Banking and finance Tier 2

Waselius & Wist advises clients including international banks and other lending entities, private equity houses and corporates. Key areas of work include structured financing issues and regulatory mandates, with distinguishing experience in aircraft finance work, project financings and the tax implications of financing transactions. Practice head Timo Lehtimäki focuses on cross-border mandates.

Tax Tier 2

The tax practice at Waselius & Wist focuses on high-end transaction-related tax mandates, legal structuring issues and tax litigation. Other key areas of work include corporate reorganisations, acquisitions, spin-offs and other tax dispositions, joint ventures, financings, and restructurings. The department's litigation expertise encompasses EU, transfer pricing, constitutional and VAT disputes. Niklas Thibblin and Jouni Weckström jointly lead the team.

Capital markets Tier 3

Waselius & Wist is particularly noted for international law firms looking for a Finnish team to assist with cross-border capital markets transactions. The team handles IPOs, bond issuances and private placements and has extensive regulatory expertise. Timo Lehtimäki, who advises international banks, lending entities, private equity houses and corporates, jointly leads the team with structured finance and regulatory specialist Maria Lehtimäki.

Commercial, corporate and M&A Tier 3

Waselius & Wist is particularly recognised for acting as local counsel on large multi-jurisdictional deals; the team also handles domestic transactions including mergers, joint ventures, buy-outs and private equity investments. Christoffer Waselius has extensive experience in advising energy and chemicals companies on corporate law issues; he jointly heads up the practice with technology expert Fredrik Lassenius.

Employment Tier 3

Waselius & Wist specialises in advising international companies on employment issues relating to setting up business in Finland, and supports the firm's wider M&A transactions. Jan Waselius heads up the team with Jouni Kautto, who handles employment disputes, reorganisations and restructurings.

EU and competition Tier 3

Lotta Pohjanpalo leads the practice at Waselius & Wist, which handles numerous domestic, multi-jurisdictional and EU merger control analyses and filings relating to cross-border transactions. Other key areas of work include horizontal agreements, abuse of dominance claims, distribution issues and other commercial relationships. The team particularly stands out for its experience in the pharmaceuticals and medical device sectors.

Dispute resolution Tier 4

Experienced arbitrator Jan Waselius heads up the dispute resolution practice at Waselius & Wist alongside litigators Bernt Juthström and Christoffer Waselius. The team has a particularly strong offering in IP-related disputes and complex commercial litigation.

Intellectual property Tier 4