Swedbank divests Juristbyrån


Swedbank AB divests its subsidiary Juristbyrån AB to Familjens jurist AB.
Familjens jurist aims to continue the franchise operation in its current form.
Through a cooperation agreement with Familjens jurist, Swedbank will continue to
offer advisory services in both private and family law with a wider offering and
a broader geographic reach. The Savings banks will also be offered to enter into
cooperation agreements with Familjens jurist.
“I am very pleased that Familjens jurist with its genuine knowledge will assume
ownership of Juristbyrån. The cooperation agreement with Familjens jurist will
enable us to continue to offer our customers advisory services in private and
family law in additional locations throughout the country. Moreover, our
customers will get access to an even broader offering through Familjens jurist”,
says Birgitte Bonnesen, Head of Swedish Banking at Swedbank.

“We are investing in focused efforts to secure continuous growth for franchisees
as well as our existing operations. The long-term cooperation with Swedbank,
combined with benefits from having the two separate modes of operation, will
provide us with flexibility, synergies and economies of scale”, says Carl
Georgsson, CEO at Familjens jurist.

The acquisition is based on the conditionality of no objections from the Swedish
Competition Authority (Konkurrensverket).

Further information, please contact:
Cecilia Hernqvist, Head of Communications, Swedbank, tel: +46 70 681 07 39
Anna Sundblad, Press Manager, Swedbank, tel: +46 70 321 39 95

Swedbank promotes a sound and sustainable financial situation for the many
people, households and companies. Our vision is to contribute to development
“Beyond Financial Growth”. As a leading bank in the home markets of Sweden,
Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, Swedbank offers a wide range of financial
services and products. Swedbank has over 8 million retail customers and around
600 000 corporate customers and organisations with 314 branches in Sweden and
156 branches in the Baltic countries. The group is also present in other Nordic
countries, the US and China. As of 31 December 2014 the group had total assets
of SEK 2 121 billion. Read more at www.swedbank.com

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