Tax

Borenius

Borenius’ full-service tax practice handles various kinds of tax matters spanning tax disputes, M&A and real estate-related tax work, VAT issues, indirect taxes and transfer pricing work. The department has specialist experts for transfer pricing and indirect tax mandates, and is also a member of the Taxand network. Co-head Einari Karhu advises on corporate taxes and has extensive experience in international tax matters and M&A structuring work, as well as tax litigation; while fellow co-head Heikki Wahlroos advises on domestic and international tax matters including corporate and personal income tax, M&A tax, and tax mandates relating to the private equity and venture capital sectors. Janne Juusela departed to Castrén & Snellman in January 2023.

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Testimonials

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‘The team's quality of work is always top, and we can trust their advice.’
‘Heikki Wahlroos is very professional and has a deep knowledge of tax issues relating to our quite complex private equity group structure. He can demonstrate complex issues in a practical way and is a great person to co-operate with.’
‘Heikki Wahlroos quickly understands the company's needs and answers questions posed to him with expertise, but understandably and quickly enough. He is willing to explain things in a way that best suits the situations and needs of each company.’
‘Proactive and thinks on behalf of us.’
'Einari Karhu and Sampo Viding are super easy to work with.'

Key clients

Nokian Tyres Plc
Suzano
CapMan Plc
Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing
Intera Partners Buyout Funds
Agnico Eagle
Aberdeen Standard Investments
Fortum Plc
Harvia Plc
Netflix, Inc.
Kemira Plc

Work highlights

Advised TA Associates on its acquisition of Epassi Group together with Warburg Pincus with respect to all Finnish tax matters arising during the acquisition.
Acted for a consortium of Finnish public companies in a tax dispute relating to dividend withholding taxation.
Advised Norvestor on its acquisition of majority ownership in Rantalainen.