The new firm will have some 600 employees, including some 210 attorneys, in six countries – Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Germany, the Netherlands and the US.
It will be known as Zacco Group, though the Swedish and German offices will be called Albihns.Zacco and the Dutch office Shieldmark.Zacco.
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| Hans-Bertil Håkansson |
Hans-Bertil Håkansson will be the group’s chief executive while Michael Gaarmann, now CEO of Albihns, will become deputy CEO with responsibility for business development.
In a statement, Håkansson said the firm had to compete an increasingly competitive international market: “We have to attract and be able to keep highly competent employees.”
In last year’s Managing IP survey of the largest IP firms , Albihns was the 15 th largest firm in Europe, with some 78 practitioners.
Zacco can trace its origins back to 1870 while Albihns was established in 1891.
