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Roschier‘s finance and restructuring team is reputed for its depth of experience in lending and debt capital markets transactional work and financial restructurings. The group is engaged by banks active in the Nordics, large Nordic corporates, and international and Nordic private equity, real estate, infrastructure and private debt investors. Areas of expertise include project financing transactions in relation to the energy sector, especially green energy project work, which is co-head Jonne Järvi’s specialty. Co-head Johannes Ahti advises on event-driven financings, refinancing issues, and financial restructurings with a focus on leveraged, corporate, real estate, and infrastructure finance mandates, and ‘excels within his areas of expertise’. Helena Viita focuses on finance and debt capital markets work, including acquisition finance transactions and securitisation matters.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘Expert level knowledge of the market.’
  • ‘Johannes Ahti excels within his areas of expertise.’

  • ‘The team has a good size and diverse capabilities. Good ability to leverage specialist experience from other teams when needed.’

  • ‘Johannes Ahti is very responsive and resourceful.’

Key clients

  • Nordea
  • OP Corporate Bank
  • SEB
  • Danske Bank
  • Nokia
  • Outokumpu
  • IK Partners
  • Blackstone
  • Taaleri Energia

Work highlights

  • Represented Danske Bank in the €2bn financing for S-Bank's purchase of Handelsbanken’s Finnish private customer, asset management and investment services operations.
  • Represented Hamburg Commercial Bank in the financing for a leading global investment company acquiring a large residential property portfolio.
  • Represented Nordic banks SEB and Nordea in a series of loan transactions for the large Finnish utility Helen and renewable energy investor Ålandsbanken Wind Power Fund to finance the acquisition and construction of four wind farms, comprising a total of 84 wind turbines with a joint capacity of 500MW.

Lawyers

Leading partners
The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.
Johannes Ahti
Partner Johannes Ahti has extensive experience in finance and debt capital markets transactions from acquisitions and other event-driven financing to refinancing and financial restructuring, with a focus on leveraged finance (including leveraged loans, direct lending, private debt and high-yield bonds), real assets debt (including real estate finance and infrastructure finance), corporate financing, and venture debt.
Helena Viita
Senior Advisor Helena Viita is specialized in banking & finance and insolvency & restructuring. Helena has extensive experience in a wide variety of finance and debt capital markets work, including real estate and acquisition finance, securitization transactions and financial restructurings. Helena also advises on financial regulatory, netting and derivatives.
Jonne Järvi
Jonne Järvi is a Partner and head of Roschier’s Finance & Restructuring practice in Helsinki. Jonne advises financial institutions, sponsors, and borrowers in a wide range of financing transactions, including project finance and real estate finance as well as corporate lending and financial restructuring. He has extensive experience from energy and infrastructure related financing and other large scale investment transactions.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Johannes Ahti, Jonne Järvi

Other key lawyers

Helena Viita