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.
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

Tapio Teräkivi

Klaus Metsä-Simola

Katja Heikkinen

Julia Ranta

Alisa Ainonen

Karoliina Kaartinen
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

Tapio Teräkivi

Tuomas Koivuniemi

Julia Ranta

Essi Peltoniemi
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

Maria Landtman

Markus Bremer

Klaus Metsä-Simola

Minna Juhola

Julia Ranta

Anna Huttunen

Liisa Veckman

Victoria Reiter
Parties:
Infranode, MPY Telecom Oyj
Transaction:
Infranode’s acquisition of MPY Telecom Oyj
Role:
Counsel to Infranode

Rabbe Sittnikow

Santeri Jääskeläinen

Anniina Hämäläinen

Matias Moberg

Pauliina Sutinen

Ville Säteri

Heidi Haanpää

Riikka Kuha

Lasse Riski

Anna Mäkinen

Julia Ranta

Alisa Ainonen

Päivi Tammilehto
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

Tapio Teräkivi

Maria Landtman

Klaus Metsä-Simola

Marjaana Martikainen

Alisa Ainonen

Julia Ranta
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

Tapio Teräkivi

Maria Landtman

Tuire Kuronen

Klaus Metsä-Simola

Katja Heikkinen

Emmi Nuutila

Julia Ranta

Salla Mäki

Vivi Jaatinen
Parties
Finsilva
Transaction
Counsel to Finsilva in the development of Vermassalo wind farm
Deal value
Value not public
Role
Counsel to Finsilva

Tapio Teräkivi

Katja Heikkinen

Julia Ranta
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

Katja Heikkinen

Julia Ranta
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

Tuire Kuronen

Satu Kokko

Jesper Nevalainen

Anna Nyberg

Julia Ranta

Mikko Huimala
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

Isabella Kartila

Noora Christiansen

Marika Sorsa

Minna Juhola

Mikael Wood

Sofia Ropo

Julia Ranta

Anniina Somppi

Salla Mäki

Janita Stenroos
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

Juha Lindström

Marjaana Martikainen

Julia Ranta

Harri Vehviläinen

Marika Sorsa
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

Tapio Teräkivi

Riikka Rannikko

Katja Heikkinen

Robert Gordin

Anna Mäkinen

Emmi Nuutila

Julia Ranta

Vivi Jaatinen

Salla Mäki

Anni Ollus
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

Tapio Teräkivi

Marjaana Martikainen

Julia Ranta
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

Klaus Metsä-Simola

Harri Vehviläinen

Ingrid Remmelgas

Johanna Haltia-Tapio

Julia Ranta

Markus Manninen

Olli Mäkelä
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

Tapio Teräkivi

Heikki Vesikansa

Marjaana Martikainen

Julia Ranta

Jenni Parviainen

Piia Ahonen

Marika Sorsa

Isabella Kartila
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

Juha Lindström

Heikki Vesikansa

Marjaana Martikainen

Julia Ranta

Jenni Parviainen

Piia Ahonen

Marika Sorsa

Isabella Kartila
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

Tapio Teräkivi

Heidi Haanpää

Katja Heikkinen

Julia Ranta

Mikael Wood

Susanna Purovirta

Mikko Huimala

Heikki Majamaa

Ingrid Remmelgas

Jenni Heurlin
Memberships and Positions of Trust
- Member of the Finnish Bar Association
Education and Professional Background
- Senior Associate, Hannes Snellman, 2025–
- 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