Firm Overview: Cirio is a Swedish law firm based in Stockholm that works with local and international clients, navigates complex legal infrastructures and transactions, and ultimately improves the functioning of the economy and society. The law firm has a transactional orientation, but advises in all areas of business law relevant to its clients. Covering more than 130 employees, it combines solid and extensive knowledge across all legal disciplines and covers four areas of legal expertise, namely transactional services, strategy and business operations services, special situations services and collaborative innovation services. Cirio also offers specialized expertise in four sectors – Digital & Technology, Life Sciences, Healthcare & Food, Real Estate, and Energy & Infrastructure – that allow the firm to add deep industry knowledge as well as business and technical understanding to its legal expert services. The advice is trade-oriented and helps us achieve our goals with our fast-growing franchise business without incurring massive legal fees. Cirio`s intellectual property group is essentially a boutique firm located in one of Sweden`s full-service business law firms. A very smart but commercial IP team. A brilliant exercise for us! The firm: The firm`s legacy dates back to a law firm founded in Stockholm in 1918 and since January 1, 2019, the firm has been operating under the new name cirio with approximately 130 employees. The company is further expanding the strategy it has successfully formulated and implemented in recent years. Cirio builds on the legacy of world-class legal advice, with the aim of taking legal advice to a new level and being even more innovative for the benefit of our clients and talents. The launch of Cirio will be a catalyst for broader changes in the way a law firm operates and its role in society and the economy.

“Cirio quickly put together a team to effectively support us in completing an acquisition in a very short time. Despite all the corona restrictions, the process with Cirio as legal counsel was very pleasant. Their experience in mergers and acquisitions really stands out and the whole team was made up of very professional people who are used to working with entrepreneurial clients. “Vinge is truly a one-stop shop with exceptional legal knowledge, dedicated and available partners and staff, a high level of professionalism, business orientation and a genuine interest in the client`s business, needs and desires. Mannheimer Swartling has an “extremely competent and ambitious team” that advises clients in the banking and finance, insurance and life sciences fields on legal and business matters. Niklas Sjöblom leads the practice and is a name to mention for corporate, technology and intellectual property work, while Anders Bergsten is recommended for information security issues such as data protection and digitization projects.