Douglas Essehorn

Managing Associate

Douglas is a Managing Associate at Snellman, mainly focusing on private equity and private M&A. He is regularly involved in acquisitions, divestments, leveraged buyouts, add-ons, carve-outs, mergers and equity financing rounds, representing both private equity and industrial clients. In addition, Douglas advises clients on general corporate and commercial law matters.

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Chambers Europe, 2026
The team at Snellman is accessible, innovative and provides tailored solutions. The consistent standard of excellence it brings to every matter leaves me highly impressed.

References

Snellman counsel to Bonnier Capital in its investment in Consat Telematics

2026

Snellman counsel to Integrated Global Services, backed by American Securities, in its acquisition of Flamsprutarna

2026

Snellman counsel to Bonnier Capital in its acquisition of a majority stake in Elektron

2026

Snellman counsel to Hypergene, a portfolio company of Thoma Bravo, in its acquisition of Escali

2026

Snellman acted as counsel in SEB Private Equity’s majority share acquisition of Multisoft Group

2026

Snellman counsel to Pacenote Equity in its investment in Restra Group

2026

Snellman counsel to Hypergene, a portfolio company of Thoma Bravo, in its business combination with Stratsys

2025

Snellman acted as counsel to Bonnier Capital in its acquisition of a significant minority stake in Mediaflow

2025

Snellman counsel to IK Partners in its acquisition of Francks Kylindustri

2025

Snellman counsel to Vida AB in the acquisition of AB Karl Hedin Sågverk

2025

Snellman counsel to Hypergene, a portfolio company of Thoma Bravo, in its acquisition of Profitbase

2025

Snellman counsel to Allshares, a portfolio company of Bregal Milestone, in its acquisition of Bolago

2025

Snellman counsel to IK Partners in its acquisition of Tecomatic

2025

Snellman counsel to Kingdom of Sweden in its sale of Lernia AB

2025

Snellman counsel to IK Partners in the sale of Mecenat to Inflexion

2024

Snellman counsel to Anywhere365, a portfolio company of Bregal Milestone, in its acquisition of Tendfor

2024

Snellman counsel to Recharge, a portfolio company of Infracapital, on its EUR 180 million green debt financing

2024

Snellman acted as counsel to Odevo’s management team and minority shareholders in connection with the reinvestment in Odevo alongside Fidelio Capital and CVC Capital Partners

2024

Snellman counsel to Responda Group, a portfolio company of IK Partners, in its acquisition of iTell AB’s customer base

2024

Snellman counsel to Hypergene, a portfolio company of Thoma Bravo, in the acquisition of Thinking Portfolio

2024

Snellman counsel to Responda Group, a portfolio company of IK Partners, in the acquisition of K2C

2024

Snellman counsel to Revelop on property financing transactions 

2024

Snellman counsel to Responda Group, a Portfolio Company of IK Partners, in the acquisition of Call4U Solution Center AB

2024

Snellman counsel to Aspia’s management team and partners in connection with Vitruvian Partners’ acquisition of Aspia

2023

Counsel to Thoma Bravo in its growth investment in Hypergene

2023

Snellman acted as counsel to Magnet Forensics, backed by Thoma Bravo, in the acquisition of Griffeye

2023

Snellman counsel to Responda Group, a portfolio company of IK Partners, in the acquisition of H1 Communication

2023

Swedish counsel to the Marshall Family in the creation of the Marshall Group together with Zound Industries

2023

Snellman counsel to Equip Capital in the acquisition of Remagruppen

2023

Snellman counsel to Equip Capital in its investment in Stenbolaget

2023

Snellman counsel to IK Partners in its investment in Responda Group

2023

Snellman counsel to Aneo in the acquisition of two wind farms in Sweden from Marguerite Infrastructure

2023

Snellman counsel to Bare Collective in its acquisition of Leander

2022

Snellman counsel to Gores Guggenheim, Inc. in its closing of business combination with Polestar

2022

Snellman counsel to the Kingdom of Sweden in the sale of Orio AB

2022

Snellman counsel to Equip and Vendis in the acquisition of Mountain Village to Create House of Discs, a new powerhouse within the Disc Golf Industry

2022

Snellman counsel to the Kingdom of Sweden in the sale of Metria AB

2022

Snellman counsel to IK Partners in its investment in Sitevision AB

2022

Snellman counsel to Bare Collective in its aquisition of Boob Design

2022

Snellman counsel to Charles River in its sale of Cobra Matfors to Flerie Invest

2021

Counsel to Mecenat, a Portfolio Company of IK Partners, in its add-on acquisition of Seniordays

2021

Snellman counsel to Gores Guggenheim, Inc. in its proposed business combination with Polestar

2021

Snellman advised the founder and owners of Hemfrid in the sale of Hemfrid to Fidelio Capital

2021

Snellman advised private equity sponsor Riverside and its portfolio company Abracon on the aquisition of Proant AB and Proant Asia Limited

2021

Snellman counsel to IK in its partnership with Mecenat

2021

Snellman counsel to Vitec Software Group AB (publ) in the acquisition of Nordman & Co

2021

Snellman acted as the Swedish counsel to Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. in the acquisition of Cognate BioServices, Inc.

2021

Snellman Swedish counsel to TrønderEnergi AS in Its investment to become the largest shareholder in Scandinavian Biogas

2020

Snellman counsel to REF IV Luxembourg S.à r.l. an affiliate of The Riverside Company in the divestment of RE Skolor AB to AcadeMedia

2020

Snellman counsel to Vida AB in the acquisition of Bergs Timber AB’s (publ) Swedish sawmill business

2020

Snellman counsel to Vitec Software Group AB (publ) in the acquisition of Appva AB

2020

Snellman counsel to Infracapital in the acquisition of 63% of Fortum Recharge AS with subsidiaries

2020

Snellman counsel to the InfraVia Capital Partners in the financing of a wind farm in Sweden

2020

Snellman counsel to Pivot Fund in its first two investments

2020

Snellman counsel to Celine Sieben GmbH in the acquisition of FFW Agency from ICTA AB

2019

Snellman counsel to the Logent Group on SEK 900 million senior secured notes and the entry into of a super senior RCF

2019

Snellman counsel to NEP in its acquisition of HDR Sweden

2019

Snellman counsel to InfraVia Capital Partners in its acquisition of 100% of the shares in Björkvattnet Vind AB

2019

Snellman counsel to Calabrio a portfolio company of KKR in its acquisition of Teleopti

2019

Snellman counsel to Intera Partners backed Sitowise Oy in the acquisition of Byggnadstekniska Byrån Sverige AB

2019

Snellman counsel to Stirling Square Capital Partners LLP in the acquisition of Logent Group from Adelis Equity Partners and minority shareholders

2019

Snellman counsel to KID ASA in its acquisition of 100% of the shares in Hemtex AB from ICA Gruppen AB

2019

Snellman counsel to Francisco Partners in the acquisition of EG from Axcel

2019

Snellman counsel to the sellers of Direct Conversion in a 90% stake acquisition by Varex Imaging

2019

Rankings
  • "Claes Kjellberg and Douglas Essehorn both offer valuable strategic/tactical insights.", Legal 500, 2024
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Professional Background

  • Managing Associate, Snellman, Stockholm, 2025
  • Senior Associate, Snellman, Stockholm, 2022
  • Associate, Snellman, Stockholm, 2019
  • Legal Intern, MAQS, Stockholm, 2017
  • Tax Intern, PwC Sweden, Stockholm, 2017

Education

  • Managing Associate, Snellman, Stockholm, 2025
  • Senior Associate, Snellman, Stockholm, 2022
  • Associate, Snellman, Stockholm, 2019
  • Master of Laws, Stockholm University, 2019
  • B.Sc. in Business Administration, Stockholm University, 2018
  • Legal Intern, MAQS, Stockholm, 2017
  • Tax Intern, PwC Sweden, Stockholm, 2017

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