About

Provided by Waselius

Waselius' banking and finance department is a market leader on advising major international participants in the banking and finance sector in their cross-border dealings in Finland. The practice covers all aspects of banking and financing, such as bank and syndicated loan facilities, secured lending, acquisition financing, ABL transactions, securitisations, structured finance, project finance and cross-border leasing transactions, as well as asset financing for aircraft, real estate, vessels and other capital assets. Advising banks in refinancing/restructuring is an important part of this practice. The team excels in demanding cross-border scenarios and structuring of bespoke transactions. 


The banking and finance department is joint with the capital markets department, which enables lawyers in the practice to work seamlessly on finance and debt capital markets transactions and ensures that they are well versed in capital markets regulatory issues.


The department also routinely advises market participants on regulatory issues on establishment of and providing services by banks, investment firms, investment funds, insurance companies and intermediaries and other financial institutions as well as payment institutions, stock exchanges, settlement and payment systems and consumer lenders.

Chambers Review

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Banking & Finance - Finland

4
Band 4

What the Team is Known For

Waselius' team acts for lenders and borrowers on domestic and cross-border banking and finance transactions. The department has experience in acquisition finance and refinance deals. The lawyers offer expertise in securitisation mandates as well as regulatory topics.

Work Highlights

Provided by Waselius

  • Waselius advised Wells Fargo and other lenders on the Finnish law aspects of the structuring and setting up of a multi-jurisdictional receivables and inventory-based financing for CanPack.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Timo Lehtimäki
4
Timo Lehtimäki
Head of Banking & Finance
4
Band 4
Timo Lehtimäki has experience advising lenders and sponsors on acquisition finance and refinance mandates. He is adept at handling both domestic and cross-border matters.

Timo provides excellent advice with strong commercial awareness.

Ranked Lawyers at
Waselius

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Finland

Banking & Finance

Timo Lehtimäki
4
Timo Lehtimäki
Head of Banking & Finance
4
Band 4

Members

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Maria Lehtimäki

Head of Department

Olli Kiuru

Head of Department

Timo Lehtimäki

Timo Lehtimäki

Head of Department

Clients

Provided by Waselius

Alisa Bank

American Express

Ara Partners

BNP Paribas

Brocc Finance

Credit Suisse

Goldman Sachs

Morrow Bank

Nomura

P Capital Partners AB

Sixth Street Partners

Wells Fargo

Wells Fargo

Zurich Insurance Group