Get to know us at Apriori law firm
We are a team of seven specialists, all experts in compliance and financial law. Our clients primarily consist of companies in the financial sector or the insurance industry. With our deep expertise and extensive experience, we assist businesses with matters such as license applications, ongoing compliance work, and regulatory implementation.
LAWYER & CO-OWNER
Marie Friman
+46 73 243 72 23
marie@apriorilaw.se
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Marie has been working in the financial services industry since the beginning of the 80's, and has been operational with the Swedish as well as international financial institutions.
TYPE OF ASSIGNMENT
Marie works mainly with AIF managers, securities companies, payment services and consumer credit institutions and helps them with permit applications, ongoing advice. Training in regulations and investigations form part of the assignments. Marie also maintains the compliance function in securities companies and AIF managers.
BOARD ASSIGNMENTS
Marie has extensive experience in working with the board of the company, subject to the supervision of, even for companies that are not subject to prudential supervision. She is currently working with the company's policies and issues related to the companies ' internal controls.
AIF MANAGER
Marie has extensive experience in the mutual funds and help you with your condition, strategies and structures, and compliance to both national and international AIFM and AIF funds, such as funds, P, E, mutual funds, real estate, the m.(m).
EXPERIENCE
Marie has also worked at SEB asset management, a private banker and trader. Marie also has a background as a director of a fund management companies and securities companies with their registered office in Luxembourg. Marie was a member of the bar association in 2011.
LAWYER & CO-OWNER
Caroline Mitteregger
+46 70 228 20 00
caroline@apriorilaw.se
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Caroline has over 25 years of experience working as an employee in and advising financial companies. She mainly works with occupational pension companies, life insurance companies and the public sector. She also has assignments as external compliance and data protection officer. Expert in occupational pension business regulation, insurance business, GDPR, EMIR and ISDA Master Agreements.
TYPE OF ASSIGNMENT
Caroline, maintain, or assist the compliance function in financial companies. Is the external dataskyddsombud in both the private and the public sector. On-going advice, negotiation of ISDA Master Agreements, training, regulatory, and reports are also part of the work.
DATA PROTECTION
Caroline has assignments as external data protection officer at financial companies and in the public sector. The work involves i.a. risk analyses, checks, training in GDPR and ongoing advice
DERIVATIVE/ASSET MANAGEMENT
Extensive experience in negotiating international framework agreements for OTC derivative transactions such as the ISDA Master Agreement. Asset management agreement.
EXPERIENCE
She has served as the general counsel and compliance officer of the AIF-manager, fund management companies, securities companies and life insurance companies.
LAWYER & CO-OWNER
Anne-Sophie Hesser
+46 70 219 22 96
ann-sophie@apriorilaw.se
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Anne-Sophie is a commercially-driven and solution-oriented attorney with extensive practical experience in the financial services industry and the law.
COMPLIANCE & PERMITS
Ann-Sophie primarily works with financial regulatory matters, assisting regulated companies such as AIF managers, fund management companies, consumer credit institutions, financial institutions, payment service providers, and securities firms, where she also takes on assignments as an external compliance function. She also supports other types of businesses subject to anti-money laundering regulations, such as accounting firms. Ann-Sophie can assist with all types of investigations, licensing and registration matters, and regulatory interactions. Additionally, she takes on select board assignments.
BUSINESS & CORPORATE LAW, TRANSACTIONS
Ann-Sophie has extensive experience in business law and contract matters and regularly assists in drafting and negotiating various types of agreements, with a focus on shareholder agreements, share transfers, and related issues, often of a corporate law nature. She also has extensive experience in M&A and can assist with corporate transactions and due diligence.
TRAINING & COMPLIANCE PROJECTS
Ann-Sophie is happy to assist with the implementation of regulations, risk analyses, and compliance projects, such as understanding, analyzing, and implementing new EU regulations affecting your business. She also provides training for boards and employees on topics such as anti-money laundering.
EXPERIENCE
Ann-Sophie has extensive experience in business law, regulatory matters, and the financial industry. She previously worked as a lawyer at Mannheimer Swartling Advokatbyrå for six years, focusing on M&A and private equity. She then spent over eight years in an operational role as General Counsel and a member of the executive management team at GE Money Bank.
LAWYER & CO-OWNER
Åsa Holmius
+46 76 345 32 81
asa@apriorilaw.se
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Efter tingstjänstgöring och några på advokatbyrå har Åsa lång erfarenhet inom bank- och finanssektorn med ett särskilt fokus på värdepappersbolag, fondbolag och AIF – förvaltare.
LEGAL & COMPLIANCE
He is a business and näringsrättsligt, focus, and assisting clients in the establishment, review, negotiate, and manage the commercial agreement. Åsa Also undertake the compliance of missions (of, and no responsibility for functionality)
OWNERSHIP MATTERS
Åsa will help the company with the investigation and monitoring in the general meetings. Åsa deals with the issues relating to the institutional investors ' rights, and to conduct such due diligence assignments.
THE PRIVACY & DATA PROTECTION
Åsa helps the company to implement the GDPR, and keep under constant review the operations and procedures in order to ensure that rules are followed.
EXPERIENCE
He previously worked as an attorney in the corporate and commercial law, and then worked as a legal officer and general counsel of the financial sector.
LAWYER & CO-OWNER
Sofi Vading
sofi@apriorilaw.se
+46 762 379 793
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Since 2007, Sofi has been active as a prosecuting attorney. She has over 15 years of experience assisting clients in various types of commercial disputes. Mainly, the disputes have concerned claim and purchase rights.
TYPE OF ASSIGNMENT
Sofi assist clients with litigation, processlägesbedömningar, reports, correspondence, and conciliation talks.
EXPERIENCE
Sofi has run her own law firm and was previously employed at a law firm. For over a decade, she worked at Svea Bank where she acted as an agent in, among other things, receivables and sales law disputes.
EXPERIENCE
Alf-Peter has over 35 years of experience in the financial sector. Before becoming a lawyer, he worked as a banking and securities lawyer at a major bank, as well as chief legal counsel and compliance officer at a securities brokerage firm. For the past 24 years, he has been practicing as a lawyer and partner at two other law firms, assisting financial market participants in their dealings with the Financial Supervisory Authority in matters related to licensing, supervision, and sanctions.
CLIENTS
Alf-Peter's clients include both Swedish and international securities institutions, fund management companies, AIF managers, payment service providers, insurance intermediaries, and banks that require expert assistance with various financial regulatory matters. He has helped numerous entrepreneurs establish companies and obtain the necessary licenses for their operations. As one of the pioneers in the market, he has long offered companies the option of outsourcing their compliance function to him. He also assists companies under the supervision of authorities such as the County Administrative Board in complying with anti-money laundering regulations and other requirements.
Han är en uppskattad föreläsare och har skrivit läroböcker som ”Råd till rådgivare” (finansiell rådgivning) och ”Rätt kurs på värdepappersmarknaden” (marknadsmissbruk) på uppdrag av Svensk Värdepappersmarknad.
Alf-Peter är ledamot i NGM:s disciplinnämnd
FINANCIAL REGULATORY MATTERS
Frida works with financial regulatory matters and has experience in compliance, licensing and supervisory issues, as well as the implementation of new regulations. She assists companies in the financial sector to ensure compliance with applicable regulations and to navigate a constantly evolving regulatory environment.
SECURITIES LAW & FINANCIAL SERVICES
Frida's expertise covers securities law, payment services, insurance distribution, crowdfunding, and other financial services, as well as issues related to anti-money laundering, sustainability, and information security within the financial sector. She has worked with a wide range of financial industry players, both nationally and internationally.
EXPERIENCE
Frida has previously worked at a large international law firm and has extensive experience in advising companies in the financial sector.
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