Krister Koskela
Krister Koskela
Krister advises clients in the fields of real estate transactions and development projects. In addition, Krister provides advice on general corporate, commercial, and contract law.
Krister joined the firm as an associate trainee in 2021 and was appointed as an associate upon his graduation.
References
Parties
Barings (Buyer), the seller of a logistic property
Transaction
Counsel to the seller in a sale of logistic property comprising a 38,790 sqm logistics warehouse in Vantaa, Finland to Barings.
Deal Value
Value not public
Role
Counsel to the seller of a logistic property
Parties:
Nrep (Buyer), eQ Community Properties Fund (Seller)
Transaction:
Counsel to Nrep in the acquisition of seventeen care properties from eQ Community Properties Fund.
Deal value:
Approx. EUR 100 million
Role:
Counsel to Nrep
Parties:
YIT (seller)
Transaction:
YIT's disposal of the Maistraatinportti office building located in Länsi-Pasila, Helsinki. The office property will be purchased for a real estate investment portfolio managed by S-Bank Properties Ltd. The buyer in the transaction is an investment company belonging to the Fennia real estate portfolio.
Deal value:
Value not public
Role:
Counsel to YIT
Parties:
NREP (Buyer), Tietoevry HQ (Target)
Transaction:
NREP's acquisition of Tietoevry’s HQ in Keilaniemi. The approximately 17,300 sqm office building originally built for Nokia is a landmark in the Keilaniemi HQ business district.
Deal value:
Value not public
Role:
Counsel to NREP
Parties:
MEKO AB, AB Sagax
Transaction:
Counsel to MEKO AB, a Swedish listed company, in a sale and leaseback of the company's central warehouse properties in Finland to AB Sagax, a real estate company.
Value:
The transaction values the properties at EUR 36.5 million on a debt-free basis
Role:
Counsel to MEKO AB
Education and Professional Background
- Associate, Hannes Snellman, 2022–
- Master of Laws, University of Turku, 2022
- Exchange studies, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Italy, 2022
- Thesis Trainee, Hannes Snellman, 2021
- Associate Trainee, Hannes Snellman, 2021
- Associate Trainee, Krogerus Attorneys Ltd, 2020
- Exchange studies, Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary, 2019