Björn Sjöberg
Björn Sjöberg 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 market transactions of various kinds, such as bond issues, convertible bonds, securitization, participating debentures.
Björn is also active within the firm’s Corporate group, focusing on company acquisitions and capital market issues especially in the real estate- and financial services sectors.
Ranked in Banking & Finance and Energy & Natural Resources, 2026
"He is very senior and he has a very good financing skillset, both in real estate but also other types of financing, so he can draw on a lot of different types of transactions."
"Björn Sjöberg is a very capable lawyer."
"Björn Sjöberg must have a photographic memory, just amazing."
"He is a very experienced lawyer with good competence in the sector."
Ranked in Banking & Finance and Energy & Natural Resources, 2025
"Björn has strong commercial acumen and understands where clients need to go while ensuring they remain protected."
"Björn Sjöberg is highly skilled and always available for brainstorming to provide solutions to complex issues."
"Björn is a specialist that can grasp complexity and that knows where to draw the line and where to push back."
Ranked in Banking & Finance, 2024
“Björn Sjöberg brings high personal attention along with a very strong market knowledge.”
Ranked in Banking & Finance, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023
Mentioned in Banking and Finance and Energy, 2026
"Björn Sjöberg is remarkable for his strategic vision and his ability to cut through complexity with clarity and confidence. His advice is always precise, practical, and tailored, giving us the reassurance that we are in the best possible hands."
''Together, Björn Sjöberg and Joel Montin represent the very best of the profession: a combination of intellectual excellence, commercial understanding, and human qualities that make them a pleasure to work with. Their reliability, trustworthiness, and innovative thinking place them far ahead of competitors."
"Björn Sjöberg brings expertise in renewable energy, paired with global financing, making him a key name for international clients."
Mentioned in Banking and Finance and Energy, 2024 and 2025
16 NOV 2018
DLA Piper has advised Credit Suisse Energy Infrastructure Partners AG (CSEIP) and E.ON on their investment into, and financing of one of the largest onshore wind farms in Europe, the 475-megawatt Nysäter project in Sweden. A fund advised by CSEIP will hold 80% of the joint venture, while E.ON will build and operate the wind farm under a long-term O&M agreement and retain a 20% equity stake in the project. The total investment amounts to approximately €500 million.
5 OCT 2018
DLA Piper has advised global renewable energy developer, Element Power, on the sale of its power projects and asset management business covering Ireland and the UK, to Statkraft, a Norwegian state-owned utility
DLA Piper advises STG Partners on the acquisition of Extenda and Visma Retail
4 OCT 2018
DLA Piper has advised STG Partners, a California-based private equity firm focused on investing in innovative software, data, and analytics companies, on its acquisition of Visma Retail and Extenda, two of the most prominent technology providers in the tier 1 & 2 retail industry STG Partners will merge both companies to form Extenda Retail.
DLA Piper advises NORD/LB on the financing of Grimås wind farm, Västra Götaland, Sweden
18 DEC 2017
DLA Piper has advised NORD/LB, the German bank known widely in the market as one of the top financiers to on-shore wind projects in Europe, on the project financing of a 46.8MW (13 turbine) wind farm site in Sweden.