Vinge has advised Fidelio Capital AB in connection with its investment in Greenfood
Vinge has advised Fidelio Capital AB in connection with its majority investment in Greenfood.
CV
Practice Areas
Public Procurement, EU, Competition and Regulatory, Corporate Crime & Compliance, International trade, Data protection and processing of personal data, FDI
Business Sectors
Energy, Automotive, Mobility and Electrification
Speciality
Handling State Aid
Martin Johansson, juris dr h.c., specializes in EU and competition law, in particular state aid, public procurement, the four freedoms, regulatory issues as well as the construction and application of EU regulations and directives. He has more than 30 years’ experience of EU law, including more than 10 years at the EU Court of Justice, and has acted as counsel in proceedings before the European Commission, the CJEU and before Swedish courts and tribunals.
Martin Johansson is qualified in Sweden and advises on EU competition law out of the firm's Brussels office. He frequently works together with the firm's M&A team on merger control issues and is also highlighted by sources as "a good lawyer for state aid matters."(Corporate/M&A) - Chambers Global 2018
Brussels-based Martin Johansson assists clients with corporate compliance matters, particularly those pertaining to EU competition law. He has considerable experience of handling EU mandates and is qualified to practise in Sweden. (Corporate/M&A) - Chambers Global 2016
"An excellent state aid lawyer" and “has long-standing experience of EU law and Swedish competition matters”. Chambers Global 2012
Vinge is a full service business law firm with leading expertise within all areas of business law. We are a total of more than 550 co‑workers at our offices in Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö and Brussels.
https://www.vinge.se/en/our-people/martin-johansson/
Martin Johansson, juris dr h.c., specializes in EU and competition law, in particular state aid, public procurement, the four freedoms, regulatory issues as well as the construction and application of EU regulations and directives. He has more than 30 years’ experience of EU law, including more than 10 years at the EU Court of Justice, and has acted as counsel in proceedings before the European Commission, the CJEU and before Swedish courts and tribunals.
Vinge has advised Fidelio Capital AB in connection with its majority investment in Greenfood.
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Martin Johansson is qualified in Sweden and advises on EU competition law out of the firm's Brussels office. He frequently works together with the firm's M&A team on merger control issues and is also highlighted by sources as "a good lawyer for state aid matters."(Corporate/M&A) - Chambers Global 2018
Brussels-based Martin Johansson assists clients with corporate compliance matters, particularly those pertaining to EU competition law. He has considerable experience of handling EU mandates and is qualified to practise in Sweden. (Corporate/M&A) - Chambers Global 2016
"An excellent state aid lawyer" and “has long-standing experience of EU law and Swedish competition matters”. Chambers Global 2012
Chambers Global Practice Guide Sweden
International Comparative Legal Guide
European Law Reporter 2010, s. 198
Revue des Affaires Européennes, Law & European Affairs 2007-2008/3, s. 563
Swedish Studies in European Law, Vol. 2, Hart Publishing, Oxford, 2007, forthcoming
Competition Law Insight, Volume 6, Issue 7, p. 11
European Law Reporter 2007, p. 250
European Law Reporter 2005, p. 50
ERT (Europarättslig Tidskrift) 2005, s. 507
European Law Reporter 2001, p. 399
1999 24 E.L.Rev. (European Law Review) p. 373
Vassili Christianos and Steen Treumer (eds.), EEA Competition Law, European Institute of Public Administration 1994
in Article 177 references to the European Court - policy and practice, Mads Andenas (ed.), Butterworths 1994
Julian Lonbay (ed.), Frontiers of Competition Law, Wiley Chancery Law Publishing 1994
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