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.
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Waselius advised Pollen Street Capital on the EUR200 million senior secured financing provided to Fundu.
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Waselius' clear strengths are its proactivity and its ability to find pragmatic solutions to complex problems.
The team is very proactive and gives very practical, good advice.
The law firm demonstrates technical excellence and a real understanding of the granular legal issues, with an ability to filter commercial dynamics through that context.
The team is very commercial and easy to deal with.
The lawyers have great market knowledge and are very pragmatic and solutions-focused.
Waselius' clear strengths are its proactivity and its ability to find pragmatic solutions to complex problems.
The team is very proactive and gives very practical, good advice.
The law firm demonstrates technical excellence and a real understanding of the granular legal issues, with an ability to filter commercial dynamics through that context.
The team is very commercial and easy to deal with.
The lawyers have great market knowledge and are very pragmatic and solutions-focused.
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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.
He is very clear and his communication is very good. He is very responsive and efficient.
He is easy to work with and straightforward.
He's very easy going and really puts the client's interest as the first priority. He is very knowledgeable.
Maria Lehtimäki enjoys a growing reputation in the Finnish market, and gains notable recognition for her expertise in receivables financing and securitisation mandates. She regularly advises on high-value and cross-border transactions.
Maria is a superb practitioner. She is always available, very personable and solutions-oriented.
Maria Lehtimäki's business perspective guides the proposals and solutions.
Maria is very responsive and collaborative. She finds practical solutions to problems.
She has an unparalleled will to fight the battles for her clients when its needed, but she's also extremely good at focusing on the issues that are important.
She has excellent legal and market expertise, an in-depth familiarity with cross-border financing structures and excellent responsiveness and negotiation skills.
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Maria Lehtimäki
Head of Department
Olli Kiuru
Head of Department
Head of Department
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