Borenius

Chairman: Jyrki Tähtinen
Managing Partner: Casper Herler
Number of partners: 25
Number of lawyers: 120
Languages: Chinese, English, Finnish, French, German, Russian, Swedish

Firm Overview:
Borenius Attorneys Ltd is one of the largest leading law firms in Finland. The firm was established in 1911 and consists of over 200 employees in three jurisdictions. It provides an easy access to full-scale business law solutions in Finland, Russia (Borenius Attorneys Russia Ltd) and in New York in the US (Borenius Attorneys P.C.). Borenius provides services in all areas of law for corporate clients.

Main Areas of Practice:
Banking & Finance
Capital Markets
Commercial Contracts
Competition & Public Procurement
Corporate Advisory and Compliance
Corporate Crime
Dispute Resolution
Employment
Environment & Natural Resources
Financial Institutions & Regulations
Fund Formation & Investment Management
Intellectual Property
M&A & Private Equity
Real Estate & Construction
Restructuring & Insolvency
Tax
Technology, Media & Telecommunications

Banking & Finance:
Services cover the whole range of different financial instruments and products, including leverage finance, structured finance and debt capital market products.
Contact: Niina Nuottimäki Tel: +358 20 713 3506

Capital Markets:
Advises issuers, investors and arrangers on the whole spectrum of equity and debt offerings. Its takeover and public M&A practice as well as regulatory and issuer compliance advice is also renowned.
Contact: Juha Koponen Tel: +358 20 713 3285

Competition:
Complete range of competition law services, including work related to state aid notifications, cartel and dominance investigation as well as proceedings.
Contact: Ilkka Aalto-SetäläTel: +358 20 713 3545
Contact: Asko Lindqvist Tel: +358 20 713 3413

Corporate Advisory & Compliance:
Advises corporate governance, risk management and board liability for public and private companies including advice in public company transactions.
Contact: Andreas Doepel Tel: +358 20 713 3416

Dispute Resolution:
Full dispute resolution services covering all business sectors, including international arbitration, complex court proceedings and corporate crime cases.
Contact: Markus Kokko Tel: +358 20 713 3482
Contact: Kristiina Liljedahl Tel: +358 20 713 3464

Employment:
Services cover all sub-categories of employment law matters such as outsourcing, restructuring, dispute resolution, contract drafting, immigration, data protection and discrimination.
Contact: Jani Syrjänen Tel: +358 20 713 3565

Energy & Infrastructure:
Advises on energy transactions, energy regulation, EPC and other supply contracts in the field of energy production.
Contact: Ari Kaarakainen Tel: +358 20 713 3524
Contact: Christian Fogelholm Tel: +358 20 713 3519

Environment & Natural Resources:
Service covers all aspects of environment and natural resources.
Contact: Casper Herler Tel: +358 20 713 3288

Financial Institutions & Regulation:
Advises banks and other financial institutions on a wide range of regulatory and compliance issues covering e.g. banking, securities, derivatives, stock exchange and book-entry system matters as well as other financial products and fintech related questions.
Contact: Juha Koponen Tel: +358 20 713 3285
Contact: Niina Nuottimäki Tel: +358 20 713 3506

Fund Formation:
Extensive experience covering all areas of fund formation and investment management.
Contact: Paulus Hidén Tel: +358 20 713 3436

Intellectual Property:
Advises and represents clients in all aspects of intellectual property law, IP litigation and commercialisation of IP including a full service trademark and design right prosecution practice.
Contact: Ben Rapinoja Tel: +358 20 713 3424
Contact: Lasse Laaksonen Tel: +358 20 713 3521
Contact:Åsa Krook Tel: +358 20 713 3522

M&A:
One of the largest and most experienced M&A teams in Finland advising on all aspects of public and private mergers and acquisitions.
Contact: Jari VikiöTel: +358 20 713 3503
Contact: Jyrki Tähtinen Tel: +358 20 713 3411
Contact: Johannes Piha Tel: +358 20 713 3225
Contact: Johan Roman Tel: +358 20 713 3489

Private Equity:
Advises private equity firms, funds and management companies on all aspects and stages of investment and exit from those investments.
Contact: Jari VikiöTel: +358 20 713 3503
Contact: Johannes Piha Tel: +358 20 713 3225

Real Estate:
Advises domestic and international investors, real estate developers, construction companies and tenants/users in all aspects of real estate.
Contact: Christian Fogelholm Tel: +358 20 713 3519
Contact: Saara Paronen Tel: +358 20 713 3213
Contact: Ari Kaarakainen Tel: +358 20 713 3524

Restructuring/Insolvency:
Advises and represents clients in restructuring and insolvency issues and acts as administrators in bankruptcies and corporate restructurings.
Contact: Jyrki Tähtinen Tel: +358 20 713 3411

Tax:
Services cover all areas of tax law, with a main focus on M&A tax, international tax and tax litigation.
Contact: Janne Juusela Tel: +358 20 713 3431
Contact: Einari Karhu Tel: +358 20 713 3488
Contact: Heikki Wahlroos Tel: +358 20 713 3589

TMT:
Advises domestic and international clients in all aspects of TMT issues as well as in privacy and data protection.
Contact: Samuli Simojoki Tel: +358 20 713 3500