The leading capital markets and public M&A team at Krogerus is headed by standout individual Tom Fagernäs and has expertise across a broad spectrum of capital markets mandates, including public M&A, spin-offs, high profile IPOs, and large-scale rights issues. The practice has recently also been advising on a range of financial and capital markets regulatory matters. Fagernäs often represents clients in domestic and cross-border capital markets transactions, ranging from debt and equity mandates to public takeovers. Other key contact Mårten Knuts particularly stands out for his expertise in high-end financial regulatory matters and related corporate governance issues.
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  • ‘Problem solving attitude as well as commitment and availability.’

  • ‘Ability to understand the big picture and the motives outside of laws and regulation, which may have an impact on the transaction/situation at hand, making it easier to find alternative solutions that may better suit the client.'

  • ‘Unique combination of academic and practical expertise’

  • ‘Joel Kanervo is without a doubt a rising star who I look forward to working with in the future.’

  • ‘Top notch experience and knowledge of the market and an extremely objective approach to all legal challenges with a unique business understanding.'

  • ‘Tom Fagernäs and Paul Raade make the capital markets & M&A team of this law office unique. Their knowledge, experience and business acumen allows them to provide to clients the advice that can make things happen.’

Kernmandanten

  • Sonae SGPS S.A.
  • Innofactor Plc
  • Sampo plc
  • Mandatum plc
  • Nordea bank plc
  • Nokia Corporation
  • Lamor Corporation
  • Carnegie Investment Bank
  • HKFoods Plc
  • Danske Bank

Highlight-Mandate

  • Acted as lead counsel for Sonae and the offeror on a recommended voluntary public tender offer for all the shares in Musti Group by a consortium led by Sonae and joined by Musti's Chairman of the Board, Member of the Board and CEO.
  • Acted as lead counsel for Sampo and Mandatum in a transaction in which Sampo sold certain of its assets, including its holding in Saxo Bank and Enento, to Mandatum Holding for an aggregate value of EUR 430 million.
  • Acted as lead counsel for Nordea Bank in four consecutive share buy-back programmes with an aggregate value of EUR 5.5 billion, of which the latest EUR 1bn programme was completed in February 2024.

Anwält*innen

Führende Partner*innen

Die stärksten Partner*innen ihres Praxisbereichs, die eine führende Rolle in signifikanten Mandaten einnehmen und weitreichende Anerkennung unter Wettbewerbern und Mandanten genießen.

Partner*innen der nächsten Generation

Juniorpartner*innen, die im Markt von Mandanten und Wettbewerbern anerkannt werden und in einigen Mandaten eine Schlüsselrolle einnehmen.

Praxisleitung

Tom Fagernäs

Weitere Kernanwält*innen

Mårten Knuts; Joel Kanervo; Paul Raade