Bird & Bird
Bird & Bird‘s wide array of real estate advice encompasses major transactions, large-scale development projects, financing work and development projects, acting for a client roster which includes multinationals, investors and municipalities. Jaakko Hietala heads up the real estate team and has in-depth experience in complex real estate and infrastructure mandates, corporate work and contentious matters. With expertise in matters involving fossil-based fuels and infrastructure elements as well as knowledge of the renewable energy space, Laura Huomo leads the energy and utilities team.
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Testimonials
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‘The team is extremely collaborative.’
‘Laura Huomo is well networked and understands our business well.’
‘The team members are approachable and pleasant. The team works quickly and professionally. Special thanks to Tuukka Korhonen, who understands customer needs very well and is proactive.’
‘Tuukka Korhonen is a real professional and carries out the assignments with diligence and has a high understanding of the market.’
‘The team works very flexibly and professionally; they also take commercial conditions into account.’
Key clients
- NREP
- City of Oulu
- City of Jyväskylä
- Slättö Förvaltning AB
- Hoivatilat Oyj
- Merimieseläkekassa (Seafarer’s Pension Fund)
- Real estate funds managed by Elite Alfred Berg
- Varte Oy
- Pelican Self Storage
- St1
- P2X Solutions Oy
- Gasgrid Finland Oy
Work highlights
- Advised the City of Oulu in a €165m sale of a significant public use property portfolio to eQ Community Properties Fund. The portfolio consists of six healthcare properties, including the city hospital, as well as two major parking facility properties.
- Advised the City of Jyväskylä on a €84m sale of a significant social infrastructure portfolio to the Nordic infrastructure investor Infranode. The portfolio consists of 13 social and healthcare service facilities and their respective plots.
- Advising Åland Island’s Regional Government regarding projects and questions related to enabling the establishment of offshore wind power and competitive tendering of use rights to sea areas in the North Sea on Åland.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Jaakko Hietala, Laura Huomo