Iiris Ikkelä
Iiris Ikkelä
Iiris is part of Hannes Snellman’s Private M&A and Private Equity Practice in Stockholm, and she advises Nordic and international private equity and industrial clients on acquisitions, sales, restructurings, and joint ventures. She has worked on cross-border M&A transactions both in Finland and Sweden.
Iiris’ international experience includes working at Hannes Snellman’s Helsinki and Stockholm offices, studying at Stellenbosch University in South Africa, and completing a legal internship at the Düsseldorf office of one of the largest law firms in Germany.
References
Parties
KONE Corporation, Motala Hissar AB, Aritco Group AB
Transaction
Counsel to global elevator and escalator provider KONE Corporation and its subsidiary KONE Aktiebolag in the divestment of Motala Hissar AB to Aritco Group AB, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Investment AB Latour (publ).
Deal Value
Value not public
Role
Counsel to KONE Corporation
Claes Kjellberg
Johanna Wärnberg
Jonas Sjöberg
Iiris Ikkelä
Peter Forsberg
David Olander
Jenny Lundberg
Parties
Abracon LLC (a portfolio company of The Riverside Company) as Buyer and the selling shareholders of ProAnt AB as sellers
Transaction
Advisng The Riverside Company and its portfolio company Abracon LLC on the acquisition of Proant AB and Proant Asia Limited
Deal Value
Value not public
Role
Advisor to Private Equity Sponsor Riverside and its portfolio company Abracon LLC
Mikael Klang
Iiris Ikkelä
Douglas Essehorn
Alexander Lindqvist
Jenny Lundberg
Josephine Lindgren
Anna Ribenfors
Parties
Cerberus, Koch, and PQ Performance Chemicals
Transaction
Cerberus and Koch to Acquire PQ Performance Chemicals
Deal Value
The purchase price amounted to approximately USD 1.1 billion
Role
Swedish counsel to Cerberus and Koch
Claes Kjellberg
Alexander Lindqvist
Andreas Wingren
Anna Bergström
Iiris Ikkelä
Jonas Sjöberg
Josephine Lindgren
Parties
Charles River Laboratories International, Inc., Cognate BioServices, Inc. Cobra Biologics
Transaction
Swedish counsel to Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. in the acquisition of Cognate BioServices, Inc,. including its Swedish and British subsidiaries Cobra Biologics.
Deal value
The purchase price amounted approximately USD 875 million.
Role
Counsel to Charles River Laboratories International, Inc.
Richard Åkerman
Nicole Jerad
Douglas Essehorn
Iiris Ikkelä
Jenny Lundberg
Elisabeth Vestin
Parties
AURELIUS Equity Opportunities SE & Co. KGaA, Conaxess Trade Sweden AB, Movement Group Nordic AB
Transaction
AURELIUS Equity Opportunities SE & Co. KGaA and its portfolio company Conaxess Trade Sweden AB in the acquisition of Movement Group Nordic AB
Deal Value
Value not public
Role
Counsel to AURELIUS Equity Opportunities SE & Co. KGaA and its portfolio company Conaxess Trade Sweden AB
Mikael Klang
Miklos Kovacs Kal
Nicole Jerad
Iiris Ikkelä
Josephine Lindgren
David Smith
Peter Forsberg
David Olander
Parties
Fortum Recharge AS, Infracapital, Fortum
Transaction
Infracapital in the acquisition of 63% of Fortum Recharge AS with subsidiaries.
Deal Value
Value not public
Role
Swedish and Finnish counsel to Infracapital
Johanna Wärnberg
Outi Raitasuo
Kati Punakallio
Douglas Essehorn
Iiris Ikkelä
Satu Kokko
Elisabeth Vestin
Caroline Sundberg
Jessica Tressfeldt
Jenny Lundberg
Parties
Cherry Ventures Management GmbH (Buyer), Chief Chief Technologies Oy/Speechgrinder (Target)
Transaction
Counsel to Cherry Ventures Management GmbH in its investment and purchase of shares in Chief Chief Technologies Oy/Speechgrinder, a developer of voice technology software and application programming interface
Deal Value
Value not public
Role
Counsel to Cherry Ventures Management GmbH
Tuire Kuronen
Iiris Ikkelä
Tero Pikkarainen
Parties
Precast Holding Oy (Buyer), Elematic HoldCo Oy (Seller), Elematic Oyj (Target), Nordic Trustee (as bonds trustee appointed by Elematic’s
Transaction
Restructuring of ownership and financing structure of Elematic Oyj
Deal Value
Value not public
Role
Counsel to Nordic Trustee
Heidi Haanpää
Henrik Mattson
Heikki Vesikansa
Janne Veneranta
Iiris Ikkelä
Lauri Marjamäki
Stefan Stellato
Senni Mäki-Hallila
Parties
Nexit Ventures (Seller), Ekahau, Inc. (Target), Ookla (Buyer)
Transaction
Nexit Ventures' sale of shares of Ekahau to Ookla
Deal Value
Value not public
Role
Counsel for Nexit Ventures and Ekahau, Inc.
Tuire Kuronen
Iiris Ikkelä
Heikki Vesikansa
Johanna Haltia-Tapio
Parties
The State of Finland (seller), Altia Plc (target)
Transaction
Altia Plc’s IPO and listing on the official list of Nasdaq Helsinki
Deal Value
Over EUR 270 million
Role
Counsel to Altia Plc
Sonja Siggberg
Markus Bremer
Anniina Järvinen
Annemari Rosi
Lauri Marjamäki
Iiris Ikkelä
Matias Moberg
Anna Räty
Parties
Sitowise Group Oyj, Infracontrol AB
Transaction
Sitowise Group Oyj’s acquisition of Infracontrol AB
Deal Value
Value not public
Role
Counsel to Sitowise
Mikael Klang
Iiris Ikkelä
Douglas Essehorn
Alexander Lindqvist
Jenny Lundberg
Josephine Lindgren
Anna Ribenfors
Memberships and Positions of Trust
- Member of the Association of Finnish Lawyers
- Member of AIJA – the International Association of Young Lawyers
Education and Professional Background
- Legal Counsel (Secondee), Eltel Networks, Stockholm, 2020
- Associate, Hannes Snellman, Stockholm, 2019
- Associate, Hannes Snellman, Helsinki, 2017
- Stellenbosch University, South Africa, 2017
- Master of Laws, University of Helsinki, 2017
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