Fredrik Svensson is a partner with extensive international experience in compliance, risk management and transactions. He advises Swedish and international companies on anti-corruption, international sanctions and other trade-related matters, third-party risk management, anti-money laundering, business and human rights, as well as other regulatory issues, including ESG. Fredrik has substantial experience conducting and advising on corporate internal investigations involving suspected regulatory breaches and other sensitive compliance matters.
In addition to his regulatory practice, Fredrik has significant experience in banking and finance transactions and M&A. He regularly advises clients on strategic matters relating to investments, acquisitions and divestments, as well as regulatory and ESG/Responsible Business due diligence.
Fredrik is the head of the firm’s Corporate Compliance & Risk practice group. Between 2017 and 2022, he served as Managing Partner of the firm’s Moscow office, which was closed following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Alongside his client work, Fredrik is actively engaged in both the firm’s and his own pro bono initiatives. He is responsible for the firm’s educational and mentoring programme Study for life, he oversees the firm’s collaboration with the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law and is the founder of the scholarship fund Kick-off for legal studies. In addition, he serves on the board of the Business and Human Rights Lawyers’ Association, is a member of the Swedish Bar Association’s Nomination Committee, and is Sweden’s representative on the Council of National Representatives of the Association of European Businesses.
