Fredrik Filipsson
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Fredrik Filipsson

Founder & Principal Negotiation Advisor  ·  Dubai, UAE

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20+
Years Experience
500+
Engagements Led
11
Vendors Covered
$1B+
Client Savings

About Fredrik

Fredrik Filipsson is one of the most experienced IT contract negotiation advisors in Europe and the Middle East, with over 20 years of hands-on expertise negotiating enterprise software agreements with Oracle, SAP, Microsoft, Salesforce, Workday, and IBM.

Based in Dubai, Fredrik has founded several large negotiation consulting firms and has led hundreds of high-stakes engagements for Fortune 500 companies, FTSE 100 organisations, and major public-sector entities across EMEA, APAC, and the Americas. His work spans ELA and ULA negotiations, SAP S/4HANA migrations, Microsoft Enterprise Agreement renewals, Salesforce multi-cloud consolidations, and complex multi-vendor portfolio optimisations.

Fredrik's negotiation philosophy is built on three principles: understand the vendor's commercial model in depth before entering any negotiation; build a credible BATNA before the renewal window opens; and never negotiate without real market benchmark data. These principles have consistently delivered savings of 25–45% versus vendor initial positions across hundreds of engagements.

Areas of Expertise

Oracle
ELA, ULA, Java SE, Database, OCI, Audit Defence
Microsoft
EA, M365, Azure MACC, Copilot, NCE
Salesforce
Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Data Cloud, CPQ, ELA
SAP
S/4HANA, RISE, Named Users, Indirect Access
Workday
HCM, Finance, Renewal Strategy
IBM
Passport Advantage, ILMT, Sub-capacity
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