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