Roschier has a broad real estate and construction offering, covering development, transactions and leasing, among other services. The team leverages the firm’s cross-practice expertise in corporate law and tax to assist clients with more demanding real estate matters. The firm’s notable recent work includes advising on the development of large scale data centre projects. Antti-Jussi Partanen, a seasoned expert in real estate, energy, and M&A, spearheads the practice. Partanen is closely assisted by Toni Siimes, who specialises in M&A and corporate advisory in the energy and infrastructure sectors.
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Testimonials
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- ‘Proactive team with an excellent know-how and commitment. It is great that the client gets usually work with the same team, making sure that the team knows client's situation, working habits and requirements.’
- ‘Roschier's team is experienced and very scalable: small matters are dealt efficiently by a small team whereas more complex matters are resources accordingly. ’
- ‘Mika Alanko is an experienced real estate lawyer with broad capabilities to advise in both real estate transactions and JV structuring.'
- ‘Quality of service is exceptional. Response time is exceptional.’
- ‘Behaviour is always exceptional. Any given task is always made sure it is communicated and closed properly. It is trust towards company that makes it stand out on the market and this trust is build by individuals we have privilege to work with; Antti-Jussi Partanen, Martti Ylinen, Iiro Laitinen, Kristiina Rove, Mikko Saarve.’
Key clients
- AXA Real Estate Investment Managers
- Blackstone Europe LLP
- CapMan Real Estate
- Cibus Nordic Real Estate AB
- Deka Immobilien GmbH
- HGR Property Partners
- HIH Invest Real Estate GmbH
- KanAm Grund
- Lindex Group (formerly Stockmann Plc)
- Mileway
- Nokia
- Prime Capital
- Royal Areena Oy
- Slättö
- Trevian Asset Management
Work highlights
Advising HGR Property Partners on the divestment of the school and kindergarten development project in the historic Uudenmaan Kasarmi block in Kruununhaka, Helsinki to Public Property Invest ASA. Value: EUR 106m.
Advising Blackstone and its portfolio company QTS on an ongoing large scale data centre development project in Forssa, Finland.
Advising the seller on the divestment of the Skanssi shopping centre located in Turku, Finland.
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Practice head
Antti-Jussi Partanen
Other key lawyers
Toni Siimes, Mika Alanko, Martti Ylinen, Iiro Laitinen, Kristiina Rove