Covington Hires Capital Markets, M&A Pro in London

Law360 covered Johan Dagergard’s arrival at Covington. Johan discussed his enthusiasm regarding joining Covington’s mergers and acquisitions and capital markets practice and looked ahead to the regulatory environment in these areas.

Johan said that Covington “is well positioned” to help clients with global ambitions that need legal counsel for conducting transactions or resolving regulatory matters in the U.S., UK, and further afield.

Johan also highlighted that “regulation remains a key barrier for companies based in the Nordics, like Sweden and Denmark, that want to grow their businesses abroad. For example, a life sciences company in Sweden that seeks to break into the U.S. will need to go through a number of processes involving the regulator there, the Food and Drug Administration, in order to obtain authorization to market its products.” He continued, “Either way, such a company is entering into unknown territory and will need legal expertise to help guide it on the course it chooses, and that is where Covington comes in.”