Hannes Snellman’s fund formation and investments team assists our clients in all aspects of private equity fund related matters, such as fund formation, fund investments, restructurings, secondary transactions, co-investments and fund management services.

We provide a dedicated team of experts covering the spectrum of private equity fund related services as well as market-leading tax and financial regulation services. In our work we emphasise the importance of combining high quality legal expertise with a commercial approach.

Parties: 

IK Small Cap III Fund, Responda Group

Transaction:

IK Small Cap III Fund’s investment in Responda Group

Deal Value:

Value not public

Role:

Counsel to IK Partners

Parties

Vendre AB (Target), Main Capital Partners, Optimizers

Transaction

Optimizers (Main Capital Partners) acquires Vendre

Deal value

Value not public

Role

Counsel to Vendre AB

Parties

KLAR Partners, Nimlas Group, Konstel

Transaction

Nimlas Group, a leading Nordic technical installation services platform, has acquired Konstel, a leading electrical installation company in Norway

Deal Value

Value not public

Role

Counsel to KLAR Partners / Nimlas Group

Parties:

Puzzel AS (Buyer), S2 Communications AB (Target), Marlin Equity Partners

Transaction:

Counsel to Marlin Equity Partners and its Portfolio Company Puzzel AS in the acquisition of S2 Communications AB

Deal Value:

Value not public 

Role:

Counsel to Marlin Equity Partners

Parties

MedCap (Seller), Vitamin D (Target), Pharmaprim AB (Buyer)

Transaction

MedCap, who has through its subsidiary Unimedic Pharma AB, divested its rights to the product Vitamin D to Pharmaprim AB

Deal Value

Value not public 

Role

Counsel to MedCap

Parties:

Thomas H. Lee Partners, inriver AB

Transaction:

Counsel to Thomas H. Lee Partners in its investment in inriver AB

Deal Value:

Not public

Role:

Counsel to Thomas H. Lee Partners 

Parties

Gores Guggenheim, Inc., The Gores Group and Guggenheim Capital, LLC, and Polestar.

Transaction

Gores Guggenheim, Inc. in its closing of business combination with Polestar

Deal value

The transaction implies an equity value of approximately USD 20 billion for Polestar.

Role

Legal advisor to Gores Guggenheim, Inc. together with Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP.

Parties:

KLAR Partners, Oleter Group, Swoosh

Transaction:

Counsel to KLAR Partners backed Oleter Group in the merger between its underground infrastructure maintenance business (UIM) and Swoosh

Deal Value:

Value not public

Role:

Counsel to KLAR Partners 

Parties

Accent Equity, Norcospectra

Transaction

Counsel to Accent Equity in its investment in Norcospectra

Deal Value

Not public

Role

Counsel to Accent Equity

Parties 

Kingdom of Sweden (Seller), Metria AB (Target), Sikri Holding AS (Buyer)

Transaction 

Counsel to the Kingdom of Sweden in the sale of Metria AB to Sikri Holding AS

Deal Value 

Value not public

Role

Counsel to the Kingdom of Sweden

Parties 

IK Partners (Buyer), Intera Fund II Ky, Intera Fund III Ky, management and other minority shareholders (Sellers), Renta Group Oy (Target)

Transaction 

Intera Partners’ sale of Renta Group Oy to IK Partners

Deal Value 

Role

Counsel to Intera Partners

Parties 

KLAR Partners Limited, Oleter Group consisting of OCAB and Frøiland Bygg Skade

Transaction 

Counsel to KLAR Partners Limited in the Investment in Oleter Group

Deal Value 

Value not public

Role

Counsel to KLAR Partners Limited

Parties 

The founder and other owners of Hemfrid, Fidelio Capital and Hemfrid

Transaction 

Advised the founder and owners of Hemfrid, in the sale of Hemfrid to Fidelio Capital.

Deal Value 

Value not public

Role

Advisor to the founder and other owners of Hemfrid

Parties 

Koch Industries, Inc, Infor, Hexagon AB

Transaction 

Swedish counsel to Koch Industries, Inc and its subsidiary Infor on their divestment of Infor’s global EAM (Enterprise Asset Management) business to Hexagon AB for approximately USD 2.75 billion (SEK 23.65 billion) on a cash and debt-free basis, consisting of approximately USD 800 million in cash and USD 1.95 billion in the form of 132.6 million newly issued series B shares in Hexagon corresponding to 4.9 per cent of all shares in Hexagon after completion of the transaction.

Deal Value 

Approximately USD 2.75 billion (SEK 23.65 billion) on a cash and debt-free basis, consisting of approximately USD 800 million in cash and USD 1.95 billion

Role

Swedish counsel to Koch Industries, Inc and its subsidiary Infor

Parties 

KLAR Partners, Sandbäckens, Segulah 

Transaction 

KLAR Partners funds make first acquisition in Sweden: Acquire Sandbäckens to build the Nordic region's leading technical installation and property services Group

Deal Value 

Value not public 

Role 

Counsel to KLAR Partners

Parties

Supermetrics Oy, Highland Europe LLP, IVP, Open Ocean 

Transaction

Counsel to Supermetrics Oy, a Finland-based global leader in data integration, on its EUR 40 million Series B investment round.

Deal Value

EUR 40 million

Role

Counsel to Supermetrics Oy

Parties 

Quest Diagnostics Incorporated (Buyer), Shareholders of Blueprint Oy (Sellers), Blueprint Genetics Oy (Target)

Transaction

The sale of Blueprint Genetics’ entire share capital to Quest Diagnostics

Deal Value 

Value not public 

Role

Counsel to Blueprint Genetics and its owners

Parties

Smartly.io Solutions Oy and its owners, Providence Equity Partners

Transaction

Counsel to Smartly.io and its owners in the sale of a majority stake to Providence Equity Partners

Deal Value

EUR 200 million

Role

Counsel to Smartly.io Solutions Oy and its owners

Parties

Sentica Partners (Seller), Adelis Equity Partners (Buyer), Ropo Capital (Target)

Transaction

Sale of Ropo Capital 

Deal Value

Value not public

Role

Counsel to Sentica Partners

Parties

Summit Partners (Bidder), Syncron International AB (Target)

Transaction

Summit Partners in its USD 67 million investment in Syncron. Syncron™, a provider of cloud-based after-sales service solutions focused on empowering the world's leading manufacturers to maximize product uptime.

Deal Value

Value not public

Role

Counsel to Summit Partners

Parties

Danica Pension A/S (Seller), Dancia Pension Försäkringsbolag AB (Target), Unigestion (Bidder), Acathia Capital GmbH (Bidder), Polaris Private

Transaction

A consortium consisting of Polaris, Acathia, Unigestion, and other co-investors has acquired Danica Pension Försäkringsaktiebolag (publ)

Deal Value

SEK 2.6 billion

Role

Counsel to Unigestion

Parties

Rettig ICC Ltd (Buyer), Sigarth Aktiebolag (Seller)

Transaction

Rettig ICC Ltd in the Acquisition of Sigarth Aktiebolag

Deal Value

SEK 70 Million

Role

Counsel to Rettig ICC Ltd

Parties

Infranode 1 (No. 1) AB and Infranode Energi AB (Buyers), Skånska Energi AB (publ) (Target)

Transaction

Infranode Energi AB’s recommended public cash offer for all shares in Skånska Energi AB (publ)

Deal Value

SEK 621 million

Role

Counsel to Infranode 1 (No. 1) AB and Infranode Energi AB

Parties

Accent Equity (Seller) Volati AB (publ) (Buyer) S:t Eriks Group AB (Target)

Transaction

Accent Equity in its divestment of S:t Eriks Group AB to the Swedish industrial group Volati AB (publ)

Deal Value

Value not public

Role

Counsel to Accent Equity

Parties

Collectia Sverige AB (Buyer), OpusCapita Kredithanterarna AB (Target), Svenska Fakturaköp AB (Target), Posti Messaging Oy (Seller)

Transaction

Collectia Sverige AB's acquisition of OpusCapita Kredithanterarna AB and Svenska Fakturaköp AB from Posti Messaging Oy

Deal Value

Value not public

Role

Counsel to Collectia Sverige AB

Parties

Vitruvian Partners LLP (buyer) Easy Park AS (target) Verdane Capital (seller)

Transaction

Vitruvian Partners LLP acquisition of Easy Park AS

Deal Value

Value not public

Role

Counsel to Vitruvian Partners LLP

Parties

Vaaka Partners (Buyer), management and minority shareholders (Sellers), Smoothie Heaven Oy (Target)

Transaction

Vaaka Partners acquired majority of shares in Smoothie Heaven Oy, a juice and smoothie bar company known as Jungle Juice Bar, from management and minority shareholders

Deal Value

Value not public

Role

Counsel to Vaaka Partners

Parties

Accent Equity (Buyer), Procuritas Capital Investors IV and other minority owners (Sellers), Oral Care (Target)

Transaction

Accent Equity's acquisition of Oral Care from Procuritas Capital Investors IV and other minority owners

Deal Value

Value not public

Role

Counsel to Accent Equity

Parties

Adelis Equity Partners (Buyer), AddPro (Target)

Transaction

Adelis Equity Partners' acquisition of AddPro

Deal Value

Value not public

Role

Counsel to Adelis Equity Partners

Parties

Valedo (Buyer), BRP Systems (Target)

Transaction

Valedo's investment in BRP Systems

Deal Value

Value not public

Role

Counsel to Valedo

Parties

Accent Equity 2012 (Seller), Lavare AB (Target), De Forenede Dampvaskerier (Buyer)

Transaction

Accent Equity 2012's divestment of Lavare AB to De Forenede Dampvaskerier

Deal Value

Value not public

Role

Counsel to Accent Equity 2012

Parties

Intera Fund III Ky (Buyer), Management and minority shareholders (Sellers), Wise Group Finland Oy (Target)s

Transaction

Intera’s acquisition of majority ownership in Wise Group Finland Oy from the management and minority shareholders

Deal Value

Value not public

Role

Counsel to Intera

Parties

Hartwall Capital Oy Ab (Buyer), SUEZ Suomi Oy (Target)

Transaction

Hartwall Capital Oy Ab's acquisition of SUEZ Suomi Oy, comprising the Finnish operations of SUEZ Group

Deal Value

Value not public

Role

Counsel to Hartwall Capital Oy Ab

Parties

DevCo Partners Oy’s group of investors (Buyers); Vexve Oy (Target); Partnos Oy (Seller)

Transaction

DevCo Partners Oy’s acquisition of Vexve Oy from Partnos Oy

Deal Value

Value not public

Role

Counsel to DevCo Partners Oy

Parties

Valedo Partners (Existing lead investor), General Atlantic (Investor), Joe & the Juice (Target)

Transaction

General Atlantic has made a strategic growth investment in Joe & the Juice to become the second largest shareholder in Joe & the Juice alongside existing lead investor Valedo Partners

Deal Value

Value not public

Role

Counsel to Valedo and other shareholders of Joe & the Juice

Parties

Valedo (Buyer), CMA Research AB and Markör Marknad & Kommunikation AB (Targets)

Transaction

Valedo's parallel acquisitions of CMA Research AB and Markör Marknad & Kommunikation AB

Deal Value

Value not public

Role

Counsel to Valedo

Parties

Bogfelts Holding AB (Buyer) Ljuspoolen i Kumla AB (Target) Ljuspoolen Holding AB (Seller)

Transaction

Accent Equity's acquisition of Bogfelts

Deal Value

Value not public

Role

Counsel to Accent Equity 2012

Parties

Valedo Partners Fund I (Seller), Akademikliniken (Target), Polaris Private Equity (Buyer)

Transaction

Valedo Partners Fund I has agreed to divest its majority holding in Akademikliniken to Polaris Private Equity

Deal Value

Value not public

Role

Counsel to Valedo

Parties

Cor Group Oy, Industry Investment, Norvestia Plc and acting management (Sellers), EQT MidMarket Limited Partnership (Buyer), Touhula Varhaiskasvatus Oy (Target)

Transaction

Cor Group Oy, Industry Investment, Norvestia Plc and acting management sold the leading Finnish private day care provider Touhula Varhaiskasvatus Oy to EQT MidMarket Limited Partnership.

Deal Value

Value not public

Role

Counsel to EQT

Parties

Bridgepoint Development Capital (Seller), Solhagagruppen (Target), Ambea AB (Buyer)

Transaction

The Swedish care companies Solhagagruppen and Nytida are joining forces. The enlarged personal care group will be formed pursuant to an agreement whereby Bridgepoint Development Capital and the minority shareholders of Solhagagruppen have agreed to sell all shares in Solhagagruppen to Ambea AB, who operates within private care and assistance under the brand Nytida.

Deal Value

Value not public

Role

Counsel to Bridgepoint

Parties

Adven Group (Target), EQT (Seller), AMP Capital, Infracapital (Buyers)

Transaction

EQT Infrastructure Limited’s sale of Adven Group to a consortium comprising of AMP Capital Investors and Infracapital Partners II

Deal Value

Value not public

Role

Counsel to EQT

Parties

EQT VII Fund (Buyer), Piab Group Holding AB (Target), Altor Fund II and minority shareholders (Seller)

Transaction

EQT's acquisition of Piab from Altor. Hannes Snellman is advising EQT in relation to the acquisition, including with respect to patents and IPR, acquisition financing, merger control filings and other legal aspects of the agreed transaction.

Deal Value

Value not public

Role

Counsel to EQT

Parties

Summit Partners (Buyer), Retail Logistics Excellence - RELEX Oy and certain shareholders of RELEX (Seller), Retail Logistics Excellence - RELEX Oy (Target)

Transaction

Summit Partners' acquisition of a EUR 20 million minority stake in RELEX, a Finnish provider of supply chain software solutions for retailers

Deal Value

EUR 20 million

Role

Counsel to Summit Partners

Parties

Novax, part of the Axel Johnson Group (Buyer), ApoEx AB (Target)

Transaction

Novax has acquired 46% of ApoEx AB.

Deal Value

Value not public

Role

Counsel to Novax

Parties

Adelis Equity Partners (Buyer), INTERSPORT Sweden (Target)

Transaction

Adelis Equity Partners has agreed to acquire a 70% stake in INTERSPORT Sweden.

Deal Value

Value not public

Role

Counsel to Adelis Equity Partners

Parties

Priveq Investment and RoosGruppen (Sellers), Mediplast AB (Target), Addtech (Buyer)

Transaction

Priveq Investment’s and RoosGruppen’s divestment of Mediplast AB to Addtech

Deal Value

SEK 480 million

Role

Counsel to Priveq Investment

Parties

Bridgepoint's acquisition of Nordic Cinema Group

Transaction

Bridgepoint's acquisition of Nordic Cinema Group from Ratos and Bonnier

Deal Value

SEK 4,700 million

Role

Counsel to Bridgepoint

Parties

Alder Fund I AB (Buyer); Gasmet Technologies Oy (Seller); the business of Gasmet Technologies Oy (Target)

Transaction

Alder’s acquisition of the business of Gasmet Technologies Oy from Gasmet Technologies Oy

Deal Value

Value not public

Role

Counsel to Alder Fund I AB

Parties

Novax (Buyer), Academic Work (Target), Latour (Seller)

Transaction

Novax' acquisition of Latour’s entire shareholding in Academic Work

Deal Value

Value not public

Role

Counsel to Novax

Parties

Accent Equity 2012, St. Eriks group

Transaction

The acquisition of the St. Eriks group by Accent Equity 2012

Deal Value

Value not public

Role

Counsel to Accent Equity 2012

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