Valerie Wårvik
Valerie Wårvik
Valerie advises clients on all types of financing transactions, including acquisition finance, real estate finance, project finance, as well as restructuring and refinancing. Valerie also has extensive experience in advising on energy and infrastructure related financing transactions with a particular focus on renewable energy.
Valerie joined Hannes Snellman as a trainee in May 2018 and was appointed as an associate in June 2019. During her studies at the University of Turku, Valerie spent a semester at Umeå University in Sweden.
Professional.
IFLR1000 | 2023
References
Counsel to Aareal Bank in arranging a senior secured financing for NREP’s Noli Studios co-living premises in the Herttoniemi residential area of Helsinki.

Antti Nyberg (Alanko)

Heikki Majamaa

Valerie Wårvik

Tiia Mäki
Parties:
Myrsky Energia, Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP)
Transaction:
Counsel to Myrsky Energia in the formation of a joint venture with Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) concerning the investment and development of 1.8 GW portfolio of onshore wind power in Finland.
Value:
EUR 2.3 billion
Role:
Counsel to Myrsky Energia

Tapio Teräkivi

Maria Landtman

Heidi Haanpää

Markus Bremer

Heikki Vesikansa

Katja Heikkinen

Harri Vehviläinen

Marjaana Martikainen

Janne Veneranta

Valerie Wårvik

Tero Pikkarainen

Alisa Ainonen

Isabella Kartila

Otto Koskinen

Salla Mäki

Liisa Veckman

Nora Mansikka
Counsel to lender in the financing and refinancing of the acquisition of the landmark office property Bulevardi 2 located in Central Helsinki.

Antti Nyberg (Alanko)

Valerie Wårvik

Tiia Mäki
Counsel to Exilion in the Construction and Financing of Isokangas and Palokangas Wind Farms. The projects will be constructed in Ii in northern Ostrobothnia, Finland, and will have an aggregate capacity of 100MW. The estimated yearly production of the two wind farms will be around 320,000 MWh. Our team advised Exilion in respect of negotiating turbine supply and services, balance of plant and financing agreements.

Maria Landtman

Katja Perätalo

Heikki Majamaa

Janne Veneranta

Katja Heikkinen

Valerie Wårvik

Julia Ranta

Tiia Mäki
Parties
Orange Capital Partners (Buyer), Starwood Capital Group and Avara Oy (Sellers)
Transaction
Hannes Snellman acted as counsel to Orange Capital Partners in the acquisition of a residential portfolio of 2,200 apartments located across 16 cities from Starwood Capital Group and Avara Oy
Deal Value
Value not public
Role
Counsel to Orange Capital Partners

Tapio Teräkivi

Heikki Vesikansa

Antti Nyberg (Alanko)

Tuomas Koivuniemi

Jenni Parviainen

Janne Veneranta

Valerie Wårvik

Isabella Kartila

Noora Christiansen

Mikael Wood

Sofia Ampuja

Rauli Elenius

Alisa Ainonen

Paavo Romakkaniemi

Essi Peltoniemi

Anniina Somppi

Axel Hård af Segerstad

Veera Heiskanen

Viivi Vikberg

Salla Mäki

Tiia Mäki

Victoria Reiter

Liisa Veckman

Vivi Jaatinen

Janita Stenroos
Parties:
CapMan Real Estate (buyer), Goldman Sachs Asset Management and Cromwell Property Group (sellers)
Transaction:
The acquisition and financing of an office property portfolio from Goldman Sachs Asset Management and Cromwell Property Group.
Deal Value:
Value not public
Role:
Counsel to CapMan Real Estate.

Matti Lajunen

Antti Nyberg (Alanko)

Rauli Elenius

Valerie Wårvik

Panu Vikberg

Paavo Romakkaniemi
Parties
Orange Capital Partners and another global investor (Buyers), Morgan Stanley (Seller)
Transaction
Orange Capital Partners' and another global investor's acquisition of a residential portfolio with 37 assets and 1,900 apartments from Morgan Stanley
Deal Value
Value not public
Role
Counsel to Orange Capital Partners and another global investor

Tapio Teräkivi

Heikki Vesikansa

Marjaana Martikainen

Jenni Parviainen

Janne Veneranta

Valerie Wårvik

Isabella Kartila

Noora Christiansen

Marika Sorsa

Minna Juhola

Mikael Wood

Sofia Ampuja

Julia Ranta

Anniina Somppi

Tiia Mäki

Salla Mäki

Janita Stenroos
Parties
YIT
Transaction
Issue of two EUR 100 million green bonds and EUR 100 million green capital securities by YIT Oyj
Deal Value
EUR 300 million
Role
Counsel to YIT

Markus Bremer

Jon Termonen

Janne Veneranta

Valerie Wårvik

Linnea Lehtonen
Parties
Areim (Buyer), Assai Commercial Oy (Seller), Office and retail property (Target)
Transaction
Areim's acquisition of an office and retail property, located in Helsinki at Hämeentie 31
Deal Value
Value not public
Role
Counsel to Areim

Tapio Teräkivi

Katja Heikkinen

Panu Vikberg

Antti Nyberg (Alanko)

Valerie Wårvik

Marika Sorsa
Parties
BlackRock Real Assets (Buyer), Green Horizon Renewables a.s. and other minority investors (Sellers), Mikana portfolio (Target)
Transaction
BlackRock Real Assets’ acquisition of the Mikana portfolio, which consists of an existing operational project of 20 MW and four wind development projects with a capacity of 200 MW, from Green Horizon Renewables a.s. and other minority investors
Deal Value
Value not public
Role
Counsel to Green Horizon Renewables a.s. and other minority investors

Rabbe Sittnikow

Janna Pihanurmi

Roosa Väre

Noora Britschgi

Mikael Lustig

Valerie Wårvik

Klaus Metsä-Simola

Harri Vehviläinen

Ingrid Remmelgas

Janne Veneranta

Johanna Haltia-Tapio

Julia Ranta

Markus Manninen

Olli Mäkelä
Parties
NREP Income+ Fund
Transaction
Counsel to NREP in its acquisition of Leipätehdas office property
Deal Value
Value not public
Role
Counsel to NREP

Matti Lajunen

Panu Vikberg

Paavo Romakkaniemi

Janne Veneranta

Valerie Wårvik
Parties
Exilion Tuuli (Buyer), St1 (Seller)
Transaction
Exilion Tuuli's transaction whereby Exilion Tuuli acquired the wind power production and development business of St1
Deal Value
Value not public
Role
Counsel to Exilion Tuuli

Tapio Teräkivi

Maria Landtman

Markus Bremer

Katja Heikkinen

Janne Veneranta

Valerie Wårvik

Helena Lamminen
Parties
Nykredit Realkredit A/S, Catella
Transaction
Counsel to Nykredit Realkredit A/S in refinancing of housing company portfolio located in the Helsinki region owned by Catella
Deal Value
Value not public
Role
Counsel to Nykredit Realkredit A/S

Antti Nyberg (Alanko)

Heikki Majamaa

Valerie Wårvik

Hanna Lindberg
Parties
NREP
Transaction
Counsel to NREP in financing the development of residential properties located in Niittykumpu and Leppävaara, Espoo, 2020
Deal Value
Value not public
Hannes role
Counsel to NREP
Hannes team
Markus Bremer, Laura Kotilainen, Valerie Wårvik, Pauliina Sutinen and Linda Launonen

Markus Bremer

Valerie Wårvik

Pauliina Sutinen
Parties
Nordea Bank Abp, Areim
Transaction
Counsel to Nordea Bank Abp in financing the acquisition of a residential portfolio of 900 rental apartments from Ilmarinen by Areim
Deal Value
Value not public
Role
Counsel to Nordea Bank Abp

Antti Nyberg (Alanko)

Valerie Wårvik

Albert Danielsson
Parties
DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale
Transaction
DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale’s project financing of Project Piiparinmäki, the largest wind farm in Finland
Deal Value
Value not public
Role
Counsel to DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale

Maria Landtman

Markus Bremer

Klaus Metsä-Simola

Marjaana Martikainen

Janne Veneranta

Noora Britschgi

Valerie Wårvik
Parties
Nordic real estate investment company NREP
Transaction
Counsel to Nordic real estate investment company NREP in financing the acquisition of the Arabia shopping centre in Helsinki and the Duo shopping centre in Tampere, 2019
Deal Value
Approx. EUR 77 million
Role
Counsel to NREP

Markus Bremer

Valerie Wårvik
Parties
LocalTapiola Mutual Life Insurance Company
Transaction
LocalTapiola Mutual Life Insurance Company’s issue of EUR 100 million capital notes
Deal Value
Value 100 million
Role
Counsel to LocalTapiola Mutual Life Insurance Company

Markus Bremer

Sonja Siggberg

Janne Veneranta

Annemari Rosi

Valerie Wårvik
Parties
Nykredit Realkredit A/S, Aberdeen Standard Investments, LähiTapiola
Transaction
Nykredit Realkredit's financing the acquisition of a portfolio of 824 apartments by Aberdeen Standard Investments from LähiTapiola
Deal Value
Value not public
Role
Counsel to Nykredit Realkredit A/S

Henrik Mattson

Antti Nyberg (Alanko)

Valerie Wårvik
Rankings
- "Professional.", IFLR1000, 2023
Memberships and Positions of Trust
- Member of the Finnish Bar Association
Education and Professional Background
- Senior Associate, Hannes Snellman, 2023
- Associate, Hannes Snellman, 2019
- Master of Laws, University of Turku, 2019
- Thesis Trainee, Hannes Snellman, 2019
- Associate Trainee, Hannes Snellman, 2018
- Umeå University, Sweden, 2018