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Martin Wedén

Partner
Lawyer

Göteborg
CMS Wistrand
Mårten Krakowgatan 2
411 04 Göteborg
Sweden

Martin Wedén is head of CMS Wistrand’s TMC group.

Martin Wedén joined CMS Wistrand in 1997 and became a partner in 2004. In the beginning of his career, Martin mainly worked on corporate and commercial matters as well as mergers and acquisition with special focus on the IT sector. Today, Martin’s main focus has shifted towards 
assisting clients on both the supplier and customer side in complex IT and technology contract negotiations regarding cloud services, software as a service, ISV solutions, licensing of software and technology, architecture and software development services, application management, maintenance and support services, sales and procurement. In many of these matters particular focus has been given to refining and improving agile and hybrid agile work methodologies to manage the increasingly higher pace of transformation and development within the IT sector

Professional Experience

  • Partner, CMS Wistrand, 2004-
  • Senior Associate, Wistrand Advokatbyrå, 2000-2004
  • Secondment, Denton Wilde Sapte, London, 2000 
  • Associate, Wistrand Advokatbyrå, 1997-2000
  • Law Clerk, Västervik District Court, 1995-1997
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Relevant experience

Stena Metall Aktiebolag│Regular advice Stena Metall and its group companies in IT contract negotiations regarding cloud services, software as a service, software licensing, ISV solutions, implementation agreements, IT consultancy agreements, application management, maintenance and support services agreements.

  • Golden Heights Aktiebolag publ│Regular advice Golden Heights and its group companies on general corporate and commercial matters with special focus on IT contracts including cloud services, software as a service, software licensing, ISV solutions, implementation agreements, IT consultancy agreements, application management, maintenance and support services agreements as well as legal advisor to Golden Heights in connection with its last three issues of senior secured bonds.
  • A leading European cloud tech group│Regular advice on and assisting the Swedish group company in customer contract negotiations, preparation of new general terms and conditions including contract templates for various types of services, such as, managed services, architecture and software development services, well-architected reviews, etc.
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Memberships & Roles

  • Swedish Bar Association, 2000
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Awards & Rankings

Recommended Lawyer, Legal 500 2024: IT & Telecoms

Martin Wedén has shown great understanding to our challenges, and he has been very supportive in reaching our objectives and minimizing risk in the cooperation with partners.

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Education

  • LL.M., Uppsala University, 1995
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18/05/2023
5G regulation and law in Sweden
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