Carl-Johan Pousette

Senior Counsel, Lawyer
Employee fallback
Location
Stockholm
Language
Swedish, English

Carl-Johan Pousette specializes in Capital Markets, Securities law, Mergers and Acquisitions and company law. He has many years’ experience of advising Swedish and international clients in connection with IPOs, public takeovers and exchange offers, capital raisings and other stock market transactions as well as of advising listed companies and their owners on all kinds of company law and stock market related issues.

Carl-Johan is designated in Legal 500 Hall of Fame in Capital Markets, ranked in Chambers and highly regarded by IFLR1000 and client feedback include:

"Carl-Johan Pousette stands out in being one of the most experienced capital markets legal advisers in the Swedish market. In addition, he is very pragmatic and business minded and always gives clear, well-founded and actionable advice."

Qualifications
Professional background
Senior Counsel, Advokatfirma DLA Piper Sweden KB
2025-
Partner, Hammarskiöld
2013-2025
Lawyer, SEB Enskilda Corporate Finance
2000-2013
Lawyer, Alfred Berg Corporate Finance
1997-2000
Lawyer, Enskilda Juridik
1990-1996
Lawyer at a law firm in Stockholm
1989-1990
Law Clerk, Stockholm District Court
1987-1988
Education
Master of Laws (LL.M.), Uppsala University
1986
Memberships

Member of the Swedish Securities Council (Sw. Aktiemarknadsnämnden)

Member of the Swedish Bar Association

Appointed expert in the Association for Good Practices in the Securities Market

Publications
Articles

Co-author of “Lexology Getting The Deal Through – Initial Public Offerings 2023” 

Co-author of “Lexology Getting The Deal Through – Public M&A 2022” 

Co-author of “The Legal 500: M&A Country Comparative Guide 2022”

Co-author of “Lexology Getting The Deal Through – Initial Public Offerings 2022”

Co-author of “Lexology Getting The Deal Through – Public M&A 2021”

Co-author of “The Legal 500: M&A Country Comparative Guide 2021”

Co-author of “Lexology Getting The Deal Through – Initial Public Offerings 2021”

Co-author of “Lexology Getting The Deal Through – Public M&A 2020”

Co-author of “The Legal 500: M&A Country Comparative Guide 2020”

Co-author of “Lexology Getting The Deal Through – Initial Public Offerings 2020”

Co-author of “The Legal 500: M&A Country Comparative Guide 2019”

Co-author of “Lexology – Equity Capital Markets in Sweden”, 2018

Co-author of “The Legal 500 & The In-House Lawyer Comparative Legal Guide – Sweden: Mergers & Acquisitions”, 2018

Ranking
Chambers Europe

Ranked in Capital Markets: Equity, 2025

Ranked in Capital Markets: Equity, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 and 2015

Legal 500

Ranked as "Hall of Fame" in Capital Markets, 2024

Ranked as "Hall of Fame" in Capital Markets, 2023