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
Parties
Exilion
Transaction
Counsel to Exilion in respect of Exilion’s solar PV project in the municipality of Simo, Finland, with a planned nominal capacity of 70 MWp and an estimated annual production of 65,000 MWh. Once operational, the project will be one of the largest solar PV projects in Finland. Our team advised Exilion in respect of e.g. negotiating construction, supply, and services contracts.
Deal Value
Value not public
Role
Counsel to Exilion
Parties:
Danske Bank, La Banque Postale, Neoen, Prokon
Transaction:
Counsel to Danske Bank and La Banque Postale in respect of matters of Finnish law in the project financing of a Finnish onshore wind farm portfolio consisting of the three onshore wind farms Björkliden, Lumivaara, and Storbötet, co-developed by Neoen and Prokon and currently under construction. These projects will have a combined capacity of approx. 202.5 MW.
Deal value:
Approx. EUR 220 million
Role:
Finnish Counsel to Danske Bank and La Banque Postale
Parties
Nordea Bank Abp, Vaaka Partners, Mezzoforte Oy
Transaction
Nordea Bank Abp's financing of Vaaka Partners’ acquisition of Huutokaupat.com, a digital marketplace.
Deal Value
Value not public
Role
Counsel to Nordea Bank Abp
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.
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
Counsel to lender in the financing and refinancing of the acquisition of the landmark office property Bulevardi 2 located in Central Helsinki.
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.
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
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.
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
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
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
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
Parties
NREP Income+ Fund
Transaction
Counsel to NREP in its acquisition of Leipätehdas office property
Deal Value
Value not public
Role
Counsel to NREP
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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