Tuomas Toivonen
Tuomas Toivonen
Tuomas advises clients on both loan and bond transactions, with particular focus on real estate, corporate, and project financing, acquisition finance and securitisation, as well as derivative instruments and regulatory issues.
Previously, Tuomas worked for Nordea Bank, and he has been involved in various demanding and highly complex financing transactions with both listed companies and private equity funds. He has also gained experience working closely with regulators and other financial institutions.
Furthermore, Tuomas has been strongly involved in Finnish legislation processes, representing the Finnish financing sector. For example, Tuomas acted as co-writer in drafting the recently introduced Finnish Bond Agency Act.
References
Parties:
Uponor Corporation (target), Georg Fischer Ltd (buyer)
Transaction:
Counsel to Uponor Corporation in the recommended public cash tender offer by Georg Fischer Ltd to purchase all of the issued and outstanding shares of Uponor Corporation.
Value:
EUR 2.1 billion
Role:
Counsel to Uponor Corporation

Mikko Heinonen

Klaus Ilmonen

Sonja Siggberg

Aki Salmela

Jon Termonen

Viola Karjalainen

Roope Sevón

Wilma Montonen

Mikko Huimala

Päivi Tammilehto

Helena Lamminen

Essi Ellman

Sofia Saarelainen

Annika Grönholm

Heikki Vesikansa

Jenni Parviainen

Isabella Kartila

Tuomas Toivonen

Melisa Göllü

Janika Vallila

Monika Parkkinen

Anni Nohteri
Parties:
Sanoma Corporation, Nordea Bank Abp
Transaction:
Counsel to Sanoma Corporation, a K12 learning service provider and cross-media company listed on Nasdaq Helsinki, in the issuance and listing of hybrid capital securities in the amount of EUR 150 million. Nordea Bank Abp acted as lead manager in the issue of the capital securities.
Value:
EUR 150 million
Role:
Counsel to Sanoma Corporation

Riikka Rannikko

Anniina Järvinen

Linnea Lehtonen

Roope Sevón

Tuomas Toivonen

Pauliina Sutinen
Parties
A consortium consisting of Security Trading, Fennogens Investments, Corbis, and Bain Capital (buyer), Caverion Oyj (Target)
Transaction
Counsel to the offeror consortium consisting of Security Trading, Fennogens Investments, Corbis, and Bain Capital in the recommended public cash tender offer for all shares in Caverion Oyj.
Deal value
EUR 955 million
Role
Counsel to the offeror consortium consisting of Security Trading, Fennogens Investments, Corbis, and Bain Capital

Mikko Heinonen

Klaus Ilmonen

Anniina Järvinen

Marcus Lehtinen

Aki Salmela

Tuire Kuronen

Riikka Kuha

Heikki Vesikansa

Harri Vehviläinen

Ilmari Mäkimattila

Stefan Stellato

Helena Lamminen

Laura Sainio

Tuomas Toivonen
Parties:
Esperi Care (target), Danske Bank, SEB, and Ilmarinen (majority owners), Triton (buyer)
Transaction:
Counsel to Esperi Care and its majority owners Danske Bank, SEB, and Ilmarinen in the acquisition of the majority of Esperi Care’s shares by Triton Smaller Mid Cap Fund II advised by Triton.
Deal Value:
Value not public.
Role:
Counsel to Esperi Care and its majority owners

Sten Olsson

Antti Nyberg (Alanko)

Annika Schauman

Tuomas Toivonen

Matias Moberg

Emmi Kantola

Heikki Vesikansa

Stefan Stellato

Jenni Heurlin
Parties
Angel Pond Holdings Corporation, MariaDB Corporation Ab
Transaction
Combination of Angel Pond Holdings Corporation and MariaDB Corporation Ab by way of a domestication merger and cross-border merger, and related transactions
Deal Value
USD 672 million (implied enterprise value of the combined company)
Role
Finnish counsel to Angel Pond Holdings Corporation

Tuire Kuronen

Agda Vähä-Piikkiö

Heidi Haanpää

Susanna Purovirta

Oliver Vesterlund

Joonas Vartia

Heikki Vesikansa

Harri Vehviläinen

Joakim Frände

Jesper Nevalainen

Liisa Vaaraniemi

Risto Ojakoski

Tuomas Toivonen

Hanna Lindberg
Parties
Altia Plc, Arcus ASA
Transaction
Merger of Altia Plc and Arcus ASA to form Anora Group
Deal value
Preliminary aggregated annual revenue EUR 640 million
Role
Lead counsel to Altia Plc

Sonja Siggberg

Klaus Ilmonen

Anniina Järvinen

Robert Gordin

Ebba Almén

Mikko Huimala

Essi Ellman

Jenni Heurlin

Peter Forsberg

Sarah Ek

Heikki Vesikansa

Harri Vehviläinen

Isabella Kartila

Markus Bremer

Tuomas Toivonen

Sami Niemi

Johanna Haltia-Tapio

Risto Ojakoski

Jenny Lundberg

Josephine Gjerstad Medina

Panu Siitonen

Sarita Schröder
Parties
Virala Acquisition Company Plc
Transaction
Hannes Snellman acted as legal counsel to Virala Acquisition Company Plc on its IPO and the listing of its Class C shares on the SPAC segment of the regulated market of Nasdaq Helsinki
Deal Value
EUR 107.5 million
Role
Counsel to Virala Acquisition Company Plc

Sonja Siggberg

Anniina Järvinen

Sofi Lehtinen

Linnea Lehtonen

Tommi Kovero

Annemari Rosi

Aki Salmela

Heikki Vesikansa

Stefan Stellato

Isabella Kartila

Piia Ahonen

Marika Sorsa

Antti Nyberg (Alanko)

Tuomas Toivonen

Johanna Haltia-Tapio
Parties
Local Tapiola Finance Ltd
Transaction
Local Tapiola Finance Ltd's issue of EUR 115,000,000 2-year senior unsecured floating rate notes
Deal Value
Value not public
Role
Counsel to Local Tapiola Finance Ltd

Tuomas Toivonen

Pauliina Sutinen

Sonja Siggberg

Annemari Rosi
Parties
Patrizia (Buyer), Ilmarinen Mutual Pension Insurance Company (Seller)
Transaction
Patrizia's acquisition of the Dixi office property with a total lettable area of approximately 14,300 sqm located in Helsinki Metropolitan Area (HMA) from Ilmarinen Mutual Pension Insurance Company
Deal Value
Value not public
Role
Counsel to Patrizia

Tapio Teräkivi

Tuuli Pikkarainen

Tuomas Toivonen

Sami Niemi
Parties
Schroder Nordic Real Estate Fund (Buyer), Genesta (Seller)
Transaction
Schroder Nordic Real Estate Fund's financing and acquisition of 11,230m² office building in Helsinki from Genesta, acting on behalf of Genesta Nordic Real Estate Fund II (GNRE Fund II)
Deal Value
Value not public
Role
Counsel to Schroder Nordic Real Estate Fund

Tapio Teräkivi

Katja Heikkinen

Noora Britschgi

Tuomas Toivonen
Rankings
- In 2015 Tuomas was listed by Legal500 among the 100 most influential and innovative in-house counsels in the Nordic countries.*
(*=rankings from prior to joining Hannes Snellman)
Education and Professional Background
- Counsel, Hannes Snellman 2018-
- Senior Legal Counsel, Nordea, 2012−2018
- Legal Counsel, Nordea, 2008−2012
- Associate Lawyer, Borenius Attorneys, 2006−2008
- Senior Financial Advisor, Housing Fund of Finland, 2002−2006
- Bench Trainee, the District Court of Turku, 2001−2002
- Master of Laws, University of Turku, 2000