Mathias Berggren Partner DLA Piper - Sweden

Mathias Berggren heads the private equity group in Sweden and is a corporate practitioner with a focus on M&A, private equity, venture and growth capital transactions. Mathias has developed a particularly strong reputation for his work on major transactions in the technology, media and industrials sectors. Mathias has in particular also a track-record for complex cross-boarder transactions, spin-offs and carve-outs. Mathias is regularly in the top of Mergermarket’s individual league table in relation to deal volume in Europe.

Siren Skalstad Ellensen Partner DLA Piper - Norway

Siren has extensive experience with mergers and acquisitions (M&A), equity transactions and re-organizations, assisting Norwegian and international companies (listed and non-listed) with legal advice, especially within the renewable energy sector and in infrastructure transactions.

She also assists in general with energy law and corporate law advice to clients and has a great deal of experience as project leader in complex transactions, both national and international. Siren also has experience from VAT advice in Deloitte.

Nicholas Lerche-Gredal Partner DLA Piper - Denmark

Nicholas Lerche-Gredal is a partner in the Corporate M&A group and is highly experienced and specialized within cross-border private and public M&A and capital markets transactions, private equity and venture capital investments, restructurings and spin-offs.

He advises on all phases of the transaction and investment process, including all aspects of structuring of mergers and acquisitions, corporate law, incentive schemes, shareholder matters and W&I insurance and is experienced within the venture debt space.

Furthermore, Nicholas also advises on capital markets matters, including public M&A transactions, initial public offerings (IPOs) and rights issues, corporate bonds, securities law, general disclosure requirements, verification processes and corporate governance.

Salla Tuominen Partner - Head of Corporate DLA Piper - Finland

Salla Tuominen’s practice includes capital markets, public takeovers and other domestic and cross-border M&A transactions involving both public and private corporations. She is also experienced in advising on, and negotiating venture capital and private equity transactions. She actively participates in startup ecosystem and advises both startup companies and investors. Salla also has experience of a wide variety of banking and finance work and financial regulatory issues.

Salla has in-depth knowledge of corporate governance and compliance. She is experienced in advising clients in various ESG matters such as, business and human rights. Salla represents our Nordic offices in DLA Piper's Sustainability and Environmental, Social and Governance steering group. She is also Helsinki office's responsible pro bono partner and representative of Iris, DLA Piper’s LGBT+ network.

Marianne Ramel Partner DLA Piper - Sweden

Marianne Ramel is experienced in a broad range of debt and equity finance transactions, particularly in project finance (including public-private partnership), real estate finance and acquisition finance. Marianne has represented a wide range of finance providers (including sovereigns) and borrowers. Marianne is also active within the firm’s Corporate group.

Marianne is head of the China desk in Sweden, and is experienced in cross-border transactions, with a particular emphasis on the Chinese market. Having worked and studied in various periods in China since 1988, Marianne has given advice on some of the largest foreign investments in China, as well as on outbound Chinese investments. Marianne advises Nordic companies in achieving their strategic and commercial plans in China, as well as Chinese companies investing in the Nordic region.