Johan Lekholm is a partner of Mannheimer Swartling and a member of the firm’s Mergers and Acquisitions practice group. He has a broad transactional practice covering domestic and cross-border acquisitions and divestments, joint ventures, strategic investments, carve-outs and general corporate advice for both corporate clients and financial sponsors. Johan regularly advises listed and non-listed clients, particularly in the manufacturing and services industries. He often works close to group management and also acts as secretary of the board to certain long-standing corporate clients. He has extensive international experience and has assisted in numerous negotiations and various kinds of transactions around the world. As such, he has become a trusted advisor and a pragmatic problem solver. Johan is head of M&A at the firm’s Malmö office and lectures about M&A at Lund University.
Johan Lekholm
Partner, Advokat, Malmö

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- Experience
- Partner, Mannheimer Swartling, 2007-
- Associate, Mannheimer Swartling New York, 2003
- Associate, Mannheimer Swartling, 1998-2006
- Education
- LL.M. (Lund University, 1998)
- Queen Mary & Westfield College, London, 1997
- Memberships
- Swedish Bar Association, 2003
- Languages
- Swedish
- English
- Awards
- IFLR1000, 2023: "Johan Lekholm is outstanding and very commercially driven. He is a fantastic problem-solver and is good at getting everyone on the same page and identifying solutions in apparent deadlock situations."
- Legal 500, 2023: Ranked as leading within Commercial, coporate and M&A. "Johan Lekholm’s pragmatic yet commercial and strategic input is second to none. He truly sees beyond the legal aspects of a matter and provides real business value."
- Legal 500: Ranked as leading within M&A. Johan Lekholm stands out for his “ability to understand commercial aspects of the deal”.
- Legal 500: Ranked as leading within Corporate Commercial. Johan Lekholm “is an excellent lawyer and business partner”.
- Groups and industries
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Private Equity