Harvest Advokatbyra Ab

What Harvest Advokatbyra Ab does

Harvest Advokatbyrå AB is a Stockholm-based law firm founded in 2016 that provides specialist legal advisory services to financial-sector clients under Finansinspektionen supervision, including banks, securities companies, fund managers, AIF-managers, payment institutions, e-money institutions, crypto-asset service providers, and crowdfunding and credit-market companies. Since its founding the firm has progressively extended the same compliance, governance, and risk expertise to listed companies and other non-financial corporates via a Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) offering.

The firm's service catalogue is built around outsourced statutory functions and regulatory mandates: an independent Compliance Function (second line of defense), Internal Audit (third line of defense), Licensing and Registration support vis-à-vis Finansinspektionen, AML/CFT functions, outsourced complaint handling, whistleblowing, and external Data Protection Officer services. In March 2025 Harvest added a proprietary DORA Reporting Tool (Rapporteringsverktyg för DORA-rapportering) to help clients report ICT third-party provider registers to Finansinspektionen under the EU Digital Operational Resilience Act, with the tool's content mapped against the latest reporting requirements, validation rules, and European supervisory guidance. The firm markets through its website, LinkedIn, Instagram, newsletter, and webinars (e.g., DORA webinars by partners Richard Engblom, Stellan Koch, and Björn Wendleby).

Harvest generates revenue as a professional-services law firm on undisclosed fee terms, selling directly to enterprise clients primarily in Sweden with some international scope. Client logos span investment management (Dahlgren Capital AB), asset management (Always Summer Asset Management), securities (Alnair AB), fintech/credit (Brixo AB), cryptocurrency (CtoC AB), and real-estate credit (Triol Bostadskreditfond AB). The firm is privately held with no external funding, approximately 30 staff (about half fee-earning), headquartered at Engelbrektsplan 1, Stockholm, and led by Founding Partner/Chairman Björn Wendleby and Managing Partner Gustav Sälgström.

Name

Harvest Advokatbyra Ab

Legal name

Harvest Advokatbyrå AB

Website

https://www.harvestadvokat.se

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Harvest Advokatbyrå AB is a Stockholm law firm founded in 2016 that provides outsourced compliance, internal audit, licensing, AML/CFT, data protection, and GRC advisory services primarily to Swedish financial-sector clients under Finansinspektionen supervision, plus a proprietary DORA reporting tool.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Legal Advisory Services - Banking and Financial Regulation

SIC

Services-Management Services (8741)

akta.pro primary industry

Compliance, Audit & Regulatory Services for Collections (FSAKAJAL)

Keywords

• Financial regulation advisory
• Banking and finance law
• Capital markets legal services
• Compliance consulting services
• Fintech legal advisory

Headquarters

HQ city

Stockholm

HQ country

Sweden

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Legal Advisory Services: Harvest Advokatbyrå AB operates as a law firm providing comprehensive legal advisory services to financial sector actors and other companies. Revenue is generated through professional legal services including compliance outsourcing, internal audit services, license applications, regulatory consulting, and other legal advisory matters.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Harvest Advokatbyrå is a Stockholm-based law firm providing comprehensive legal advisory services to financial sector clients, including outsourced compliance functions, internal audit, Finansinspektionen licensing and registration, AML/CFT functions, complaint handling, whistleblowing, data protection officer (DPO) services, and GRC (Governance, Risk & Compliance) advisory. The firm also developed a proprietary DORA Reporting Tool to enable regulated entities to submit ICT third-party provider registers to Finansinspektionen.

Product overview

Harvest Advokatbyrå AB is a law firm specializing in financial regulatory advisory services, founded in 2016. The firm offers a comprehensive suite of legal services for the financial sector and broader corporate clients. Its core offerings include an outsourced Compliance Function (GRC second line of defense), Internal Audit services (third line of defense), licensing and registration assistance with Finansinspektionen, AML/CFT functions, complaint handling, whistleblowing services, and data protection/privacy advisory. The firm also developed a proprietary DORA Reporting Tool for regulatory reporting under the Digital Operational Resilience Act. Services are delivered through experienced legal advisors who act as outsourced functions for financial companies.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• DORA Reporting Tool (Rapporteringsverktyg for DORA-rapportering) A reporting tool designed to enable financial actors to correctly report their ICT third-party provider register to Finansinspektionen under the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA). The tool's content is mapped against detailed reporting requirements, validation rules, and guidance from European supervisory authorities. Aimed at Swedish regulated financial entities subject to DORA.
• Governance, Risk Management & Compliance (GRC) A collective set of services covering routines, processes and methods for internal governance and control, encompassing corporate governance, stock market regulations, IT security, data protection, anti-corruption, sustainability, AML/CFT, and market abuse regulations. Targeted at companies across all industries needing structured GRC support.
• Compliance Function (Regelefterlevnad) Outsourced independent compliance function (second line of defense) for financial companies, including regulatory compliance controls, ongoing advice and support, monitoring of regulatory changes, training for employees and management, and regular meetings with company representatives.
• Internal Audit (Internrevision) Internal audit services (third line of defense) for various types of financial companies, independently evaluating and improving the effectiveness of internal processes and control systems, and evaluating compliance with internal and external rules.
• Licensing and Registration (Tillstands- och registreringsarenden) Assistance with applications for Finansinspektionen's authorization to conduct financial activities, including analysis of planned operations, preparation of application documents, ongoing contacts with Finansinspektionen, and support with ownership and management changes.
• AML/CFT Functions (Funktioner inom AML/CFT) Services including independent review function under anti-money laundering regulations (third line of defense) and support function for the central compliance function (CFA), performing tasks that can be outsourced under regulations.
• Complaint Handling (Klagomalshantering) Outsourced complaint handling function for financial sector companies, receiving complaints, investigating and handling them according to applicable regulations and internal routines, deciding on appropriate measures, and ensuring proper documentation and reporting to the board.
• Whistleblowing (Visselblasning) Whistleblowing function services for companies in all sectors, including initial assessment of reports, comprehensive investigations, assistance with establishing guidelines, and evaluation of whether a whistleblowing function is required.
• Data Protection and Privacy / DPO (Dataskydd och integritet) External data protection officer services for companies in various sectors, including support with personal data processing, monitoring GDPR compliance, conducting impact assessments, and serving as contact person with Integritetsskyddsmyndigheten (IMY).

Named customers6 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Advokatfirman Delphi: Swedish law firm with a financial-sector practice advising banks, payment institutions and fintech firms; a directly comparable Stockholm-based advisory serving the same regulatory-supervised client base.
• Roschier: Top-tier Nordic law firm with a deep financial services, banking and asset-management practice operating across Finland and Sweden — a directly comparable cross-Nordic specialist competitor.
• Setterwalls: Swedish law firm with a strong financial-services regulatory practice serving banks, asset managers and fintech clients — a directly comparable Stockholm-based advisor competing for many of the same mandates.
• Bird & Bird: Global law firm with a Stockholm office and a leading fintech and financial-regulation practice; competes head-to-head on DORA, payments, crypto-asset and securities mandates across the Nordics.
• Hannes Snellman: Nordic law firm with a strong financial-services and capital-markets practice — a directly comparable cross-Nordic peer competing for the same banking, asset-management and licensing mandates.

Broad incumbents

• Vinge: One of Sweden's largest and most established commercial law firms with a broad financial-services practice — a larger incumbent offering overlapping capabilities across regulatory and transactional finance mandates.
• DLA Piper: Global law firm with a Stockholm presence and a substantial financial-services regulatory practice — a larger incumbent offering adjacent and overlapping capabilities across the Nordic regulatory market.
• Mannheimer Swartling: Historically among Sweden's largest full-service law firms with extensive financial-services coverage and pan-Nordic reach; a larger incumbent competing for high-end banking, finance and regulatory matters.
• Linklaters: Global elite law firm with a Nordic presence and one of the world's strongest financial-regulatory practices; competes for cross-border and high-end Swedish financial mandates as a broader incumbent.

Others

• KPMG Law: Big 4 legal-advisory arm providing regulatory compliance, AML, governance and risk services to Swedish banks, asset managers and fintech firms — competes with Harvest for compliance-outsourcing mandates as part of a wider advisory portfolio.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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