Banking and finance

Hannes Snellman (Finland)

The leading finance team at Hannes Snellman (Finland) is headed by notable individual Antti Nyberg and represents both lenders and borrowers in a wide variety of financing transactions, ranging from secured and unsecured bank lending and bond issues to security structurings. The team particularly stands out for its expertise in real estate and project financings within the renewable energy field. Nyberg’s practice focuses on all types of financing transactions with particular strength in bank lending, acquisition financing, and real estate and project financing matters. Other key contact Markus Bremer has recently been involved in a number of complex voluntary debt restructuring exercises as well as the setting up of debt acceleration and security enforcement procedures.

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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

‘Marcus is a very seasoned lawyer and a safe pair of hands.'
‘Markus Bremer is, overall, the best finance lawyer in Finland in my view as a result of a unique combination of creativity, technical skills, commercial mindset and uncompromised commitment to achieving great outcomes for his customers.’
‘Excellent team - our preferred partner in complex financings.’
‘Heikki Majamaa is an excellent banking and finance lawyer and nice to work with. Excellent availability.'
‘Antti Nyberg: excellent service provided! ’
‘Very broad team in terms of people, knowledge and experience. Can take on any case and excel. Great work ethic ’
‘Their practice has more breadth and versatility than their peers in the Finnish market which makes them generally capable of handling more demanding assignments.’
‘Some of their individuals, such as Henrik Mattson, have a genuine interest and deep understanding on complex legal matters which is something that I value highly.'

Key clients

Danske Bank A/S
OP Corporate Bank plc
Nordea Bank Abp
Special Mutual Fund Titanium Care RealEstate (AIF)
La Banque Postale
Keliber Technology Oy
Nykredit Realkredit A/S
YIT Oyj
UrbanLight
Cargotec Corporation
Rapala VMC Corporation
Aareal Bank AG

Work highlights

Advised Danske Bank A/S and OP Corporate Bank plc as joint lead managers in HKFoods Plc’s issuance of a new EUR 90 million senior secured note.
Advised Special Mutual Fund Titanium Care Real Estate (AIF) in its EUR 203,000,000 facility agreement.
Advised YIT Oyj in relation to its EUR 33.5 million directed share issue, its issue of EUR 36 million convertible notes and certain amendments to its EUR 300 million revolving credit facility agreement.

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