Bird & Bird’s real estate and infrastructure practice provides strategic guidance to multinationals, investors, and municipalities on significant real estate transactions, development projects, financings, and infrastructure matters. The team also handles the disposal of major property portfolios, including hospitals, healthcare facilities, rescue stations, and educational properties, and is particularly recognised for its expertise in real estate finance and landlord-tenant issues. Jaakko Hietala steers the group and focuses on complex real estate and infrastructure mandates, along with industrial development projects. Mikko Rajala has significant experience in assisting with development and construction projects.
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
- ‘The exceptionally diverse and dedicated team of professionals with superb expertise and knowledge on everything. The practice is also very hands-on, precise and provides to-the-point analyses. The team is very capable of identifying the business critical things and providing prompt counselling that is relevant to the business.’
- ‘The team is flexible and easy to collaborate with. Very approachable.’
- ‘Mikko Rajala is very competent and easy to work with.’
Key clients
- Hitachi Energy Finland Oy
- Terveystalo Oyj
- Pihlajalinna Oyj
- FinCap DC Corp Oy
- City of Oulu
- Urban Partners/Nrep
- Slättö Förvaltning AB
- Hoivatilat Oyj
- Merimieseläkekassa
- Real estate funds managed by Elite Alfred Berg
- Varte Oy
- Pelican Self Storage
- Holiday Club Resorts Oy
- St1 Sverige AB
- Government of Åland
- FRV
- Flexens Oy Ab
Work highlights
- Advised Hitachi Energy in Finland on €170m development project.
- Advised Seafarer’s Pension Fund (Merimieseläkekassa) on the sale of a residential real estate portfolio to the Swedish Slättö Core+ fund.
- Advised Terveystalo on a real estate arrangement.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Jaakko Hietala