Sanna Boow
Sanna Boow
Sanna specialises in funds management and financial services regulation. She has particular expertise in investment funds, asset and wealth management and financial markets, as well as on the establishment of retail investment funds and hedge funds. Sanna advises banks, investment firms, fund managers and other financial markets participants both in Finland and overseas on a wide range of issues within the financial services sector.
Sanna joined Hannes Snellman in 2018 from Chapman Tripp in Auckland. Sanna has also worked as a senior in-house counsel at Société Générale Private Banking in London, and as an associate in the asset management team at an international law firm, Norton Rose Fulbright in London.
References
Counsel to various UK based banks, fund managers and investment firms as well as Nordic and international entities on their Brexit planning in Finland and Sweden

Jari Tukiainen

Sanna Boow

Senni Mäki-Hallila
Counsel to various UK based investment firms and banks on applying for post-Brexit authorisation from the Finnish Financial Supervisory Authority.

Jari Tukiainen

Sanna Boow

Senni Mäki-Hallila

Pauliina Sutinen
Counsel to various alternative investment fund managers on Finnish and Swedish licencing applications and notification requirements, and assisted in their licence or notification processes with the Finnish and Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority

Jari Tukiainen

Sanna Boow

Senni Mäki-Hallila

Pauliina Sutinen
Counsel to UBS Europe SE in Finnish financial regulatory matters.

Jari Tukiainen

Sanna Boow

Senni Mäki-Hallila

Pauliina Sutinen
Parties
YIT Corporation, Ålandsbanken
Transaction
YIT and Ålandsbanken entered into an agreement to establish a joint venture company for housing investments
Deal Value
EUR 112 million
Role
Counsel to YIT Corporation

Tapio Teräkivi

Sten Olsson

Olli-Pekka Veranen

Sanna Boow

Karoliina Kyläkoski
Parties
Telia Company (Buyer), AinaGroup Oyj (Seller), AinaCom Oy (Target)
Transaction
Telia Company’s acquisition of AinaCom Oy from AinaGroup Oyj
Deal Value
Value not public
Role
Counsel to Telia Company

Heidi Haanpää

Outi Raitasuo

Riikka Kuha

Annakaisa Sutinen

Kaisa Himmanen

Jenni Heurlin

Sanna Boow

Mari Miettinen
Parties
Commonwealth Bank (Seller), Colonial First State Global Asset Management (Target), Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation (Buyer)
Transaction
Commonwealth Bank's sale of its global asset management business, Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFSGAM), to Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation
Deal Value
AUD 4.1 billion
Role
Counsel to Commonwealth Bank

Johan Aalto

Kati Punakallio

Sanna Boow

Jari Tukiainen

Toni Malminen
Counsel to alternative investment fund managers and investment firms on Finnish licencing applications and notification requirements, and assisted in their licence or notification processes with the Finnish Financial Supervisory Authority

Sanna Boow
Counsel to financial services providers on applications to, and negotiations with, regulators

Sanna Boow
Counsel to clients on anti-money laundering compliance

Sanna Boow
Publications
Education and Professional Background
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Counsel, Hannes Snellman Attorneys Ltd, Helsinki, 2018 –
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Senior Legal Adviser, Chapman Tripp, Auckland, 2013-2018
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Senior Legal Adviser, Société Générale Private Banking Hambros, London, 2011-2013
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Associate, Norton Rose Fullbright, London, 2005-2011
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Secondment, Norton Rose Fullbright (Middle East), Dubai, 2008
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Associate, Dittmar & Indrenius, Helsinki, 2001-2004
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Trained on the Bench, District Court of Kouvola, 2000-2001
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LL.M. in Corporate and Securities Law, University College London, 2005
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Master of Laws, University of Turku, 2000
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Erasmus exchange year, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium, 1997-1998