Julia Ranta
Julia Ranta
Julia advises clients on energy-related projects and in the field of environmental law. She has gained an extensive understanding of existing and forthcoming hydrogen-related EU regulation through various projects and academic research. Julia’s master’s thesis contributed to a multi-discipline feasibility study on an industrial-scale Power-to-X pilot plant, in which she focused on assessing the implications of the recast Renewable Energy Directive on hydrogen-derived Power-to-X fuels.
Julia joined the firm as an associate trainee in 2020 and was appointed as an associate lawyer upon her graduation in 2020.
References
Parties
ib vogt, Renewable Power Capital Nordics
Transaction
Legal advisor to ib vogt in its disposal of a 50 MW battery energy storage system (BESS) project to Renewable Power Capital Nordics. The BESS project is located in Kalanti, Uusikaupunki, in Southwest Finland, and is ready to be built. It is one of the larger BESS projects in development in Finland.
Deal Value
Value not public
Role
Counsel to ib vogt
Parties
Ålandsbanken Residential Property, Capman Real Estate
Transaction
Ålandsbanken Residential Property’s sale of two newly built residential assets in the Helsinki region, Finland.
Deal Value
Value not public
Role
Counsel to Ålandsbanken Residential Property
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:
Infranode, MPY Telecom Oyj
Transaction:
Infranode’s acquisition of MPY Telecom Oyj
Role:
Counsel to Infranode
Parties
ib vogt, Helen
Transaction
ib vogt's disposal of 206 MWp solar PV project to Helen.
Deal Value
Value not public
Role
Counsel to ib vogt
Parties:
Metsähallitus, Vattenfall
Transaction:
Counsel to the Finnish state enterprise Metsähallitus in the joint venture entered into with Vattenfall concerning Finland’s first large-scale offshore wind farm. Our assignment, commenced in 2021, entailed all legal aspects of the structured sales process followed by the creation of the joint venture and the contractual framework steering the development.
Deal Value:
Value not public
Role:
Counsel to Metsähallitus
Parties
Finsilva
Transaction
Counsel to Finsilva in the development of Vermassalo wind farm
Deal value
Value not public
Role
Counsel to Finsilva
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
Digital 9 Infrastructure plc (Buyer), Pontos Oy, Taaleri Datacenter Ky, other sellers (Sellers), Ficolo Oy (Target)
Transaction
Sale of Ficolo Oy to Digital 9 Infrastructure plc
Deal Value
EUR 135 million
Role
Counsel to Pontos Oy, Taaleri Datacenter Ky, and other sellers
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
MEAG (Buyer), YIT Oyj (Seller), Logistics property in Turku (Target)
Transaction
MEAG’s acquisition of a logistics property in Turku from YIT Oyj
Deal Value
Value not public
Role
Counsel to MEAG
Parties
Enersense International Oyj, Megatuuli Oy
Transaction
Enersense International Oyj, a provider of zero-emission energy solutions, has signed an agreement on acquiring shares of the onshore wind farm developer Megatuuli Oy.
Deal Value
EUR 18.5 million
Role
Counsel to Enersense International
Parties
Altaal (Buyer), NIAM (Seller), CGI HQ (Target)
Transaction
NIAM's disposal of CGI HQ located in the Helsinki metropolitan area.
Deal Value
Value not public
Role
Counsel to NIAM
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
Quadoro Investment GmbH, EKE-Construction Ltd.
Transaction
Counsel to a fund managed by Quadoro Investment GmbH in an acquisition of an office property located in Espoo with a lettable area of approximately 4,200 square metres from the constructor EKE-Construction Ltd.
Deal Value
Value not public
Role
Counsel to Quadoro Investment GmbH
Parties
Quadoro Investment GmbH, YIT Construction Ltd.
Transaction
Counsel to a fund managed by Quadoro Investment GmbH in an acquisition of a MEUR 32 office property located in Järvenpää with a lettable area of approximately 6,500 square metres from YIT Construction Ltd
Deal Value
EUR 32 million
Role
Counsel to Quadoro Investment GmbH
Parties
Castellum, Kielo, Blackstone Tactical Opportunities, Brunswick Real Estate.
Transaction
Hannes Snellman acted as counsel to Castellum in its acquisition of property company Kielo from Blackstone Tactical Opportunities and Brunswick Real Estate.
Deal Value
EUR 640 million
Role
Counsel to Castellum
Memberships and Positions of Trust
- Member of the Finnish Bar Association
Education and Professional Background
- Associate, Hannes Snellman, 2020–
- Master of Laws, University of Turku, 2020
- Thesis Trainee, Hannes Snellman, 2020
- Distance Trainee, Roschier Attorneys Ltd, 2020
- Associate Trainee, Hannes Snellman, 2020
- EAFIT University, Colombia, 2019
- Associate Trainee, Bergmann Attorneys at Law, 2019
- Lake Forest College, United States, 2018