October 2019

修德

修德律师事务所拓展到瑞典

修德律师事务所与汉密尔顿律师事务所合并成为第一家挪瑞高端跨境律师事务所。

修德与汉密尔顿非常荣幸地宣布两家领先的律师事务所合并，将成为北欧最大的律师事务所之一并成为第一家高端挪瑞律师事务所。

Schjødt expands to Sweden

Schjødt and Hamilton merge to become the first top level Norwegian-Swedish cross border law firm.

Schjødt and Hamilton are pleased to announce the combination of the two leading law firms, creating one of the largest firms in the Nordics and the first premier Norwegian-Swedish law firm.

通过与汉密尔顿的合并，修德所市场领先和广受赞誉的国际法律业务正式拓展到瑞典。汉密尔顿所的业务质量和广度一直广受认可，最近，在2019年第一季度公布的瑞典最大的客户调查中，汉密尔顿律师事务所被授予瑞典年度最佳律师事务所奖（大型律师事务所），并且获得了客户满意度奖。

汉密尔顿非常适合修德的业务模式，该模式在挪威的顶级法律业务中实现了持续而强劲的增长。通过与汉密尔顿在斯德哥尔摩的团队合作，修德将成为第一家挪瑞顶级跨境律师事务所，为在这两个紧密相连的市场中开展业务的公司提供无缝的高端法律服务。

“这是修德所历史上的里程碑。跨境合并进入瑞典是修德发展过程中水到渠成的一步。我们坚信，我们的客户和国际合作伙伴将受益于改进和拓展的业务。我们对我们的商业模式以及将我们的核心价值和业务实践带入瑞典市场所创造的潜力充满信心。”

---修德合伙人兼董事长Olav Kolstad

合并后的事务所将全面兼容并受益于汉密尔顿和修德的长处，并将按照使修德在挪威发展并取得成功的核心价值，业务实践和管理模式运作。 我们始终致力于做到勤奋，及时，全心服务于客户的目标和利益，提供最优秀的律师，并致力于为客户创造价值。

“加盟修德具有深厚的行业逻辑，将加速实现我们成为瑞典市场领先法律顾问的目标。 修德的核心价值和业务实践具有优异的历史表现，我们坚信北欧整合的时机已经成熟。”-

----汉密尔顿合伙人兼董事长Thomas Nygren

修德与汉密尔顿纪要：

• 修德是挪威首屈一指的全方位服务商业律师事务所，在奥斯陆，斯塔万格，奥勒松，卑尔根和伦敦拥有180名律师。

• 汉密尔顿在斯德哥尔摩办事处拥有65名律师，是瑞典市场上领先的律师事务所之一。

• 修德的所有主要业务领域在公认排名中均名列前茅，包括钱伯斯和法律500强。

• 汉密尔顿在所有执业领域排名亦有优异表现，并且汉密尔顿律所是瑞典律所中高排名合伙人所占比例最高的律所之一。•

Through the merger with Hamilton, Schjødt’s market leading and internationally recognised legal business practice is being expanded to Sweden. Hamilton’s quality and breadth of practice is widely recognised, most recently in Sweden’s largest client survey announced in Q1 2019, where Hamilton was awarded the Swedish Law Firm of the Year Award (Large Firms), as well as the recipient of the Client Satisfaction Award.

Hamilton is an ideal fit for Schjødt’s business model that has consistently generated strong growth in our top tier legal practice in Norway. By joining forces with Hamilton’s team in Stockholm, Schjødt will become the first top level Norwegian-Swedish cross border law firm, offering seamless high-end legal services for companies doing business in these two closely connected markets.

“This is a cornerstone event in Schjødt’s history. A cross-border combination into Sweden is a natural next step in the development for Schjødt. We strongly believe our clients and international partners will benefit from the improved and expanded offering. We are also confident in our business model and the potential created by bringing our values and business practices to the Swedish market.”

- Olav Kolstad, Partner and Chairman of the Board, Schjødt

The combined firm will fully integrate and benefit from the qualities of both Hamilton and Schjødt, and will operate in accordance with the values, business practice and management model that have enabled Schjødt to develop and succeed in Norway. We strive at all times to be hard working, responsive, devoted to our client’s goals and interests, offering the best qualified lawyers, and focusing on creating value for our clients.

”Joining Schjødt has a tremendous industry logic and will accelerate the achievement of our goal to become the premier legal advisor in the Swedish market. Schjødt’s values and business practices have a proven track record of success and we strongly believe that the time is ripe for Nordic consolidation.”

- Thomas Nygren, Partner and Chairman of the Board, Hamilton

About Schjødt and Hamilton:

• Schjødt is a premier Norwegian full service business law firm with 180 lawyers in Oslo, Stavanger, Ålesund, Bergen and London.

• With 65 lawyers in its Stockholm office, Hamilton is one of the leading law firms in the Swedish market.

• Schjødt is top rated in all main categories by the recognised agencies, including Chambers and Legal 500.

• All of Hamilton’s practice areas are also ranked, and Hamilton has one of the highest proportions of ranked partners in Sweden.

• 汉密尔顿（Hamilton）在2018年被评为瑞典年度最佳律师事务所，并获得了久负盛名的客户满意度奖（来源：Regi Research＆Strategy）

• 我们的联合并购团队将成为北欧市场的领导者，截至2019年迄今已完成约85笔重大交易，公共总价值约为120亿欧元（来源：Mergermarket）。

合并后的事务所将以修德律师事务所的名义自2020年1月1日起作为一个机构运营，成为覆盖挪瑞跨境市场的唯一高端服务提供商。

• Hamilton was acclaimed in Sweden as the Law firm of the year in 2018 and also received the prestigious Client Satisfaction Award (Source: Regi Research & Strategy).

• Our joint M&A team will be a Nordic market leader, having registered around 85 significant transactions so far in 2019, with a combined public value of approximately EUR 12 billion (Source: Mergermarket).

The combined firm will operate under the name of Schjødt and function as one unit from 1 January 2020, as the only high-end provider covering the Norway/Sweden cross-border market.

ANDREAS BUSCH律师

Senior Associateanbu@schjodt.no

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