Björn sjöberg

Evolution Europe’s chief commercial officer, Björn Sjöberg, has ended his garden leave that extended over a period of six months, announcing he will step down from his current position in the next two weeks.

“Time Flies When You Work Hard!”

Sjöberg took it to his LinkedIn account to make the announcement. He started his statement by explaining “Time flies when you work hard,” referring to the eight years he spent alongside the company.

“This week marks my 8th anniversary employed by Evolution”, his statement read, “and in two weeks ends my 6 months Garden leave and official departure.”

Sjöberg joined the Malta-located company in February from the position of key account manager, and rapidly climbed higher in the rankings, becoming head of SME in October .

Reminiscing about that time, the CCO said he felt “clueless about gaming and trying to understand a new industry with a broken English.”

Since then, by working “harder than most people claim they do,” as he described it, he reached an impressive number of achievements throughout the years. 

Just 10 months after landing the SME position, he was appointed head of key account management. 

He kept the

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Björn Sjöberg

Björn ortnamn eller efternamn represents both finance providers and borrowers and works mainly with leveraged- and acquisition finance, project finance, real estate finance and structured finance, particularly asset finance and receivables finance. He also has considerable experience of capital marknad transactions of various kinds, such as bond issues, convertible obligationer, securitization, participating debentures.

Björn fryst vatten also active within the firm’s Corporate group, focusing on company acquisitions and capital marknad issues especially in the real estate- and financial services sectors.

Professional background

Partner, DLA Nordic

Associate, DLA Nordic

Education

Master of Laws (LL.M.), New York University School of Law

Master of Laws (LL.M.), Uppsala University

Legal studies, Université Panthéon-Assas - Paris 2

Philosophy studies, Stockholm university

Memberships

Swedish Bar Association

International dryckesställe Association

Selected experience

Advised DIF on its EUR M platform investment into Alight AB, the leading solar developer in Sweden.

Advised Energy Infrastructure Partners (EIP) on their acquisition of 80% o

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Björn Sjöberg

Björn Sjöberg företräder såväl långivare som låntagare och arbetar främst med förvärvsfinansiering, projektfinansiering, fastighetsfinansiering och strukturerad finansiering (särskilt tillgångsfinansiering av olika slag samt finansiering av fordringar). Han har även omfattande erfarenhet av kapitalmarknadstransaktioner av olika slag (obligationer, konvertibler, värdepapperisering, vinstandelslån etc.).

Björn är också aktiv inom byråns corporate-grupp med fokus på företagsförvärv och aktiemarknadsfrågor, särskilt inom fastighetssektorn och den finansiella sektorn.

Yrkesbakgrund

Delägare, DLA Nordic

Biträdande jurist, DLA Nordic

Utbildning

Master of Laws (LL.M.), New York University School of Law

Jur. kand. (LL.M.), Uppsala universitet

Studier i juridik, Université Panthéon-Assas - Paris 2

Studier i filosofi, Stockholms universitet

Medlemskap

Sveriges Advokatsamfund

International Bar Association

Urval av ärenden

Biträtt DIF i sin plattformsinvestering på miljoner euro i Alight AB, den ledande solcellsutvecklaren i Sverige.

Biträtt Energy Infrastructure Partners (EIP) i deras förvärv av 80 % av