Annika López Kasteskog
Biography
Annika López Kasteskog is a member of Baker McKenzie’s International Commercial & Trade Practice Group in Stockholm. She joined the Firm in 2023.
Prior to joining the Firm, Annika worked at another Swedish law firm, advising on commercial contracts, public procurement, corporate law and transactions. She also worked as in-house legal counsel at a literary agency, where she advised on commercial and intellectual property agreements and day-to-day legal matters.
Practice Focus
Annika focuses her practice on drafting, advising on and negotiating commercial agreements and related regulatory matters. She assists national and international clients across various industries, including the automotive, energy and infrastructure sectors.
Annika has broad experience advising on distribution arrangements, including dealer, wholesale and franchising networks. She also drafts and negotiates supply, services and licence agreements, as well as general terms and conditions governing relationships with suppliers and end customers. Her regulatory advice includes competition law, consumer law and contractual compliance.
Annika also has extensive experience advising on transactions, including carve-outs and joint ventures, and drafting and negotiating related commercial agreements. Her practice also encompasses complex projects involving international coordination, including projects relating to new nuclear power development in Sweden.
In public procurement, Annika advises suppliers and contracting authorities on procurement documentation, tender requirements and commercial agreements. She also represents suppliers and contracting authorities in procurement review proceedings before the Swedish administrative courts.
Representative Legal Matters
- Advising on projects relating to the development of new nuclear power in Sweden.
- Advising a large industrial client in relation to the development of a production facility, including drafting and negotiating a multi-jurisdictional, long-term distribution agreement and advising on related matters.
- Advising a public entity in connection with a significant procurement of infrastructure, including drafting commercial agreements and advising on related matters.
- Advising a large international industrial client on drafting and negotiating commercial agreements relating to the development, implementation and operation of a production facility.
- Advising clients in the automotive industry on commercial agreements and general terms and conditions.
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Swedish Bar Association – Member
Admissions
- Sweden
Education
- Stockholm University (LL.M, Master of Laws) (2019)
- University of Barcelona (Law) (2018)
Languages
- English
- Spanish
- Swedish