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Parties:
UrbanLight (joint venture between Alma Property Partners and Alea Partners)
Transaction:
Hannes Snellman acted as counsel to UrbanLight in the acquisition of a logistics property located in the Piispankylä area of Vantaa, near Helsinki Airport. The property comprises approximately 7,000 sqm of high-quality logistics space.
Deal Value:
Value not public
Role:
Counsel to UrbanLight
Prisma Properties AB, WasaGroup
Hannes Snellman acted as counsel to Prisma Properties AB in the acquisition of a new retail property in Ylivieska, Finland. The property comprises approximately 11,000 square metres of leasable space with an annual rental value of approximately EUR 1.5 million. The acquisition is being made through a forward funding structure together with Finnish project developer WasaGroup, at an underlying project value of EUR 20.5 million.
EUR 20.5 million
Counsel to Prisma Properties AB
SSAB, Danieli, SMS, NCC, and Peab
Hannes Snellman advised SSAB in its transformation project initiated with the decision to build a fossil-free mini-mill in Luleå, Sweden, including recent key technology contracts with Danieli (comprising two electric arc furnaces, secondary metallurgy, a caster and strip mill) and SMS (cold rolling complex), and contracts for planning and execution of building and civil engineering work with Peab and NCC for the cold mill complex and mini-mill sites extending over an area of 30 and 40 hectares, respectively.
Value:
The total mini-mill investment is estimated to amount to EUR 4.5 billion.
Counsel to SSAB
DevCo Partners, Vexve
Hannes Snellman advised DevCo Partners in EUR 521 million single-asset continuation fund transaction to support the next growth chapter of Vexve, a European leader in mission-critical valve solutions for energy infrastructure. The transaction provides DevCo with significant additional capital for the continued support of the long-term growth of Vexve within the accelerating energy transition space.
EUR 521 million
Counsel to DevCo Partners
LähiTapiola Asuntosijoitus Suomi Ky
Counsel to LähiTapiola Asuntosijoitus Suomi Ky in its arrangement for syndicated loan facilities for refinancing its modern residential portfolio of 34 assets located within the Helsinki region and Finnish growth centres
Counsel to LähiTapiola Asuntosijoitus Suomi Ky
LähiTapiola Asuntorahasto Prime Ky
Counsel to LähiTapiola Asuntorahasto Prime Ky in arrangement for refinancing of its residential portfolio comprising eight EU taxonomy compliant properties located in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area, Tampere and Jyväskylä
Counsel to LähiTapiola Asuntorahasto Prime Ky