Karl Klackenberg

Member of the Swedish Bar Association Senior Associate
  • Stockholm
  • Languages:
    Swedish, English

Mentions

"Karl Klackenberg showed a great ability to extend his scope of work and take more responsibility and ownership than expected for his role, to deliver a great outcome. Always with an easy going and proactive approach, he was always available and made sure all tasks (regardless of how big or small in the context of the transaction) were taken care of."
- Legal 500

Practice Areas

Business Sectors

Education

  • Lund University, LL.M., 2015
  • Lund University, Bachelor of Business and Economics, Corporate Finance, 2015

Experience

  • Foreign Associate (M&A) – Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP (New York), 2022
  • Secondment – EQT Partners, 2016

Other qualifications

  • Lecturer, Tax Law, Lund University, 2013-2015

Mandates

Mandate May 03, 2023

Vinge advises Axcel in connection with the investment in XPartners

Vinge has advised Axcel in connection with the investment in XPartners Samhällsbyggnad (“XPartners”)…

Mandate February 15, 2023

Vinge advises Biotage in connection with its acquisition of Astrea from KKR’s life science platform Gamma

Vinge advises Biotage AB (publ) (“Biotage”) in connection with its acquisition of Astrea Bioseparati…

Mandate January 12, 2023

Vinge advises Blugiallo in connection with its financing round

Vinge has advised Blugiallo and its founders in connection with a financing round with the purpose o…

Mandate November 22, 2022

Vinge advises Axcel VI and Currentum in connection with the acquisition of Holmströms Rör

Vinge advises Axcel VI and the Currentum Group in connection with the acquisitions of Holmströms Rör…

Mandate October 14, 2022

Vinge advises EQT Infrastructure in connection with its divestment of a minority stake in GlobalConnect to Mubadala

Vinge advises EQT Infrastructure III and IV funds (“EQT Infrastructure”) in connection with their di…

Mandate February 23, 2022

Vinge advises the sellers of Refensa in connection with the sale to Viking Ventures’ portfolio company Grade

Refensa is a cloud-based solution for digital reference checking when recruiting. The acquisition of…

Mandate January 18, 2022

Vinge advises Axcel VI and Currentum in connection with the acquisition of the Ipart Group

Vinge advises Axcel VI and the Currentum Group in connection with the acquisition of the Ipart Group…

Mandate January 07, 2022

Vinge has advised Procuritas in connection with the sale of Ouriginal Group

Vinge has advised Procuritas, the private equity investor focused on investing in and growing Nordic…

Mandate December 16, 2021

Vinge advises Expedition Growth Capital in connection with Storykit’s USD 10 million investment round

Vinge advises Expedition Growth Capital in connection with Storykit’s investment round of USD 10 mil…

Mandate November 24, 2021

Vinge advises EQT Infrastructure and GlobalConnect in connection with their SEK 3 billion acquisition of Telenor’s Open Universe and SDU fiber assets

Vinge advises EQT Infrastructure and its portfolio company GlobalConnect on the SEK 3 billion acquis…

Mandate November 10, 2021

Vinge acts as lead advisor to EQT in connection with its acquisition of Life Sciences Partners

Vinge acts as lead advisor to EQT AB in connection with its acquisition of Life Sciences Partners, a…

Mandate November 09, 2021

Vinge advises Mutares in connection with the acquisition of Allianceplus Sweden

Vinge advises the German private equity firm Mutares SE & Co. KGaA in connection with the acquisitio…

Mandate October 25, 2021

Vinge advises Trill Impact in connection with the acquisition of Arctic Group AB and its subsidiary

Vinge advises Trill Impact in connection with the acquisition of Arctic Group AB and its subsidiary…

Mandate October 25, 2021

Vinge advises Trill Impact in connection with the acquisition of ID North AB

Vinge advises Trill Impact in connection with the acquisition of ID North AB (”ID North”).

Mandate September 07, 2021

Vinge advises Axcel VI and the Currentum Group in connection with the acquisition of Månsson Rör & Värmepumpar

Vinge advises Axcel VI and the Currentum Group in connection with the acquisition of Månsson Rör & V…

Mandate June 28, 2021

Vinge advises EQT Infrastructure on the EUR 2.7 billion refinancing for its portfolio company GlobalConnect

Vinge advises EQT Infrastructure on the EUR 2.7 billion refinancing for its portfolio company Global…

Mandate June 28, 2021

Vinge advises Axcel VI and the Currentum Group in connection with the acquisition of VEAB Ventilation Entreprenad

Vinge advises Axcel VI and the Currentum Group in connection with the acquisitions of Ventilation En…

Mandate June 16, 2021

Vinge has advised Priveq Investment in connection with the investment in ROL

Today ROL offers workspace solutions including software and ergonomically optimized office furniture…

Mandate May 21, 2021

Vinge advises the founders and the current owners in connection with Altor’s investment in global fashion house Totême

Vinge advises the founders and other existing shareholders in connection with Altor Fund V’s investm…

Mandate April 28, 2021

Vinge advisor to the lead investors in connection with Kry’s USD 300m financing round

The financing round was led by CPP Investments (CPPIB) and Fidelity Management & Research Company LL…

Mandate March 23, 2021

Vinge advises Axcel VI and the Currentum Group in connection with the acquisitions of KomfortAutomatik

Vinge advises Axcel VI and the Currentum Group in connection with the acquisition of KomfortAutomati…

Mandate March 18, 2021

Vinge advises Axcel VI and the Currentum Group in connection with the acquisitions of Lundgrens El and Lås & Nycklar

Vinge advises Axcel VI and the Currentum Group in connection with the acquisitions of Lundgrens El-i…

Mandate March 11, 2021

Vinge advises Axcel VI and the Currentum Group in connection with the acquisitions of CH Vent, Ventmetoder and Reglera

Vinge advises Axcel VI and the Currentum Group in connection with the acquisitions of CH Vent, Ventm…

Mandate February 02, 2021

Vinge advises Axcel VI and its portfolio company Currentum in connection with its acquisition of Tingvallastaden

Vinge advises Axcel VI and its portfolio company Currentum in connection with the acquisition of Tin…

Mandate February 02, 2021

Vinge advises Axcel VI and its portfolio company Currentum in connection with its acquisition of Ibjerge

Vinge advises Axcel VI and its portfolio company Currentum in connection with the acquisition of Ibj…

Mandate October 22, 2020

Vinge advises in the divestment of Creuna to Knowit

Vinge advises the seller in the divestment of Creuna to Knowit AB (publ). Creuna is a Nordic digital…

Mandate October 16, 2020

Vinge advises Axcel VI in connection with the three parallel acquisitions of Installationsgruppen, Ventab and Ventilationsprojekt

Vinge has advised Axcel VI in connection with the three parallel acquisitions of Installationsgruppe…

Mandate October 08, 2020

Vinge advised Nextmune in connection with its acquisition of I.C.F. S.r.l and D.R.N. S.r.l.

Vinge has advised Fidelio Capital and its portfolio company Nextmune, a leading science driven, glob…

Mandate June 22, 2020

Vinge advises EQT Infrastructure portfolio company IP-Only in connection with its acquisition of Trelleborgs Stadsnät

Vinge has advised IP-Only in connection with entering into an agreement to acquire 100% of the share…

Mandate June 12, 2020

Vinge advises EQT Infrastructure II in connection with its divestment of the Hector Rail group to Ancala Infrastructure

Vinge has advised EQT Infrastructure II in connection with entering into an agreement to divest the…

Mandate January 07, 2020

Vinge advises Bregal Unternehmerkapital on its acquisition of Iptor

Vinge has advised Bregal Unternehmerkapital on its acquisition of Iptor from Marlin Equity Partners.

Mandate September 24, 2019

Vinge has advised EQT AB (publ) in connection with the listing on Nasdaq Stockholm

Vinge has advised EQT AB (publ) (“EQT”) in connection with the offering and listing on Nasdaq Stockh…

Mandate September 23, 2019

Vinge advises EQT Infrastructure II in connection with the Hector Rail group’s divestment of GB Railfreight

GB Railfreight was acquired by EQT Infrastructure II, through its current Swedish portfolio company…

Mandate July 08, 2019

Vinge advises on the sale of Memira

Vinge has advised Patricia Industries AB, part of Investor AB, and other shareholders in Memira Hold…

Mandate July 05, 2019

Vinge advises Sobro in connection with an investment in Dafo Vehicle Fire Protection

Vinge has advised Sobro in connection with the investment in Dafo Vehicle Fire Protection, which del…

Mandate June 11, 2019

Vinge advises EQT Infrastructure IV on its acquisition of IP-Only Group AB

IP-Only owns and operates approximately 16,000 km of fiber network that, together with leased infras…

Mandate March 28, 2019

Vinge advises Lantmännen in conjunction with acquisition from Tate&Lyle

Vinge has advised Lantmännen in connection with its acquisition of British Tate&Lyle’s Swedish o…

Mandate October 30, 2018

Sobro invests in TrueSec

Vinge has advised Sobro in connection with its acquisition of a majority share in the TrueSec group.…

Mandate July 31, 2018

Vinge advises Swedish Match in the acquisition of Gotlandssnus

Founded in 2002, Gotlandssnus develops, produces, and sells both snus and nicotine-free products, wi…

Mandate July 12, 2018

Vinge advises international private equity firm Cinven on the acquisition of Envirotainer

Headquartered in Stockholm, Envirotainer designs, manufactures and leases active temperature-control…

Mandate July 10, 2018

Vinge advises Taiyo Nippon Sanso corporation and Matheson Tri-Gas on the acquisition of the swedish part of Praxair’s european industrial gas business

Vinge advises Japanese industrial gas producer Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corporation (TNSC) and its subsidi…

Mandate June 19, 2018

Vinge advises Axcel on its acquisition of Loopia and Active 24 from Visma

Vinge has advised the Nordic private equity firm Axcel on its acquisition of Visma’s hosting busines…

Mandate June 15, 2018

Nobina acquires Samtrans

Samtrans, which is the leading actor within specific public transport services in the Stockholm area…

Mandate May 31, 2018

Vinge advises Bitcine Technologies in connection with its acquisition of filmtech business

Vinge advises the Canadian Bitcine Technologies in its acquisition of the filmtech business from Tho…

Mandate May 31, 2018

Vinge advises the owners of Hantverksdata in the sale to Adelis Equity Partners

Hantverksdata is one of the Nordic region’s leading suppliers of administrative software developed f…

Mandate March 20, 2018

Vinge advises Mincon Group in connection with the acquisition of Driconeq

Driconeq is a leading global supplier of high quality drill pipes and accessories for down-the-hole…

Mandate June 28, 2017

Vinge advises TeleComputing in conjunction with the sale of Kentor

Vinge, together with the Norwegian law firm Wiersholm, has advised TeleComputing, a portfolio compan…

Mandate June 02, 2017

Vinge advises FAM AB on the acquisition of Sandvik Process Systems

Vinge advises FAM AB on the acquisition of Sandvik Process Systems (”SPS”) from Sandvik AB at a pric…

Mandate May 31, 2017

Vinge advises Boozt AB (publ) in connection with its listing on Nasdaq Stockholm

Vinge has advised Boozt AB (publ) (“Boozt”) in connection with its listing on Nasdaq Stockholm.

Mandate April 04, 2017

Vinge advises Beijer Alma and Beijer Tech in connection with the acquisition of Svenska Brandslangsfabriken

Vinge has advised Beijer Alma’s subsidiary Beijer Tech in conjunction with the acquisition of Svensk…

Mandate February 24, 2017

Vinge advises De Forenede Dampvaskerier in conjunction with the acquisition of Textilia

Vinge has advised De Forenede Dampvaskerier A/S in conjunction with the acquisition of the Textilia…

Mandate November 29, 2016

Vinge advises Bridgepoint in conjunction with its investment in Vitamin Well

Vinge has advised Bridgepoint Development Capital in conjunction with its investment in Vitamin Well…

News

New partners and counsels at Vinge’s Stockholm office
News May 31, 2023

New partners and counsels at Vinge’s Stockholm office

Six new partners, seven new counsels and one Chief Economist at Vinge’s Stockholm office.