Sophia Astberg-Pettauer

Managing Associate

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Sweden

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Overview

Sophia is a Managing Associate in the M&A Corporate practice in Stockholm. She has extensive experience with cross-border M&A and carve-out transactions as well as capital markets and company law.  She regularly advises private equity, financial institutions and corporate clients  on all types of transactional work

Work highlights

Transactions of significance where substantial involvement can be disclosed have included:

  • The co-lead investors Altor, GIC, Hy24 and Just Climate on the c.€1.5bn private placement in H2 Green Steel
  • The private equity arm of an international investment bank on its role as lead investor various equity investment into the lithium-ion battery manufacturer Northvolt
  • Nasdaq on the divestment of its European power trading and clearing business to European Energy Exchange (EEX), a subsidiary of Deutsche Börse
  • Orsted on its investment into Liquid Wind AB’s FlagshipONE e-methanol project.
  • The underwriting banks in relation to the IPO of EQT on Nasdaq Stockholm
  • EQT on its takeover of Stendörren Fastigheter AB

 

Experience

2022 to date: Managing Associate, Linklaters Advokatbyrå AB

2017-2022: Associate, Linklaters Advokatbyrå AB

2016: Summer Associate, Linklaters Advokatbyrå AB

Before joining Linklaters, Sophia was a Summer Associate at another law firm in Sweden