The finance and financial regulation team at Bird & Bird advises a wide range of clients, including local and multinational banks, and Finnish and international private equity firms, on several financial regulatory matters, with a main focus on payment issues. In addition to payment-related regulation, the practice group also assists clients with anti-money laundry regulations, sanctions issues, and banking regulation mandates. Jori Taipale co-heads the team and has over 25 years of experience in financing and related insolvency and M&A transactions. Other key individual and fellow team co-head Kristiina Lehvilä leverages her background as an in-house banking lawyer to advise clients on a range of financing transactions and financial regulatory matters.
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Kernmandanten
- S-Bank Plc (S-Pankki Oyj)
- Elisa Corporation
- Valoo Oy
- Asuntosalkku Oyj
- Hitachi Energy Finland Oy
- Swappie Oy
Highlight-Mandate
- Advising S-Bank Plc on the acquisition of the Finnish private customer, asset management and investment services operations of Svenska Handelsbanken AB.
- Advising Elisa Oyj in relation to a EUR 170,000,000 sustainability linked revolving credit facility loan agreement (RCF) with a maturity of five years from an international lender group.
- Acting as advisors for Hitachi Energy Finland Oy in an EUR 170,000,000 financing of a new modern production and technology campus of approximately 30,000 sqm being built for Hitachi Energy in the Vikby industrial area in the Mustasaari Vaasa region.
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Praxisleitung
Kristiina Lehvilä; Jori Taipale