Peter Svanqvist

Peter is partner with focus on banking and finance and out-of-court restructuring and insolvency. His principal areas of work are cross-border leveraged finance transactions, real estate finance, fund financing and investment grade lending. He represents Swedish and foreign banks, financial institutions, private equity sponsors,corporate borrowers and direct lending funds.​ Peter has been a lawyer since 2003 and joined BAHR in 2026 from Schjødt, and before that from White & Case in Stockholm where he worked as a Counsel. Prior to that Peter worked at Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (publ) and the Swedish law firm Vinge. He is a graduate of the Faculty of Law of the University of Stockholm and has a D.U. Europeen enAnalyseEconomique du Droit, Law and Economics from Université dÁix-Marseille III and a European Master in Law and Economics from Erasmus University Rotterdam. > Peter is very skilled and good at what he does. He has a range of experience and a good understanding of the client's position.