Practice Areas: Banking and Finance; Capital Markets; Corporate and Commercial Law; Dispute Resolution; Mergers and Acquisitions; Energy Law; Intellectual Property and Information Technology; Labour Law; Real Property; Tax Law; Trade Law
Position: Founding Partner
Joined Firm: 1997
Education: University of Helsinki, LL.M. 1968; Trained on the Bench, 1972
Languages: Swedish, Finnish and English
Telephone: +358 (0)9 668 95234
Mobile: +358 (0)40 522 0589
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* Intended acquisition by leading personal care products company;
* Sale of Mondo Minerals by HgCapital;
* Acquisition by Ejendals AB of minority shareholders’ shares in Urho Viljanmaa Oy ;
* Divestment by BASF of its European starch business to Chemigate Oy;
* Divestment by Norwegian Property AS of Norgani Hotels AS to Pandox AB;
* Acquisition by Rynda Capital Partners Europe of the H20 Group;
* Divestment of Catella AB to Scribona;
* Acquisition by Geveko of Destia road marking services division;
* Acquisition by Icecapital Securities of the Finnish securities brokerage activities of Landsbanki Islands;
* Acquisition by Helo Group Oy of Tylö Group;
* Acquisition by Rockwood of Kemira Pigments Oy;
* Acquisition by Ejendals of Urho Viljanmaa Oy (Jalas);
* Acquisition by Banco Santander of GE Money Oy;
* Acquisition by Zimmer of its distribution activities in Finland from Oriola Oy
Jan Waselius has acted as Chairman, Sole Arbitrator, member of the Arbitral Tribunal and pleading counsel in numerous arbitration proceedings in Finland and abroad (including proceedings under the Rules of the Arbitration Institute of the Finnish Central Chamber of Commerce and the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce).
Jan Waselius has acted as counsel to a party in a large number of commercial disputes, liability litigations and disciplinary/administrative proceedings.
* Recommended as leading lawyer in the fields of Corporate/M&A and Dispute Resolution by Chambers Global
* Recommended as leading lawyer in the fields of Dispute resolution and Corporate/M&A by Chambers Europe
* Recommended as leading lawyer in the field of M&A by IFLR1000
* Recommended as leading lawyer in the fields of Banking and M&A by PLC Which Lawyer
* Recommended as leading lawyer in the fields of Capital Markets, Banking, M&A, Corporate Governance and Project Finance by the Euromoney Legal Experts
Partner (1997-); O.B.E. (Member Order of the British Empire), Knight of Dannebrogen (Denmark), Member Order of Oranje-Nassau (The Netherlands), Officer First Class of The Royal Order of the Polar Star (Sweden); Honorary Legal Adviser in Finland to a number of foreign governments; Member of the Board of Directors of several Anglo-American, European and Nordic corporations in Finland and abroad.
Roschier-Holmberg & Waselius, 1968-1997 (Partner 1970-1995, Senior Partner 1986-1995, of Counsel 1996-1997)