Lisa Goransson
Partner
London
Lisa Goransson
Partner
London
Contact Details
Lisa is the head of A&O’s Nordic desk and a partner in the corporate department in London. Lisa has close to 30 years’ experience of corporate finance and general corporate work, both from working in private practice in Sweden and England and as the General Counsel of a Swedish large cap company listed on Nasdaq Stockholm. Lisa has wide corporate and M&A experience, as well as capital markets transactions, including IPOs, rights issues and private placements. She has particular expertise advising on cross-border transactions.
Qualifications
Professional
Admitted as advokat, Sweden, 1999
Admitted as solicitor, England and Wales, 2004
Academic
Stockholm University, 1993
University of California, Los Angeles, 1996
Experience highlights
Advising Macquarie European Infrastructure Fund 5 and West Street Infrastructure Partners on their EUR2bn acquisition of HES International.
Advising Thomson Reuters on the implementation of its USD17bn sale of the majority stake of its Financial & Risk business and related share buyback offer to a consortium led by Blackstone.
Qualifications
Professional
Admitted as advokat, Sweden, 1999
Admitted as solicitor, England and Wales, 2004
Academic
Stockholm University, 1993
University of California, Los Angeles, 1996
News & insights
Publications: 18 NOVEMBER 2019
Sustainable finance: the EU taxonomy
Sustainable development and climate change were placed firmly back on the international agenda in 2015. In September that year, governments around the world, under the auspices of the UN, committed to 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to guide international action on economic, social and environmental targets. A few months later, in December, 195 countries signed the Paris Agreement and thus committed to keeping global warming to well below 2°C and to pursuing efforts to limit temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre industrial levels.
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Publications: 13 NOVEMBER 2019
ASEAN and South Asia Debt Capital Markets: 2019 and beyond
2020 expected to be a spotlight year for ASEAN and South Asia Debt Capital Markets
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News: 13 NOVEMBER 2019
The People’s Republic of China issues the first Euro-denominated sovereign bonds in 15 years
Allen & Overy has advised the joint lead managers in connection with the offering of EUR4 billion sovereign bonds by the Ministry of Finance of the People’s Republic of China. This is China’s first Euro-denominated bond issuance in 15 years.
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