Claes Kjellberg

Partner | Stockholm

Claes heads Snellman’s Private M&A and Private Equity practice in Stockholm and is a member of the firm’s Partner Committee. He specialises in private equity and M&A transactions and advises international corporate as well as private equity clients. Claes has extensive experience primarily in M&A and is known for his competence and capability in large corporate deals, divisional carve-outs, as well as infrastructure and energy related deals. He is also experienced in both review and establishment of private equity and venture capital funds.

Contact

Mobile:

+46 760 000 082

claes.kjellberg@snellman.com

Commercial, Corporate and M&A I Legal 500, 2023
Claes Kjellberg is very engaged and easy to communicate with. He shows keen understanding for industry issues and is quick to propose solutions.

References

Swedish Counsel to Apollo Funds in its Acquisition of IGT Gaming and Everi for $6.3 Billion

Snellman counsel to Vitec in the acquisition of Taxiteknik Nordic AB

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

Snellman Counsel to Vitec Software Group AB (publ) in the Acquisition of Bidtheatre AB

Snellman Acted as Counsel to Linde Gas in the Divestment of Linde’s Home Carbonation Operations in the Nordics and Baltics

Snellman Counsel to Petroswede AB in the Sale of Svenska Petroleum Exploration Aktiebolag

Snellman Counsel to Atria in the Acquisition of the Swedish Convenience Food Business Gooh

Snellman Counsel to KLAR Partners Backed Sandbäckens in Its Acquisition of Storå Rör

Snellman Counsel to Lagercrantz Group in the Acquisition of Nordic Road Safety

Snellman Local Counsel to ASICS CORPORATION in Its Sale of Haglöfs AB

Counsel to Thoma Bravo in Its Growth Investment in Hypergene

Snellman Counsel to Sandbäckens in the Acquisition of City Eltjänst

Snellman Counsel to KLAR Partners Backed Sandbäckens in Its Acquisition of EVIAB Gruppen AB, Växjö Elmontage AB, and El & Projektering Vetlanda AB, Controlled by Storskogen Group AB

Snellman Acted as Counsel to Magnet Forensics, Backed by Thoma Bravo, in the Acquisition of Griffeye

Snellman Counsel to Tokmanni in its Acquisition of Dollarstore

Snellman Counsel to Altor Backed Silo AI in the Acquisition of Combient Mix

Swedish Counsel to the Marshall Family in the Creation of the Marshall Group Together with Zound Industries

Snellman Counsel to Vaaka Partners backed Staria Oyj in the Acquisition of Suitespot AB  

Snellman Counsel to KLAR Partners Backed Nimlas Group in Its Acquisition of Konstel

Snellman Counsel to Thoma Bravo Backed SMA Technologies in Its Acquisition of VisualCron

Snellman Counsel to Sitowise Group Oyj in the Acquisition of Convia Ingenjörsbyrå AB and Convia Infrastructure AB

Snellman Counsel to Sandbäckens in Its Acquisition of LH Ventteknik AB

Snellman Counsel to MedCap in Its Divestment of Vitamin D

Snellman Counsel to Thomas H. Lee Partners in its investment in inriver AB

Snellman Counsel to Accent Equity in the Investment in Norcospectra

Snellman Counsel to the Kingdom of Sweden in the Sale of Orio AB

Snellman Counsel to KLAR Partners backed Oleter Group in the Merger between Its underground infrastructure maintenance business (UIM) and Swoosh

Snellman Counsel to the Kingdom of Sweden in the Sale of Metria AB

Snellman Counsel to Soltech Energy AB (publ) in Its Acquisition of Falu Plåtslageri AB and Tak och Bygg i Falun AB

Snellman Counsel to Soltech Energy AB (publ) in Its Acquisition of Essaglas & Aluminium AB

Snellman Counsel to KLAR Partners Limited in the Investment in Oleter Group

Snellman Advised the Founder and Owners of Hemfrid in the Sale of Hemfrid to Fidelio Capital

Snellman Counsel to Global Elevator and Escalator Provider KONE Corporation and its Subsidiary KONE Aktiebolag in the Divestment of Motala Hissar AB

Snellman Counsel to Sitowise in the Acquisition of Infracontrol

Snellman Counsel to Koch Industries and Infor on Their Divestment of Infor EAM to Hexagon

Snellman Acted as Counsel in the Divestment of GCC Capital AB

Snellman Counsel to Vitec Software Group AB (publ) in the Acquisition of Nordman & Co

Snellman Counsel to Intera Partners backed Sitowise in the Acquisition of Stockholms VVS-Kompetens

Snellman Counsel to KLAR Partners in the Acquisition of Sandbäckens

Snellman Counsel to Vitec Software Group AB (publ) in the Acquisition of Unikum Datasystem Aktiebolag

Rankings
  • Ranked as Leading individual in The Legal 500 EMEA - 2024 edition, clients say "Claes Kjellberg and Douglas Essehorn both offer valuable strategic/tactical insights."
  • "Claes Kjellberg is very pragmatic and knows what clients are looking for.", Chambers Global 2024 and Chambers Europe, 2024
  • "Claes Kjellberg is very engaged and easy to communicate with. He shows keen understanding for industry issues and is quick to propose solutions.", Commercial, Corporate and M&A, Legal 500, 2023
  • 'Clients report that he is "very experienced, prudent and pragmatic."", Corporate M&A, Chambers Global and Europe, 2023
  • Claes Kjellberg has been ranked among the top Mid Cap M&A lawyers in EMEA by the MergerLinks, 2022
  • Ranked as Notable Practitioner 'Attentive, well-structured and able to handle different types of transactions - from the small to the larger and more complex', M&A, IFLR1000, 2022
  • Ranked as Leading individual ’Claes Kjellberg has extensive transactional and private equity experience and heads up the private M&A team.’, Commercial, Corporate and M&A, Legal 500, 2022
  • Ranked in Corporate/M&A, Chambers Global, 2022
  • Ranked as Leading individual, Commercial, Corporate and M&A, Legal 500, 2021
  • 'A client describes Claes Kjellberg as a "highly committed and energetic lawyer," and particularly appreciates that he is "pragmatic in his approach."', Corporate/M&A, Chambers Global and Chambers Europe, 2021 
  • Ranked as Leading individual ’ Clients report that he is “a great guy with a strong sense of driving projects forward” as well as “action oriented, fast and informal!”’, Commercial, Corporate and M&A, Legal 500, 2020

  • 'Clients say "He is very commercial, easy to get hold of, fast in responding and service-minded."', Corporate/ M&A, Chambers Global and Chambers Europe, 2020
  • Ranked as Notable practitioner in M&A in the 2020 editions of IFLR1000
  • "Claes Kjellberg advised Max Hansson, the founder of PayEx, on its sale to Swedbank; other clients include EQT and Fazer Group", Commercial, Corporate and M&A, Legal 500, 2019
  • Recommended in Corporate and M&A, Legal 500, 2019
  • 'Clients report that he is "very customer-oriented, easy to talk to and responsive to our needs.", Corporate M&A, Chambers Global, 2019
  • Ranked as one of 2016’s most prolific individual Nordic legal advisers, Mergermarket, 2016
  • 'Claes Kjellberg has "excellent knowledge of private equity."', M&A, Legal 500, 2014
Memberships and Positions of Trust
Publications
Education and Professional Background
  • Partner, Snellman, Stockholm, 2013
  • Senior Associate, Snellman, Stockholm, 2010
  • Associate, Wistrand Advokatbyrå, 2010
  • Associate, Mannheimer Swartling, 2004-2010
  • Jur. kand. (LL.M.), Stockholm University, 2004
  • Airline Transport Pilot, Ljungbyhed, 2001

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Swedish Counsel to Apollo Funds in its Acquisition of IGT Gaming and Everi for $6.3 Billion

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