Get to know the team at Apriori
We are seven co-workers, all specialized in compliance and financial law. Our clients mainly consist of companies in the financial sector and the insurance industry. With our deep competence and long experience, we help companies in matters such as authorization applications, ongoing compliance matters and implementation of regulatory law.
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 working with Swedish as well as international financial institutions.
TYPE OF ASSIGNMENT
Marie primarily works with AIF managers, securities companies, payment services, and consumer credit institutions and aids them with permit applications, investigations, and ongoing counseling. Training in regulations are also part of the assignments. Marie also maintains the compliance function of securities companies and AIF managers.
BOARD ASSIGNMENTS
Marie has extensive experience of working with board assignments in private companies that are subject to supervision. She also works with counseling regarding business strategy and issues related to internal governance and control.
AIF MANAGERS
Marie has considerable experience working with mutual funds in matters such as authorization, business strategy and structuring, and compliance for national and international AIF managers and AIF funds, such as special funds, PE funds and real estate funds.
EXPERIENCE
Marie has also worked at SEB with asset management, private banking and trading. She has a background as a CEO of a fund management company and a securities company registered in Luxembourg. Marie became a member of the Swedish bar association in 2011.
LAWYER & CO-OWNER
Caroline Mitteregger
+46 70 228 20 00
caroline@apriorilaw.se
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Caroline har över 25 års erfarenhet av arbete som anställd i och rådgivning till finansiella företag. Hon arbetar främst med tjänstepensionsföretag, försäkringsföretag och offentlig sektor. Hon har också uppdrag som extern compliancefunktion och dataskyddsombud. Expert på tjänstepensionsrörelsereglering, försäkringsrörelse, GDPR, AI-förordningen och ISDA Master Agreements.
TYPE OF ASSIGNMENT
Caroline maintains or assists the compliance function in financial companies. She also has assignments as an external data protection officer in both private and public sector. Ongoing counseling, negotiation of ISDA Master Agreements, training in regulations and various types of investigations are also part of the assignments.
DATA PROTECTION
Caroline har uppdrag som externt dataskyddsombud hos finansiella företag och i offentlig sektor. Arbetet innebär bl.a. riskanalyser, kontroller, utbildning i GDPR, AI-förordningen och löpande rådgivning.
DERIVATIVES & CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
Caroline has vast experience in negotiating international framework agreements for OTC derivative transactions such as the ISDA Master Agreement, as well as asset management agreements.
EXPERIENCE
Caroline har tjänstgjort som bolagsjurist och compliance officer hos AIF-förvaltare, fondbolag, värdepappersbolag och livförsäkringsföretag. Lång erfarenhet av integritetsskyddslagstiftning.
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 arbetar idag främst med finansregulatoriska frågor och hjälper reglerade bolag som AIF-förvaltare, fondbolag, bostadskreditinstitut, finansiella institut, betaltjänstföretag och värdepappersbolag där hon också åtar sig uppdrag som extern compliancefunktion. Hon bistår även andra typer av företag som omfattas av penningtvättsregelverket, t.ex. redovisningsbyråer. Hon kan bistå i alla typer av utredningar, tillstånds- och registreringsärenden och myndighetskontakter. Ann-Sophie åtar sig även vissa styrelseuppdrag.
BUSINESS & CORPORATE LAW, TRANSACTIONS
Ann-Sophie has substantial experience in business law and contract matters, and regularly assists in drafting and negotiating various types of agreements, with a focus on shareholder agreements, stock transfers, and related issues, often from a corporate law perspective. She also has extensive experience in M&A:s and can assist with corporate transactions and due diligence.
UTBILDNING & REGELEFTERLEVNADS-PROJEKT
Ann-Sophie hjälper er gärna med implementation av regelverk, riskanalyser och regelefterlevnadsprojekt. Detta inbegriper att förstå, analysera och implementera nya EU-regelverk, bl.a. DORA-förordningen som rör digital säkerhet för finansmarknadsaktörer. Ann-Sophie utbildar också gärna styrelser och anställda bl.a. om penningtvättsfrågor.
EXPERIENCE
Ann-Sophie has substantial experience in business law, regulatory matters and the financial industry. She previously worked as a lawyer at Mannheimer Swartling Law Firm for six years, focusing on M&A and private equity. She then spent more than eight years in an operational capacity as General Counsel and a member of the management team at GE Money Bank for more than eight years.
LAWYER & CO-OWNER
Åsa Holmius
+46 76 345 32 81
asa@apriorilaw.se
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Through experience gained as a civil notary and from working at a law firm, Åsa has acquired solid experience in banking and the financial sector with a particular focus on securities companies, fund companies and AIF managers.
LEGAL & COMPLIANCE
Åsa has a focus on business and commercial law and assists clients with drafting, reviewing, negotiating, and managing commercial agreements. Åsa also takes on compliance assignments (with or without functional responsibility).
OWNERSHIP MATTERS
Åsa supports companies with investigations and surveillance at board meetings. She also handles issues concerning the rights of institutional investors and carries out due diligence tasks and adjacent assignments.
PRIVACY & DATA PROTECTION
Åsa helps companies with the implementation of GDPR and keeping up with reviews of operations and procedures in order to ensure that all relevant regulations are followed.
EXPERIENCE
Åsa har previously worked as a corporate lawyer as well as General Counsel in 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 litigator. She has more than 15 years of experience assisting clients in various types of commercial disputes. Mainly, the disputes have concerned claims and purchase rights.
TYPE OF ASSIGNMENT
Sofi assists clients with litigation, procedural issues, reports, correspondence, and settlement disputes.
EXPERIENCE
Sofi previously ran her own law firm and has also been employed at a law firm. For over a decade she worked at Svea Bank where she, among other things, acted as an agent in claims and sales law disputes.
EXPERIENCE
Alf-Peter has more than 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 participants in the financial market in their dealings with the Financial Supervisory Authority in matters related to licensing, supervision, and sanctions.
CLIENTS
Alf-Peter's clients include Swedish and international securities institutions, fund management companies, AIF managers, payment service providers, insurance intermediaries, and banks, that require expert assistance with various matters relating to financial regulation. 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 offered companies the option of outsourcing their compliance function to him. He also assists companies under the supervision of government authorities, such as the County Administrative Board, in complying with anti-money laundering regulations and other requirements, etc. He is an appreciated lecturer and has written textbooks such as "Råd till rådgivare" (on financial advicing) and "Rätt kurs på värdepappermarknad" (on market abuse) on behalf of the Swedish Securities Markets Association. Alf-Peter is a member of NGM's disciplinary committee.
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 make sure they navigate the 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.
SPECIALIST COUNSEL
Sarah Alvén
sarah@apriorilaw.se
+46 70 382 57 35
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Sarah har över 20 års erfarenhet av juridiskt arbete inom finanssektorn, domstol, tillsynsmyndighet och regulatorisk rådgivning. Hon bistår finansiella företag och andra reglerade verksamheter i komplexa regulatoriska frågor med särskilt fokus på finansiell och digital reglering, bolagsstyrning och regulatorisk transformation.
FINANSIELL & DIGITAL REGLERING
Sarah arbetar med regulatoriska frågor inom den finansiella sektorn, inklusive bank-, värdepappers-, fond-, försäkrings- och betalningsverksamhet. Hon bistår såväl svenska som internationella klienter med juridiska analyser, regulatoriska utredningar samt implementering och tillämpning av finansiell reglering, däribland DORA och andra regelverk som påverkar finansiella företags verksamhet, styrning och kontroll.
BOLAGSSTYRNING & KONTROLLFUNKTIONER
Sarah har lång erfarenhet av bolagsstyrning, intern styrning och kontroll samt kontrollfunktionsarbete i andra och tredje försvarslinjen. Hon har verkat som ansvarig för compliance- och riskfunktioner samt haft styrelseuppdrag i reglerade verksamheter.
REGULATORISK TRANSFORMATION
Sarah bistår verksamheter med att implementera nya regulatoriska krav och omsätta komplex reglering till praktiskt fungerande processer, kontrollramverk och styrningsmodeller. Hon har arbetat i ett stort antal regulatoriska transformationsprojekt inom bank- och finanssektorn samt bistått klienter i tillstånds- och registreringsärenden, etableringsprojekt och kontakter med Finansinspektionen.
EXPERIENCE
Sarah har tidigare tjänstgjort vid bland annat Förvaltningsrätten i Stockholm, Finansinspektionen, Nordea och EY. Hennes erfarenhet från domstol, myndighet, finansiella företag och rådgivningsverksamhet ger henne ett unikt perspektiv på samspelet mellan regelverk, affärsverksamhet och riskhantering.
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