The banking and finance team at global firm White & Case Oy is led by notable individual Tanja Törnkvist and regularly advises companies, banks, and other financial services clients across several financing transactions, including investment grade, acquisition, leveraged, and project financing mandates. Törnkvist stands out for her work in innovative fields, including full-scale consent solicitation processes related to Finnish law-governed bonds. Other renowned individual Oona Lilja specialises in debt-finance related mandates, including acquisition finance, project finance, and general bank lending matters.
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‘W&C's B&F practice in Finland is very competent and experienced, in particular in complex syndicated investment grade financing transactions. They are strong negotiators. The work quality and responsiveness is top notch.’
‘Tanja Törnkvist is one of the leading players in the Finnish B&F sector. She is very experienced and has wide know-how in different types of transactions. Complex syndicated IG transactions are her bread and butter. Once you choose Tanja you can trust that everything goes smoothly.'
- 'Oona Lilja is also a very competent young partner in the firm with excellent work quality.’
Key clients
- Nordea Bank Abp
- Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB
- Danske Bank A/S
- OP Corporate Bank plc
- Goldman Sachs International
- Valmet Oyj
- F-Secure Oyj
- Sato Oyj
- Duell Corporation
- Georg Fischer AG
Work highlights
- Represented certain subsidiaries of Sponda Oy, a portfolio company of the Blackstone Group, in connection with the amendment and extension of their existing senior secured term facilities secured against the Ratina Shopping Centre.
- Represented Nordea Bank and Pareto Securities, as the joint bookrunners, on the issuances of €340 million 4.75 percent senior secured callable notes due 2026 and €300 million senior secured floating rate notes issued under a framework of EUR 450million by PHM Group Holding Oyj.
- Represented Nordea Bank Abp, Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB, Danske Bank A/S and OP Corporate Bank plc on the EUR 200,000,000 secured revolving loan facility of Finnair Oyj for general corporate purposes.
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Practice head
Tanja Törnkvist
Other key lawyers
Oona Lilja; Krista Rekola