, proactive, good at explaining and prone to listen to what the customer is looking for." Johan Cederblad advises onpermitting issues concerning infrastructure and energy developments, including wind farms. He is also knowledgeable on contamination issues. Chambers & Partners 2023
Johan Cederblad advises onpermitting issues concerning infrastructure and energy developments, including wind farms. He is also knowledgeable on contamination issues. One client asserts that "he has a calm manner and his long experience has been a great asset to us." Chambers & Partners 2022
‘Partner Johan Cederblad is proactive, to-the-point, pragmatic and highly professional.’
‘Johan Cederblad is very competent, calm and gives clear and considered advice on how to navigate within the field of environmental law, based on the wider context of our business.’
‘Johan Cederblad – effective, good listener understood our situation very well. Open minded. Both very updated about court cases.’ Legal 500 2022
Johan Cederblad – effective, good listener who understands our situation very well, open minded. - Legal 500 2021
Johan Cederblad is reputed among clients for his customer-centred approach, one calling him "a good listener who understands our situation very well," before adding: "He is open-minded."
Cederblad advises onpermitting issues concerning infrastructure and energy developments, including wind farms. He is also knowledgeable on contamination issues. Chambers & Partners 2021
‘Johan Cederblad shows great skill in environmental law in Sweden. He has the key ability to provide excellent advice in order to reach practical results necessary to maintain and continue a project.‘
‘Johan Cederblad is professional, flexible and provides excellent services with a pragmatic but still ethical vision.‘
‘Johan Cederblad has very impressive knowledge and experience within his field.‘
‘Johan Cederblad is very pleasant to work with, easy to talk to and makes a very good impression. He explains in layman’s terms and makes sure you understand which is very appreciated. He takes the initiative in what to do next, generating new ideas which guides us in a very good way.‘ - Legal 500 2020
Johan Cederblad "is highly skilled within Swedish environmental law. He provides both sharp, accurate advice and a practical delivery of results."As well as M&A-related mandates, he frequently assists with permits concerning residential, retail, infrastructure and industrial construction. He is also knowledgeable in contamination issues. - Chambers & Partners 2020
Johan Cederblad is described by one client as "very co-operative," with another client making particular note of his skill in permit proceedings, noting that "he has the knowledge about the process and he's guided us through it flawlessly." - Chambers & Partners 2018
Johan Cederblad är omnämnd som Next generation lawyer i Legal 500 (utgåva 2018).
