Archives for Mergers and Acquisitions:

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.

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.

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 Arbitron Inc. in its acquisition of Zokem Oy, a Finnish mobile audience measurement and analytics firm.

For more information, please contact Mr. Mikko Eerola.

Waselius & Wist represented HgCapital, a British private equity investor, in the Finnish aspects of the intended sale of Mondo Minerals to Advent International Corporation. The sale is still subject to approval by Mondo’s works council. Mondo Minerals is a leading global talc mining and processing company. 

For more information, please contact Mr. Jan Waselius or Mr. Niklas Thibblin.

Waselius & Wist represented Syntagma Capital, a Belgian investment company, in the Finnish legal aspects of the acquisition by Syntagma Capital of Tyco International’s fire and safety entities. For more information, please contact Mr. Lauri Peltola.

Waselius & Wist represented Visma group and its owner, HgCapital, in the Finnish aspects of the acquisition by KKR of 76.9% of the Visma group. The share purchase agreement values Visma group at an enterprise value of approximately NOK 11.3 billion and the completion of the transaction is expected to take place later this year.

For more information, please contact Mr. Lauri Peltola or Mr. Christoffer Waselius.

Waselius & Wist represented Triton as to Finnish law in its acquisition of Bar, Bright Bar and Tube and Ring divisions of Ovako Group, a major steel producer. The Group’s Wire division was not included in the acquisition. The acquired businesses include 12 production sites primarily in Finland and Sweden as well as support functions in Europe and North America.

For more information, please contact Mr. Lauri Peltola or Mr. Mikko Eerola.