After more than 15 years of working at business law firms, Annika is an experienced business law advisor with a very good commercial sense. She primarily assists our clients in matters relating to commercial agreements, IT-related projects and M&A.
- 2016 – LA PARTNERS
- 2005 – 2016 Mannheimer Swartling Advokatbyrå, Malmö (Shanghai 2010)
- 2005 LLM, Lund University
- 2004 – 2005 Economic studies, Lunds University
- Swedish Bar Association
Annika Edmén is an experienced commercial lawyer and negotiator assisting both private and public parties in a wide range of different industries such as manufacturing, med. tech, IT and consumer goods.
Annika is an expert in IT and technology related law and advises clients in relation to, for example, system delivery projects, outsourcing and software licensing. Annika has advised both suppliers and customers in numerous projects of this kind. Apart from a very deep knowledge regarding the relevant contract types, Annika has also through the various projects she has been involved in gained considerable knowledge of market practice.
Further, Annika has for many years assisted clients in relation to agreements concerning deliveries of products and services, cooperation agreements, distribution agreements and other types of agreements close to the core of many companies’ operations. Annika has extensive experience in drafting and negotiating agreements of this kind and has numerous times assisted clients in preparing template agreements for their business.
Within the purchasing field, Annika has many times prepared templates, user guides and in connection with that conducted training sessions in agreement law and negotiation technique for the client’s purchasing departments.
In addition to the above, Annika is an experienced advisor in relation to mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and restructuring, and she is well acquainted with the various phases these projects normally include as well as the relevant legal aspects and contract types.
Annika has through the years worked closely with the senior executives of various clients in many projects but also acted as a “legal sounding board” on a more current basis. Given this and her broad experience in negotiating commercial agreements, Annika has besides her legal knowledge also developed a very good commercial understanding of the clients’ businesses.
Annika is, in addition, a highly appreciated lecturer who regularly lectures for clients as well as students at Lund University.