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BULEVARDI 1A, 00100 HELSINKI, FINLAND
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The firm

Established in 1974, Hammarström Puhakka Partners is a full-service business law firm. The firm has extensive experience in its core specialisms of M&A, competition, finance, environment and real estate, insolvency and dispute resolution, with a particular focus on the energy, media, IT and telecoms, transport and logistics and financial sectors. A significant number of the firm’s assignments are international and the its lawyers provide services in Finnish, Swedish, English, German, French and Chinese.

Areas of practice

Mergers and acquisitions: the firm has more than 30 years’ experience in domestic and cross-border transactions, and its M&A specialists are always involved in major deals. The firm’s services cover all issues relating to mergers, acquisitions and other corporate arrangements. Its M&A team has particular expertise in due diligence reviews.

Competition and EU: the firm is capable of efficiently resolving all competition-related issues and its work in this area focuses on the media, telecommunications, IT, logistics, energy and medical sectors.

Banking, finance and insolvency: the firm’s banking and finance team has extensive experience in all kinds of financing arrangements, in particular corporate lending, acquisition finance and sale, and lease back and leasing arrangements. The firm is widely known for its high standards and extensive expertise in the reorganisation of companies and insolvency law.

Dispute resolution: the firm is at the forefront of developing the emerging mediation market in Finland. Its specialists have over 20 years’ experience of representing Finnish and foreign clients in commercial litigation and arbitration, in Finland and abroad. Many of the firm’s partners are also experienced in mediation and abitration.

Environment, property and real estate: the firm has one of the leading departments in environmental law in Finland and has extensive experience and resources as a provider of legal services involving environmental and real estate issues. The firm regularly handles major infrastructure projects, nationwide construction and environmental permit application projects, as well as proceedings involving environmental liability. The firm’s environmental team serves clients in EU-related environmental matters, including RoHS, WEEE and REACH. Its specialists act as legal advisers to national and multinational energy companies, environmental consulting companies, mining companies and waste management companies, as well as businesses in the metal, construction and chemical industries.

Maritime and transportation: Hammarström Puhakka Partners is ranked as one of the leading Finnish law firms in shipping and transport law. The firm has extensive experience in successfully a variety of maritime, transport, insurance and tort-related cases. Its expertise covers all elements of the logistics chain, ranging from networking IT solutions to cargo damage in sea, road, rail and air transportation.

IT and telecoms: the firm’s work in this area ranges from advising major international technology companies on their Finnish operations to assisting hi-tech start-ups in introducing new technologies to the market. The firm is particularly experienced in advising on data protection and data security issues.

Contacts
Vesa Silaskivi
Pekka Puhakka
Tuomas Saraste

Languages
Chinese
English
French
German
Swedish

Number of lawyers 37

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