Markus Olsson

Markus is recognized as an expert in his field in Sweden (e.g. by The Legal 500).

This is what clients say about Markus:

“Very good in all aspects of the transaction.”
– IFLR1000 2021/2022 (32st edition), M&A

“Markus Olsson is an outstanding lawyer. Always structured and focused on the key topics, even under very high pressure. Pleasant to work with and a good economic understanding- the perfect legal companion in complex transactions.”
– The Legal 500 2020, Commercial, Corporate and M&A

Markus Olsson’s experience includes advising:

• Scope on its divestment of Miss Mary;
• Ontario Teachers’ on its joint acquisition with Nordic Capital of Max Matthiessen;
• Klarna in its sale of Klarna Checkout;
• the bondholders in the restructuring of YA Holding and Yrkesakademin;
• CemVision in a landmark climate tech seed round;
• Outokumpu in its strategic investment in Envigas;
• Statkraft in its acquisitions of Njordr Offshore Wind and Svevind Nordic;
• Outokumpu in the divestment of its remaining Long Products operations in Sweden;
• Brunswick Real Estate in the sale of its debt business, Brunswick Real Estate Capital, to Niam;
• Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan in Kry’s USD 160 million convertible loan financing;
• Volkswagen in Northvolt’s USD 1.1 billion capital raise;
• Nordstjernan in its investment in audience engagement company Mentimeter;
• Nordstjernan in its investment in med-tech company Ascilion;
• IK Partners in the acquisition of FCG Group;
• IK Partners in the acquisition of Truesec;
• APG Asset Management N.V. in the acquisition of Vasa Vind Holdings AB;
• Scania Sverige in the acquisition of Bilmetro;
• Nordstjernan in its investment in insurtech company Insurello;
• Volkswagen in Northvolt’s USD 2.75 billion equity financing;
• Patricia Industries, and its subsidiary Vectura, in the SEK 3.9 billion sale of the Grand Group and the Grand Hôtel property to FAM;
• Nordstjernan in its investment in fintech company Roaring;
• Bonnier Books in the acquisition of 70% of the shares in Strawberry Publishing;
• Investcorp-backed ABAX in its acquisition of Automile;
• Volkswagen in Northvolt’s USD 600 million equity capital raise;
• Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan in KRY’s €140 million capital raise;
• Volkswagen in Northvolt’s USD 1 billion capital raise;
• IK Small Cap II Fund, a fund advised by IK Investment Partners Ltd, in its acquisition of BST Brandskyddsteamet AB, a leading Swedish provider of active fire protection services, from Infrea AB (publ), the founders and managers;
• 3i, and funds managed by 3i, on its sale of OneMed to Nalka;
• Volkswagen Group in its 75.1% stake investment in Wireless Car;
• Funds managed by KKR and Triton in the sale of Mehiläinen Group;
• APG Asset Management in the EUR 300 million acquisition of the Åskälen onshore wind power project from HgCapital;
• Funds advised by CVC Capital Partners in the acquisition of Etraveli from ProSiebenSat.1. and the management of the target group;
• Macquarie and Icon (Capstone) Infrastructure in their sale of Värmevärden to JP Morgan Asset Management.

Roschier (2010-); Partner since 2018
Slaughter and May /London, Visiting Lawyer (2012)
Linklaters, Associate (2007-2010)

Member of the Swedish Bar Association

Swedish chapter in “Global Legal Insights – Energy” 7th edition 2019, with B. Gustafsson, Global Legal Group Ltd

Swedish chapter in the 2017 edition of The European Energy Handbook, with B. Winström

Swedish chapter in “Global Legal Insights – Energy” 4th edition 2015, with B. Winström, D. Hanquist, Global Legal Group Ltd.

Uppsala University, LL.M. (2007)

English, Swedish