The finance and financial regulation team at Bird & Bird advises a wide range of clients, including local and multinational banks, and Finnish and international private equity firms, on several financial regulatory matters, with a main focus on payment issues. In addition to payment-related regulation, the practice group also assists clients with anti-money laundry regulations, sanctions issues, and banking regulation mandates. Jori Taipale co-heads the team and has over 25 years of experience in financing and related insolvency and M&A transactions. Other key individual and fellow team co-head Kristiina Lehvilä leverages her background as an in-house banking lawyer to advise clients on a range of financing transactions and financial regulatory matters.
Key clients
- S-Bank Plc (S-Pankki Oyj)
- Elisa Corporation
- Valoo Oy
- Asuntosalkku Oyj
- Hitachi Energy Finland Oy
- Swappie Oy
Work highlights
- Advising S-Bank Plc on the acquisition of the Finnish private customer, asset management and investment services operations of Svenska Handelsbanken AB.
- Advising Elisa Oyj in relation to a EUR 170,000,000 sustainability linked revolving credit facility loan agreement (RCF) with a maturity of five years from an international lender group.
- Acting as advisors for Hitachi Energy Finland Oy in an EUR 170,000,000 financing of a new modern production and technology campus of approximately 30,000 sqm being built for Hitachi Energy in the Vikby industrial area in the Mustasaari Vaasa region.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Kristiina Lehvilä, Jori Taipale