Tax

Hannes Snellman (Finland)

Hannes Snellman (Finland) represents clients in high-profile tax disputes and provides tax advice on public and private M&A deals, capital markets transactions, incentive schemes, private equity and venture capital work, and other types of investment funds. The team has particular expertise in indirect taxation, private wealth tax, and transfer pricing issues. Heikki Vesikansa heads up the tax practice and advises on transactional tax structuring and tax planning work as well as tax litigation. Piia Ahonen leads the firm’s VAT and other indirect tax practice; she is a renowned expert in indirect taxation and advises Finnish and international clients in the automotive, real estate, retail and energy sectors.

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Testimonials

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‘Heikki Vesikansa is easy to approach, friendly and vast knowledge.’
‘Excellent tax knowledge, commercially applied with a good understanding of trusts for a non-trust jurisdiction.’
‘Expert advice, great service, pleasant people. Partners Joakim Frande and Heikki Vesikansa stand out, as does associate Stefan Stellato.’
‘Very solid practice group with good experts in important niche areas, such as individual taxation etc.’
‘Heikki Vesikansa is a real star of the Finnish tax consultancy market - seasoned professional with a good team supporting him.'
'Joakim Frande is great in taxation of individuals.'
'Stefan Stellato has deep knowledge of international tax matters and provides very logical and clear advice.’

Key clients

Ahlstrom Plc
Myrsky Energia Oy
YIT Plc
Caverion Plc
Fiskars Plc
Orange Capital Partners
Quadoro
Areim AB
Smartly.io
Virala Oy Ab
Valmet Plc
Slättö Core Plus AB
Ilmarinen Mutual Pension Insurance Company
Kesko Oyj
Metso Plc
A. Ahlström Oy
Uponor Plc
United Bankers

Work highlights

Acted as counsel to the offeror consortium consisting of Security Trading, Fennogens Investments, Corbis, and Bain Capital on the recommended public cash tender offer for all shares in Caverion Oyj.
Acted as legal adviser to Myrsky Energia on the formation of a joint venture with Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) concerning the investment and development of 1.8GW portfolio of onshore wind power in Finland.
Acted as adviser to United Bankers’ UB Timberland Fund (AIF) which agreed to acquire Taaleri Forest Fund III LP.

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