KPMG Law in Finland’s M&A and corporate team is headed up by Juha Koivula and Kai Soini. Koivula is experienced in M&A, real estate portfolio transactions and financings as well as company and contract law and is engaged by software and IT companies and clients in the energy sector, while Soini specialises in group reorganisations, M&A and real estate development projects, in particular corporate, contract and real estate mandates.

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Testimonials

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  • 'KPMG's commercial team with legal affairs work well together. They have good knowledge about renewable markets to reach economically good and acceptable results.'
  • 'I think the services we have received from KPMG Law in Finland have been very good and the service is precise and they understand the customers needs.'
  • 'Kai Soini - legal work combined with economical aspects.'

Key clients

  • Cooperative Tradeka
  • Lumon Group
  • Finsilva Oyj
  • Dasos Capital
  • Tornator Oyj
  • Wärtsilä Plc
  • Fazer Group
  • Hartela Oy
  • Pohjola Rakennus Group
  • Novart Oy
  • Lujatalo Oy
  • Kojamo Oyj
  • Peab Oy
  • A-Lehdet Oy
  • EKE-Finance Oy
  • Wolt Enterprises Oy
  • Multitude SE
  • Cargotec Plc
  • Witted Megacorp Plc
  • Tamtron Plc
  • Svea Bank AB, Finnish branch
  • Y-Säätiö

Work highlights

  • Supported Sampo Plc with its strategic initiative to separate life insurance and asset management subsidiary group Mandatum from Sampo Group by way of partial demerger and further to list Mandatum Plc’s shares in Nasdaq Helsinki.
  • Acted as the legal adviser to the shareholders of Mezzoforte Oy, the company behind Huutokaupat.com, on the auction sale of the company to Vaaka Partners, a Finnish private equity investor.
  • Advised Finsilva Plc on entering into cooperation with Eolus Finland regarding the development of a portfolio of five onshore wind power projects located in Central Finland, with a potential for more than 600MW in total.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Juha Koivula, Kai Soini