The ‘professional team’ at Waselius is a strong choice for various cross-border transactions, including joint ventures, mergers, private equity and venture capital matters, takeovers and management buy-outs. The firm has a strong presence in the automotive, IT, energy, education and funds spaces. The practice is co-led by Christoffer Waselius, who is well-versed in advising foreign investors on M&A and corporate transactions, and Jaakko Huhtala, who regularly assists with private equity and venture capital funds matters.
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Testimonials
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- ‘Jan-Anders Wik and Jaakko Huhtala are very knowledgeable, experienced and solution-driven. In addition, they hold a pragmatic approach, keeping customers in focus. They are also very friendly and nice to work with.’
- ‘The team is very accessible with a pragmatic approach.’
- ‘I have only worked with Christoffer Waselius, and he is a very pragmatic and responsive partner focusing on the more commercial aspects rather than the strictly legal aspects, which I think is appreciated from the client's view.’
- ‘Jan-Anders Wik is a client-orientated attorney. He is always available, helpful and provides excellent quality advice in the requested time frames.’
- ‘Collaboration with Jan-Anders Wik has been exceptionally good. He is a very experienced and highly skilled professional who can find innovative solutions to complex legal issues that are also in practice beneficial.’
- ‘Jan-Anders Wik has extensive and very long term experience.’
- ‘Versatile expertise. Commercial background. Good people skills and very accessible.’
- ‘Jaakko Huhtala and Niko Markkanen were amazing experts.'
Key clients
- Visma
- The Finnish Ministry of Transport and Communications
- AcadeMedia
- United Bankers’ UB Forest Industry Green Growth Fund I LP
- CMA CGM Group
- Essity Group
- Equitix
- Samhällsbyggnadsbolaget i Norden AB
- Neova
- Vapo Terra
Work highlights
Advised AcadeMedia AB (publ) on the acquisition of Touhula Päiväkodit.
Advised CMA CGM Group on the Finnish law aspects of its proposed acquisition of the transport and logistics operations of Bolloré Group.
Advised Hedin Mobility Group on several acquisitions in Finland, of which the most recent one is the acquisition of Iveco Group’s distribution and retail operations in Finland, Sweden, Norway, and Denmark.
Lawyers
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Practice head
Christoffer Waselius; Jaakko Huhtala
Other key lawyers
Jan-Anders Wik; Niko Markkanen