
Our bright team
While each of our lawyers is specialised in one or more practice areas, they nevertheless develop and maintain professional knowledge in general business law. We train our lawyers to be exceptionally well-rounded practitioners in order to ensure that specialisation is achieved without sacrificing the important perspective of the generalist. Strict adherence to quality is reflected in the selection and training of our professionals.

Ville-Veikko Vänttinen

Practice Areas
Mergers and Acquisitions; Corporate and Commercial Law; Banking and Finance
Career and qualifications
Waselius & Wist 2018- (Associate), 2016 (Trainee), Trainee in other law firms (and at the Ministry of Justice) 2014-2016
Recent Publications
* Aviation news update – Fate of domestic flight routes post-COVID-19
* Structured finance and securitisation in Finland: overview
* ICLG: Securitisation 2020 – Finland
Selected experience:
* Advised LocalTapiola Finance in the private securitisation of a portfolio of auto HP contracts;
* Acquisition by One.com of Zoner Oy;
* Advised Santander in an EUR 650 million STS labelled securitisation of auto portfolio;
* Financing of the acquisition of Analyste by OpusCapita;
* Acquisition by Euronext of Ticker Software;
* Acquisition of Automatia Pankkiautomaatit Oy by Loomis AB;
* Advised Winance in connection with a bridge loan to Valoe Corporation;
* Acquisition of HRM Partners Oy by Hanken & SSE;
* Financing of AXA’s real estate portfolios;
* Acquisition of Gasmet Technologies Oy by Nederman Holding AB (publ.);
* Purchase of three Embraer E190 aircraft;
* Advised Santander in an EUR 799 million STS labelled securitisation of auto loans;
* Lease of aircraft engines;
* Acquisition of Coromatic by E.ON;
* Acquisition by Secto Automotive of OP Kulku;
* Waselius & Wist advised the winning tenderer Marfina S.L. in the public tender regarding the Vantaa City Bike System;
* Acquisition of Pro Lift Oy by Joab group;
* Handelsbanken and EVRY enter into a strategic agreement;
* Advised Santander Consumer Finance Oy in an auto-loan securitization transaction;
* Acquisition of VR Track by NRC Group;