Chambers presented Vinge with this year’s award for best law firm in Sweden. The award is not only based upon legal expertise and cutting edge knowledge within conducted transactions and core business, but also on client’s assessment, success within commissions and growth.
The British publisher and research company Chambers and Partners has interviewed clients and recently released a ranking based upon law firms and lawyers in 175 countries. Competing firms are also included in the assessment of nominated firms, competing firms are asked about, among other things, the current level of competition and service. Chamber’s award Europe Award for Excellence is presented for the first time this year.
Vinge received the award for best Swedish law firm and was placed at the top within the areas of:
Banking & Finance, Capital Markets, Competition/European Law, Corporate/M&A, Employment, Private Equity, Real Estate, TMT (Telecom, Media & Technology) and Shipping. Moreover more then forty of Vinge’s lawyers have been ranked as the most prominent lawyers in their area of expertise and sixteen out of these lawyers have also been named as the number one lawyer in their area of legal expertise.
- These acknowledgements prove that our focus and prioritization during the last few years has lead to results. Most enjoyable is that our clients have rewarded us with such gratitude, says Michael Wigge who accepted the price in Barcelona during Thursday evening.
- We will now continue on this path by recruiting the best lawyers and streamline our work to continue to give our clients the service and skills they need.
In 2007 Financial Times and Merger Market elected Vinge as the best law firm within the Nordic countries, during 2007 Vinge was involved in transactions and business dealings which total value amounted to nearly SEK 200 billion.
For further information, please contact:
Michael Wigge, Managing Partner Vinge Stockholm, tel: +46 70 714 30 56, michael.wigge@vinge.se
Boo Ehlin, Head of Commuication tel: +46 70 429 33 87, boo.ehlin@vinge.se
Vinge is the leading law firm in Sweden with approximately 450 employees, of which 300 are lawyers. The business is focused on commercial law with a large number of international transactions. Vinge has offices in Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö and Helsingborg as well as in London, Brussels, Hong Kong and Shanghai. Vinge is a member of Lex Mundi, a global network of independent law firms. www.vinge.se