Recent Deals

Sale and leaseback of Airbus A350 Aircraft

Waselius & Wist advised Nomura, Babcock & Brown as purchaser and lessor and BBAM Aircraft Management as arranger in the Finnish law aspects of the sale and leaseback of an Airbus A350 Aircraft with Finnair. Read more

Sale and leaseback of logistics center by Scania

Waselius & Wist advised Scania (as the seller and tenant) in the sale and leaseback of a newly constructed services and repair center for Scania trucks and buses. The buyer and lessor is an entity owned and controlled by Nordisk Renting.

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Waselius & Wist successfully represented Ascensia Diabetes Care Finland Oy

Waselius & Wist successfully represented Ascensia Diabetes Care Finland Oy in public procurement litigation in the Market Court relating to a major procurement by the Joint Municipal Authority of the East Savo Hospital District of blood glucose meters, test strips, lancing devices and lancets. Read more

Acquisition by Euronext of Ticker Software

Waselius & Wist advised Euronext in its acquisition of two digital compliance solutions in Finland: Ticker Software, a market leader in insider list management, and Sidonnaisuusrekisteri.fi, a liability register for Finnish municipalities. Read more

Venator issues USD 225 million Senior Secured Notes

Waselius & Wist represented the joint book-running managers and initial purchasers in the Finnish law aspects of offering of USD 225 million senior secured notes by Venator and related existing financing arrangements. The net proceeds from the offering are intended to be used to repay borrowings under the ABL facilities and for general corporate purposes. Read more

Refinancing of Loimua

Waselius & Wist represented certain financial institutions in the Finnish law aspects of the refinancing of Loimua Oy (formerly known as Elenia Heat) with bank facilities and private placement debt, resulting in the establishment of a long-term, sustainable common terms platform with seven-year bank debt, as well as 10, 12 and 14-year private placement tranches, alongside a revolving capex facility, and a general corporate purposes revolving credit facility. Read more

Advised NREP in office acquisition and residential development

Waselius & Wist advised Nordic Real Estate Partners (NREP) in a real estate development project including an acquisition of an office property in HMA and subsequent conversion of the same to residential use. Read more

Advised Winance in connection with a convertible note facility to Valoe Corporation

Waselius & Wist advised Winance as the lender in a Finnish law governed convertible note facility to a Finnish listed company, Valoe Corporation (Nasdaq: VALOE). Valoe Corporation is a Finnish technology company specialising in clean energy, especially photovoltaic solutions. Read more

Significant precedent regarding Directed Employee Share Issue before the Central Tax Board

Waselius & Wist successfully assisted a large international group in a significant tax ruling process, where the Finnish Central Tax Board published its precedent today. Read more

Acquisition of Automatia Pankkiautomaatit Oy by Loomis AB

Waselius & Wist advised Loomis AB in its acquisition of Automatia Pankkiautomaatit Oy from present owners Danske Bank, Nordea, and OP Financial Group. Automatia operates the largest ATM network in Finland, under the Otto brand, and also offers nationwide cash supply services for bank branches, night safes for retailers and a digital platform for operating instant payments. Loomis is an international company offering comprehensive solutions for cash handling primarily to banks and retailers. Read more