Elin Brännström
Elin Brännström
Biography
Elin Brännström is a senior associate in our global Mergers & Acquisitions practice. She joined the Firm in 2017 and brings a distinctive combination of deep transactional expertise and hands-on fluency in AI and legal technology, a profile that is increasingly critical as the legal industry transforms.
Elin is based in Stockholm and has extensive experience advising on domestic and cross-border M&A, capital raisings, venture capital transactions, carve-outs and spin-offs, and general corporate matters, with particular depth in the technology, healthcare and renewables sectors. She advises large industrial clients, private equity and venture capital investors, and high-growth companies on complex transactions spanning a wide range of industries and deal structures.
In addition to her transaction experience, Elin spent a dedicated year embedded within White & Case's global AI & Innovation team, working full-time on AI and innovation initiatives across the Firm. During this assignment, she designed end-to-end workflows, developed adoption interventions, and pioneered legal engineering solutions translating cutting-edge technology into practical tools that drive efficiency and quality across legal service delivery. This experience gives her a rare, practitioner-level understanding of how AI and emerging technologies are reshaping the practice of law from the inside out.
Elin operates at the intersection of high-stakes M&A and legal innovation, drawing on an understanding of generative AI, design thinking and technology-driven process innovation to bridge the gap between complex legal work and transformative technology. She helps clients and deal teams harness the full potential of AI to deliver faster execution, sharper analysis, and more efficient outcomes on every engagement.
Experience
Representation of ABB, a global leader in smart buildings technology and solutions, on carve-out of Accelleron Industries Ltd (ABB Turbocharging), a global leader in turbocharging technologies, in preparation for listing on SIX Swiss Exchange.
Representation of Ratos, a Swedish private equity firm, and Bonnier, the holding company for a corporate group made up of the Nordic region's leading media companies, on their divestment of Bisnode, a company offering support in the form of digital business, marketing and credit information, to Bisnode's partner Dun & Bradstreet for an approximate enterprise value of SEK 7.2 billion.
Representation of Stora Enso, the leading global provider of renewable solutions in packaging, biomaterials, wooden construction and paper, on:
- its sale of Nymölla paper production site in Sweden to Sylvamo, a US-based global producer of uncoated paper, for an enterprise value of approximately €150 million;
- its divestment of its paper production site in Hylte, and all related assets to Sweden Timber, a Sweden-based sawmill mill company; and
- its sale of Maxau paper production site in Germany to Schwarz Produktion, part of Schwarz Group, for an enterprise value of approx. €210 million.
Representation of Tink AB, a Swedish fintech company and one of Europe's leading open banking software-as-a-service providers, on:
- its sale to Visa for €1.7 billion; and
- its acquisition of FinTecSystems, a leading German open banking platform; and
- its acquisition of Business Finance Technology Group Limited's (Openwrks) UK based open banking platform and business, including related customer contracts and IT infrastructure.
Representation of Monterro, a leading software-focused Nordic investment firm, on its:
- acquisition of Caspeco, a payment software solution provider for the hospitality industry;
- divestment of Hypergene, a planning and project management software provider to Thoma Bravo; and
- acquisition of Systecon, a lifecycle management software provider.
Representation of Klarna, one of the world's leading smooth shopping and payment providers, on its US$650 million equity funding round, at a post-money valuation of US$10.65 billion. The US$10.65 billion valuation ranks Klarna as the highest-valued private fintech in Europe and the fourth highest globally.
Representation of venture capital funds Lakestar and Atomico on the Series A funding round investment in Swedish health-tech company Neko Health, a Swedish health-tech company which aims to create a healthcare system providing preventive measures and early detection with latest sensor technology and AI.
Representation of Swedish fintech Juni on its US$100 million Series B equity funding round.
Representation of Planhat AB, a Swedish customer success SaaS provider, on its US$ 50 million series A financing round at a pre-money valuation of US$ 500 million.
Representation of Dawn Capital, a business-to-business software-focused venture capital fund with assets under management of US$2 billion, as lead investor in a funding round of Brite Payments, a leading Swedish payments platform.
Representation of Petgood AB, Swedish producer of insect based pet food products, on its Series A and B investment rounds.
Representation of institutional investors advised by the Global Infrastructure group at J.P. Morgan Asset Management on its acquisition of Adven, a leading supplier of clean energy solutions across the Nordics and Baltics, from AMP Capital and Infracapital.
Representation of Summa Equity AB, a private equity firm specializing in investments in companies that help solve global challenges, in its acquisition of Olink Proteomics Holding AB, a Swedish life science company with substantial operations in the US that has developed a unique technology for human biomarker discovery, and the related acquisition financing.
Representation of ÅF, an engineering and design company within the fields of energy, industry and infrastructure, on its €611 million recommended public cash tender offer for all issued and outstanding shares in Pöyry PLC, an international consulting and engineering company.
Representation of gaming giant Kindred Group on its public takeover by France-based independent betting and gaming company La Française des Jeux SA, a betting and gaming operator offering lottery games, sports betting and poker to the general public from physical outlets and online.
Representation of the sellers in connection with the acquisition by PledPharma AB (publ), a Swedish drug development company listed on Nasdaq Stockholm, of Rare Thyroid Therapeutics International AB, a privately held Swedish drug development company.