Waselius & Wist represents one of the world’s largest companies in personal care products in the Finnish aspects of its intended acquisition of the European wide business of its competitor.
Value: in excess of EUR 1 billion
For more information, please contact Mr. Jan Waselius or Ms. Lotta Pohjanpalo.
Mikko Eerola has been appointed new managing partner of Waselius & Wist as of 1 January 2012. Mikko will replace Tarja Wist, who has served as Managing Partner since the establishment of the firm in 1997. Tarja continues active client work and as member of the Board.
Mikko joined Waselius & Wist in 1998 and was appointed partner in 2004. Mikko’s main areas of practice are M&A and EU and competition, in which areas he is ranked among the leading practitioners in Finland.
Mikko will continue to develop the firm as a client-focused, high-quality Finnish business law firm that attracts the best legal talents and takes pride in assisting the most demanding clients.
“I very much look forward to taking up my new role. I am sure that with the help of all of us we continue to develop the firm in what we believe constitutes a key in successfully providing legal services in the years ahead: focusing on quality, professionalism and commitment in whatever we do”, Mikko comments on his appointment.
Jan Waselius, the senior partner and co-founder of Waselius & Wist is confident: “Mikko has been with our firm nearly from the beginning of its establishment. He has shown strong entrepreneurial skills and is well regarded by clients and his peers. We are all very grateful that he has accepted the role as the firm’s new managing partner and are confident that he will lead the firm in the right direction and that the firm will continue to develop and prosper under his regime. I feel that the management of the firm has been transferred into good and capable new hands”.
Jan Waselius continues: “I would like to express the firm’s special thanks to Tarja and her tireless and valuable work not only in holding the position of the firm’s managing partner for an exceptionally long time but also in developing and building up the firm’s administrative, management and reporting systems from virtually scratch. The significance of Tarja’s work will benefit the firm for a long time to come and will form an excellent basis for Mikko to take over and to start implementing his views on taking the firm further”.
Waselius & Wist represented the Arranger, Barclays Capital, and the Dealers, Barclays Capital, Danske Bank, Handelsbanken, ING Bank, Nordea Bank and Pohjola Bank plc in Fingrid Oyj’s EMTN Debt Issuance Programme of 2012.
Value: EUR 1,500,000,000
For more information, please contact Mr. Lauri Peltola or Mr. Timo Lehtimäki.
Waselius & Wist represented Swissport International and Swissport Finland Oy in the acquisition by Swissport Finland Oy of the ground handling business operations of Barona Handling Oy.
For more information, please contact Mr. Mikko Eerola.
Waselius & Wist represented Avelon Autotrans Oy in the acquisition by SE Mäkinen Logistics Oy of the vehicle transportation business of Avelon Autotrans Oy.
For more information, please contact Mr. Mikko Eerola.
Waselius & Wist represented John Nurminen Prima Group B.V. and John Nurminen Oy in the acquisition by Crown Worldwide Group of John Nurminen Prima Group.
For more information, please contact Mr. Mikko Eerola.
Tanja Jussila has been elected President of AIJA (International Association of Young Lawyers). Tanja is the first Finnish President in the association’s 50-year history.
Tanja Jussila has been a member of AIJA since 2000. In 2003-2006, Tanja was the National Representative of Finland. During 2005-2008 Tanja was Vice-president of the Litigation Commission and 2008-2010 President of the Litigation Commission, after which she was elected Vice-president of AIJA in 2010 continuing as President during 2011-2012.
AIJA, founded in 1962, is a global association devoted to lawyers and in-house counsels aged 45 and younger. The aim of the association is to promote professional cooperation and friendship among career building legal professionals around the world through a wide range of meetings and seminars.
Waselius & Wist represents the syndicate of lending banks in the bankruptcy of Elcoteq, a company listed on Nasdaq OMX Helsinki.
For more information please contact Mr. Lauri Peltola or Mr. Timo Lehtimäki.
Waselius & Wist represented Avelon Autologistics Oy in the acquisition by Assistor Oy of the technical services business of Avelon Autologistics Oy.
For more information, please contact Mr. Mikko Eerola.
Waselius & Wist represented the syndicate of lending banks as Tikkurila Oyj signed a long-term club loan of €180M with the banks.
For more information please contact Mr. Lauri Peltola.