Sten Olsson
Asianajotoimisto White & Case Oy
Asianajotoimisto White & Case Oy
Client SatisfactionWith expertise in complex, cross-border transactions, Asianajotoimisto White & Case Oy has extensive experience in structuring and executing domestic and cross-border M&A, demergers, leveraged buy-outs, joint ventures and equity investments across the full range of sectors. Timo Airisto heads up the department and advises international and local clients on cross-border corporate transactions including public tender offers and M&A. The ‘extremely impressive’ Victor Åberg focuses on private equity acquisitions and has advised on a broad range of complex cross-border corporate transactions. The practice also gained the expertise on Sten Olsson in early 2024, who joined from Hannes Snellman (Finland), while Janko Lindros departed to Borenius in mid-2023.
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Testimonials
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- ‘Victor Åberg is an outstanding lawyer. He has never wavered to help on anything that came up, diligently leading workstreams and coming up with new and differentiated ideas.’
‘Seamless integration across international and local teams. They have made a huge effort to understand and adapt to our needs as an institution and therefore have become indispensable partners. Highly collaborative approach and an excellent balance between risk management and commercial effectiveness.’
‘Victor Åberg is an extremely impressive lawyer, with deep subject matter expertise and a highly collaborative and client centric approach. He is highly proactive and has made the effort to build a deep reservoir of knowledge around our portfolio company and us as an institution, meaning he feels like part of our extended team and is extremely efficient and a pleasure to work with.’
‘Victor Åberg is an excellent lawyer with broad experience of international transactions, which really makes a difference. Very high service level and provides useful advice.'
Key clients
- Ahlstrom-Munksjö
- Alder
- Bertin Technologies (backed by FCDE)
- Blackstone
- BNP Paribas Asset Management
- BNP Paribas Real Estate Investment Management
- Bregal Milestone
- DNV
- Ensto Building Systems
- Epassi
- Euroports
- Evolver Equity
- F-Secure Corporation
- Georg Fischer
- Goldman Sachs
- Hexatronic Group
- Huhtamaki
- Kemira
- Legrand
- M&G European Living Holding S.á r.l.
- Mubadala
- Neste
- Nexans
- Nordic BIM Group
- Norvestor
- Solidium
- Sponda
- Stora Enso
- Supercell
- Triton
- UPM Kymmene
- Valmet
- VALOREM
Work highlights
- Advised Georg Fischer on its €2.1bn voluntary recommended public cash tender offer for all the issued and outstanding shares in Uponor.
- Advised DNV on its voluntary recommended cash tender offer for all the issued and outstanding shares and stock options in Nixu.
- Advised Bregal Milestone and other shareholders on the sale of Epassi Group Oy to a consortium consisting of TA Associates and Warburg Pincus.
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Practice head
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Timo Airisto