Sara Heikfolk
Sara Heikfolk
Sara is part of Hannes Snellman’s cross-border IP & Technology practice.
Her focus is on data protection & privacy, IT/technology, intellectual property, media, marketing & consumer laws, retail/e-commerce and commercial agreements.
She has advised several clients operating in various industries with their GDPR-compliance work, including review of processing operations, data flow mapping and gap analysis as well as data protection impact assessments and data processing agreement negotiations. Sara has experience as an in-house lawyer following secondments with one of Sweden’s largest telecom operators and with a Nordic alternative investment fund. She also advises on M&A in the IP & Technology field.
References
Parties:
KLAR Partners, Sandbäckens, Storskogen Group AB
Transaction:
KLAR Partners backed Sandbäckens has acquired EVIAB Gruppen AB, Växjö Elmontage AB, and El & Projektering Vetlanda AB, controlled by Storskogen Group AB.
Deal value:
Value not public
Role:
Counsel to KLAR / Sandbäckens
Claes Kjellberg
Miklos Kovacs Scherlin
Anna Nordin Pettersson
Ulrika Wigart
Klara Hasselberg
Fredrik Olsson
Carolina H. Wahlby
Rezan Akkurt
Johan Erlandsson
Josephine Gjerstad Medina
Abiram Soma
Angelica Berntsson
Sara Heikfolk
Peter Forsberg
Sarah Ek
Parties:
Magnet Forensics, backed by Thoma Bravo, Griffeye, Safer Society Group.
Transaction:
Counsel to Magnet Forensics, backed by Thoma Bravo, in the acquisition of Griffeye from Safer Society Group.
Deal value:
Value not public.
Role:
Counsel to Magnet Forensics, backed by Thoma Bravo.
Claes Kjellberg
Douglas Essehorn
Alexander Lindqvist
Nadine Lågland
Anna Nordin Pettersson
Ulrika Wigart
Carolina H. Wahlby
Rezan Akkurt
Caroline Sundberg
Sara Heikfolk
Louise Nordback
Jenny Lundberg
Peter Forsberg
Lars Lundgren
Andreas Wingren
Parties:
SEB Private Equity, VaccinDirekt.
Transaction:
Counsel to SEB Private Equity in Its Divestment of VaccinDirekt
Deal value:
Value not public
Role:
Counsel to SEB Private Equity.
Mikael Klang
Astrid Trolle Adams
Annika Schauman
Jonas Sjöberg
Alexander Lindqvist
Emma Andersson
Santeri Jääskeläinen
Emma Johari
Sara Heikfolk
Louise Nordback
Angelica Berntsson
Jenny Lundberg
Jens Rönneholm
Elisa Viiri
Oscar Bengtsson
Amanda Alexandersson
Miklos Kovacs Scherlin
Douglas Essehorn
Nathalie Miskin
Parties:
Catena Media (seller), Moneta Communications (buyer)
Transaction:
Hannes Snellman counsel to Moneta Communications Ltd in its acquisition of UK and Australian online sports betting brands from Catena Media plc
Deal value:
EUR 6.0 million
Role:
Counsel to Moneta Communications Ltd
Mikael Klang
Miklos Kovacs Scherlin
Tanja Schnitt
Nicolina Hultgren Farsani
Anna Ribenfors
Sara Heikfolk
Jenny Lundberg
Parties:
Suitespot AB (Target), Staria Oyj (Bidder)
Transaction:
Staria acquires Suitespot
Deal value:
Value not public
Role:
Counsel to Staria Oyj
Claes Kjellberg
Annika Schauman
Jonas Sjöberg
Nicolina Hultgren Farsani
Nadine Lågland
Josephine Gjerstad Medina
Sara Heikfolk
Parties
Sandbäckens (buyer), LH Ventteknik AB (target)
Transaction
Sandbäckens in its acquisition of LH Ventteknik AB
Deal Value
Value not public
Role
Counsel to Sandbäckens
Claes Kjellberg
Miklos Kovacs Scherlin
Tanja Schnitt
Nicolina Hultgren Farsani
Jenny Lundberg
Josephine Gjerstad Medina
Lisa Pålsson
Rezan Akkurt
Ebba Sjölin
Abiram Soma
Sara Heikfolk
Parties
Siemens AB, Vizendo
Transaction
Siemens has acquired Swedish service and software company Vizendo AB, a provider of virtual operator training for industrial companies.
Deal Value
Value not public
Role
Counsel to Siemens AB
Claes Kjellberg
Ebba Almén
Josephine Gjerstad Medina
Sara Heikfolk
Parties
AAC Capital Partners, Intermediate Capital Group PLC and other shareholders (Sellers), Viking Redningstjeneste Topco AS (Target)
Transaction
P&C Insurance Ltd (publ) in its Acquisition of Viking Redningstjeneste Topco AS
Deal Value
EUR 32 million
Role
Swedish and Finnish counsel to Sweden-based insurance company If P&C Insurance Ltd (publ)
Richard Åkerman
Johanna Wärnberg
Moa Fritzon Torbjelt
Emmi Kantola
Sara Heikfolk
Parties
Calabrio Sweden AB (Buyer), HoldIT Communication AB (Seller), Teleopti (Target)
Transaction
Calabrio, a portfolio company of KKR, in its acquisition of Teleopti, a global provider of cloud-based workforce management (WFM) software
Deal Value
Value not public
Role
Counsel to Calabrio
Claes Kjellberg
Fredrik Olsson
Jonas Sjöberg
Josephine Gjerstad Medina
Sara Heikfolk
Douglas Essehorn
Jenny Lundberg
Parties
Asiakastieto Group Plc (Buyer), UC AB (Target), Six Swedish banks (Sellers)
Transaction
Asiakastieto Group Plc’s pending acquisition of UC AB, a credit information company
Deal Value
Appr. EUR 340 million
Role
Counsel to Asiakastieto Group Plc
Klaus Ilmonen
Richard Åkerman
Markus Bremer
Elisabeth Vestin
Antti Kuha
Albert Danielsson
Elina Toivakainen
Sara Heikfolk
Jonas Sjöberg
Jenny Lundberg
Annemari Rosi
Memberships and Positions of Trust
- Member of the Swedish Bar Association, 2022
- Member of the Data Protection Forum (Sw: Forum för Dataskydd)
- Member of the International Chamber of Commerce – Intellectual Property Committee (ICC Sweden)
- Member of the Swedish Association for IT and the Law (SIJU)
- Member of the Swedish Association for Copyright Law (SFU)
- Member of the Swedish Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (SFIR)
Publications
- International Comparative Legal Guide to: Franchise, 2020
- The Franchise Law Review - Edition 6, 2019
- The Franchise Law Review - Edition 5, 2018
Education and Professional Background
- Senior Associate, Hannes Snellman, Stockholm, 2022
- Legal Counsel (Secondee), Infranode AB, Stockholm, 2020 – 2021
- Associate, Hannes Snellman, Stockholm, 2018
- Jur. kand (LL.M.), Uppsala University, 2018
- Thesis Trainee, Hannes Snellman, Stockholm, 2017
- Studies in Law, University of Leeds, 2015-2016
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