Law Offices A.E. Gustafsson is a boutique law firm specializing in providing strategic legal and business counsel to Swedish-based companies operating or seeking to enter the U.S. market. Founded in 1993, the firm stands out through its unique cross-cultural expertise, offering tailored advice that bridges legal and business differences between the U.S. and Sweden.
The firm takes a proactive, value-added approach, serving as an extension of its clients’ teams—from entrepreneurial ventures to publicly traded companies. With deep experience in both American and Swedish legal systems, it helps clients in establishing realistic U.S. market strategies, minimizing cultural misunderstandings, and ensuring regulatory compliance across borders.
Services Offered
- Business Law: Review, preparation, and consultation for transactional and commercial agreements, including sales representative, distribution, reseller, royalty agreements, terms and conditions of sale, and security interests
- Corporate Law: Legal structure selection and establishment, ongoing corporate compliance, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), shareholder agreements, operating agreements
- Employment Law: Hiring process guidance, employment terms and agreements, termination, severance and separation agreements, consultant and independent contractor agreements, employment handbooks and procedures
- Immigration Law: U.S. employment-based immigration, non-immigrant visas (B-1/B-2, L-1A/L-1B, E-1/E-2, E-3, H-1B, O-1, TN, J-1), immigrant visas (“green cards”), PERM labor certification, immigrant petitions (EB-1, EB-2, EB-3), adjustment of status, consular processing, naturalization applications, family-based immigration
- Intracompany Agreement Drafting: Terms compliant with U.S. and Sweden transfer pricing regulations, including sales support agreements, management services, and loan agreements
- Referrals for Other Legal Services: Intellectual property (patents, trademark, copyright), commercial real estate, litigation, products liability, bankruptcy
Based in Naperville, Illinois, the firm serves Swedish-owned companies throughout the United States and maintains an affiliate, SkyBridge Resource Center, which offers non-legal business support in HR, talent acquisition, payroll, accounting, and administration.
