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Waselius & Wist represented Mediq N.V. in the acquisition of Oriola-KD Corporation’s Healthcare Trade Business.

Value: EUR 85,000,000

For more information, please contact Mr. Lauri Peltola.

Waselius & Wist represented AB SkandiaTransport in the divestment of its waggon maintenance operations to EuroMaint Rail AB.

For more information, please contact Mr. Mikko Eerola.

Waselius & Wist represented the Senior Lenders in the restructuring of Paroc, a leading manufacturer of stone wool insulation materials and solutions, pursuant to which the Senior Lenders took a 87.5 % equity position in the company and the company’s indebtedness was simultaneously substantially reduced.

For more information, please contact Mr. Lauri Peltola.

Waselius & Wist represented the Arrangers and Dealers, Barclays Bank, Danske Bank, Commerzbank, ING Bank, Nordea Bank and Handelsbanken in Fingrid Oyj’s EMTN Debt Issuance Programme of 2009.

Value: EUR 1,500,000,000

For more information, please contact Mr. Lauri Peltola.

Waselius & Wist represented the syndicate of lending banks in the EUR 100,000,000 Multi-currency Revolving Bridge Facility signed by Elcoteq SE.

For more information, please contact Mr. Lauri Peltola.

Waselius & Wist represented Thomson Reuters in its acquisition of Hugin Investor Relations Services Ab as a part of the acquisition of Hugin Group B.V., the leading pan-European provider of investor relations and press distribution services, from NYSE Euronext.

For more information, please contact Mr. Lauri Peltola.

Waselius & Wist represented Avelon Group Oy in the divestment of its Danish transport operations, conducted through Skandia Transport A/S, to Scandinavian Motortransport AB.

For more information, please contact Mr. Mikko Eerola.

Bernt Juthström, an experienced and well recognised IPR lawyer, will join Waselius & Wist as of 1 September. Bernt Juthström is since 2007 a Senior IPR Legal Counsel with Nokia Corporation. Before joining Nokia Corporation, Bernt Juthström was a partner of Roschier’s Technology Group.

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Waselius & Wist represented the Lenders, including Nordea, Pohjola Bank, SEB, BNP Paribas, Sampo Bank and DnB NORD when Ahlstrom entered into a Multi-currency Revolving Credit Facility agreement for the amount of EUR 200 000 000 with six relationship banks.

For more information, please contact Mr. Lauri Peltola.

Waselius & Wist represented the Lenders including Bank of America, Barclays Capital, Nordea Bank Finland, BNP Paribas, Calyon, Citigroup and J.P. Morgan in the EUR 2,000,000,000 Multi-currency Revolving Credit Facility signed by Nokia Siemens Networks.

For more information, please contact Mr. Lauri Peltola or Mr. Tom Fagernäs.