Practices

Finance

Languages

Finnish, English

Anna Huttunen

Associate Finance

Practices

Finance

Languages

Finnish, English

Anna advises domestic and international clients on all types of financing arrangements, including acquisition, real estate, and project finance, with a particular focus on renewable energy and infrastructure related financing transactions. She also provides advice on questions related to general corporate, contract, and commercial law.

Selected References

The Rajamäenkylä wind farm in Karijoki and Isojoki will be completed in 2028 and comprise 54 Nordex N175/6.8 wind turbines with a total capacity of 367 MW. The Honkakangas wind farm in Halsua will be completed in 2027 and comprise 16 Nordex N175/6.525 wind turbines with a total capacity of around 105 MW. The projects have a long-term PPA with a multinational corporate offtaker, and OX2 has also secured a long-term debt financing agreement with Santander Corporate & Investment Banking. The investment amounts to more than EUR 700 million, and the wind farms will remain under OX2’s ownership once constructed.

Hannes Snellman advised OX2 in respect of the construction contracts for full grid and balance of plant, turbine procurement, PPA, development, as well as Finnish law aspects of the project financing.

Our core team comprised Maria Landtman, Klaus Metsä-Simola, Marjaana Martikainen, Katja Perätalo, Minna Juhola, Elisa Panula, Emmi Malm, Julia Ranta, Linda Härkönen, Rauli Elenius, Alisa Ainonen, Elina Uitto, and Jenny Karlsson, (Real Assets), Josefina Aalto, Anna Huttunen, and Oona Aalto (Finance), Piia Ahonen and Harri Vehviläinen (Tax), Olli Mäkelä (Dispute Resolution), and Legal Assistants Victoria Reiter, Salla Mäki, Zoe Röpelinen, Melisa Göllü, and Laura Pöyhönen.

Contacts

Parties

Keliber Oy

Transaction

Counsel to Sibanye-Stillwater’s subsidiary Keliber Oy in respect of matters of Finnish law in the EUR 500 million green loan financing for the Keliber lithium project in Finland through its subsidiary Keliber Technology Oy. The green loan secures the final capital expenditure funding required for the construction and development of the Keliber lithium project’s mining, processing and refining facilities in Kaustinen, Kronoby and Kokkola, Finland.

Deal Value

EUR 500 million

Role

Counsel to Keliber Oy

Contacts

Parties

Special Mutual Fund Titanium Care Real Estate (AIF) (Borrower), Danske Bank A/S and OP Corporate Bank plc (Lenders)

Transaction

Counsel to Special Mutual Fund Titanium Care Real Estate (AIF) in its EUR 203,000,000 facility agreement

Deal Value

EUR 203,000,000

Role

Counsel to Special Mutual Fund Titanium Care Real Estate (AIF)

Contacts

  • Antti Nyberg

    Partner +358 40 838 9375 antti.nyberg@hannessnellman.com

  • Pauliina Sutinen

    Senior Associate +358 50 346 5280 pauliina.sutinen@hannessnellman.com

  • Anna Huttunen

    Associate +358 40 566 7210 anna.huttunen@hannessnellman.com

  • Oona Aalto

    Associate +358 44 023 2073 oona.aalto@hannessnellman.com

Parties

YIT Oyj

Transaction

Counsel to YIT Oyj in the issue of EUR 100 million senior secured green notes due 2027 and in the consent solicitation in relation to EUR 100 million green notes due 2026.

Deal Value

EUR 100 million

Role

Counsel to YIT Oyj

Contacts

Parties

Alma Media Corporation, Danske Bank, Nordea Bank, and OP Corporate Bank

Transaction

Hannes Snellman acted as counsel to OP Corporate Bank plc as credit coordinator in relation to Alma Media Corporation’s EUR 190 million sustainability-linked credit facilities arranged by Danske Bank, Nordea Bank, and OP Corporate Bank

Deal value

EUR 190 million

Role

Counsel to OP Corporate Bank plc

Contacts

Parties:

LegacyinSight BC (Borrower), Eurazeo Investment Manager, S.A (Arranger) and Glas SAS (Agent)

Transaction:

Counsel to the arranger and lenders in refinancing of LegacyinSight BC Oy’s existing facilities

Deal Value:

Value not public

Role:

Counsel to Eurazeo Investment Manager

Contacts

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

Contacts

Professional Background

  • Associate, Hannes Snellman, 2023–

Education

  • Master of Laws, University of Helsinki, 2023