Tax

Borenius

Borenius‘ practice is well placed to handle a wide range of tax matters, including tax disputes, M&A transactions, real estate tax work, indirect taxes and transfer pricing mandates. The team stands out as a key choice for domestic and international clients, including blue-chip corporations and private equity houses, seeking advice on all facets of tax issues. The team is jointly headed up by the duo of Einari Karhu and Heikki Wahlroos; Karhu provides counsel on corporate taxes, international tax matters and M&A structuring work, while Wahlroos has notable expertise in corporate and personal income taxation issues, with a strong focus on the private equity and venture capital sectors. Henna Jovio specialises in VAT, excise duties, and customs disputes.

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Testimonials

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‘Good cooperation with other practice areas within the firm.’
‘In addition to great technical competence, Einari Karhu is business-minded and maintains a solution-oriented approach to complex tax matters.’
‘Availability, reaction and response time, deliverables with high quality responses to client's business needs.’
‘People and collaboration are the strengths of Borenius. Their technical knowledge is sound, and they collaborate well in teams with each other and with us as their client.’
‘Strategic goal thinking taking into account the whole legal process and the target in the end.’
‘Heikki Wahlroos - understands customer's views and business targets and can adapt legal solutions to be aligned with their needs. Strategic thinker. Henna Jovio - deep knowledge, serves business needs very well.’
‘This is a firm that has a deep knowledge and a fantastic technical expertise, as well as ruling requests and in general issues. They are proactive, client-oriented, quick to react to any question and pedagogical in their explanations.’

Key clients

Nokian Tyres plc
CapMan Plc
Intera Partners Buyout Funds
Agnico Eagle
Aberdeen Standard Investments
Harvia Plc
Netflix, Inc.
Kemira Plc
Sanoma plc
Mandatum plc
Vaaka Partners Buyout Funds
Versowood Oy

Work highlights

Advised InfraRed Capital Partners on its first investment in the Finnish market, made in geothermal system provider Voltan Lähienergia with total managed assets of $13bn.
Advised Davie on its acquisition of the business of Helsinki Shipyard Oy.
Assisted M-Files Corporation and its shareholders with a majority recapitalisation investment led by Haveli Investments, an Austin, TX-based technology-focused private equity firm, and Bregal Milestone, a European software private equity firm.