Matti Lajunen

Parties

UrbanLight, Alma Property Partners, Alea Partners

Transaction

Hannes Snellman acted as counsel to UrbanLight, a joint venture between Alma Property Partners and Alea Partners, in a sale and leaseback of two logistics properties located in Tuusula with Kreate.

Deal Value

Value not public

Parties

UrbanLight, Alma Property Partners, Alea Partners

Transaction

Hannes Snellman acted as counsel to UrbanLight, a joint venture between Alma Property Partners and Alea Partners, in the acquisition of two properties with 27.000 sqm of logistics and warehouse space located near to Helsinki-Vantaa Airport.

Deal Value

Value not public

Role

Counsel to UrbanLight

Parties

OP-Rental Yield, Light industrial asset

Transaction

Counsel to OP-Rental Yield special investment fund in the divestment of a light industrial asset located in Kivikonlaita, Helsinki.

Deal Value

Value not public

Role

Counsel to OP-Rental Yield

Parties

OP-Rental Yield, Niitty Shopping Centre

Transaction

Counsel to OP-Rental Yield special investment fund in the divestment of the Niitty Shopping Centre.

Deal Value

Value not public

Role

Counsel to OP-Rental Yield

Parties

UrbanLight, Alma Property Partners and Alea Partners 

Transaction

Counsel to UrbanLight, a joint venture between Alma Property Partners and Alea Partners, in the acquisition of a last-mile logistics property located at Niittyvillankuja 3, Koivuhaka, a strong logistics area near Helsinki Airport.

Deal value

Value not public

Role

Counsel to Urbanlight, a joint venture between Alma Property Partners and Alea Partners

Parties

eQ Commercial Properties Fund (Seller), Retail Park Vantaanportti (Target)

Transaction

Counsel to eQ Commercial Properties Fund (AIF) in the disposal of Retail Park Vantaanportti. The BREEAM In Use certified retail property located in Vantaa was completed in the year 2002 and has a leasable area of 24,600 sqm. 

Deal Value

Value not public

Role

Counsel to eQ Commercial Properties Fund

Parties

UrbanLight (Buyer), a light industrial property (Target)

Transaction

Acquisition of their first light industrial property in the Helsinki metropolitan area

Deal Value

Value not public

Role

Counsel to UrbanLight

Parties

Häggblom & Partners Ltd. and the sellers, UB Nordic Forest Fund II LP, United Bankers

Transaction

Counsel to Häggblom & Partners Ltd. and the sellers in the sale of UB Nordic Forest Fund II LP. The sale of approximately 33,000 hectares of forest properties and partnership interests in UB Nordic Forest Fund II LP, managed by United Bankers, was agreed upon with MEAG, an asset management company of the Munich Re Group acting on behalf of its group client. Upon completion, the buyer will pay a total purchase price of approximately EUR 166 million.

Deal Value

Approximately EUR 166 million

Role

Counsel to Häggblom & Partners Ltd. and the sellers

Parties

TRP Hungary (Buyer), Bankruptcy Estate of KymiRing Oy (Seller), The KymiRing motor track (Target)

Transaction

Counsel to TRP Hungary in the acquisition of the KymiRing motor track from the bankruptcy estate of KymiRing Oy.

Deal Value

Value not public

Role

Counsel to TRP Hungary

Counsel to CapMan in the acquisition of the Seminaari public school property located in Hämeenlinna, Finland, from the University Properties of Finland. The school, located in the Kauriala neighbourhood of Hämeenlinna is the largest primary school in Hämeenlinna with approximately 750 pupils.

Acted as counsel to the sellers in the sale of a logistics portfolio consisting of assets in Finland spanning 134,000 square metres of leased space. The portfolio is wholly let to Posti Group, the main Finnish postal service and a third-party logistics services provider. The transaction has been cited as the largest real estate transaction executed in Finland in the year 2023.

Parties

CapMan Social Real Estate Fund (Buyer)

Transaction

CapMan Social Real Estate Fund's acquisition of a portfolio of three assets in the centrally located Helsinki Hietalahti area. Two of the buildings house the French Jules Verne  kindergarten and school and one, once refurbished, will house daycare facilities operated by the City of Helsinki. 

Deal Value

Value not public

Role

Counsel to CapMan Social Real Estate Fund

Parties

YIT Oyj (Seller), Renta Oy (Buyer), YIT Kalusto Oy (Target)

Transaction

Sale of fleet and equipment business and related arrangements

Deal Value

EUR 37 million

Role

Counsel to YIT

Parties:

Titanium (seller)

Transaction:

Titanium's disposal of eleven preschool properties. The properties located in different parts of Finland are to be acquired by Kinland with closing to occur in Q1/2024.

Deal value:

Value not public

Role:

Counsel to Erikoissijoitusrahasto Titanium Hoivakiinteistö

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:

OP Life Assurance Company

Transaction:

OP Life Assurance Company's sale of a warehouse property in Vantaa with a lettable area of approximately 14,300 sqm

Deal value:

Value not public

Role:

Counsel to OP Life Assurance Company

Parties:

Nrep (Buyer), OP-Rental Yield (Seller)

Transaction:

Nrep's acquisition of two residential properties located in Espoo. The properties comprise 190 rental apartments, and they were acquired from OP-Rental Yield, a Finnish real estate fund.

Deal value: 

Value not public

Role:

Counsel to Nrep

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:

United Bankers’ UB Timberland Fund (AIF), Taaleri Forest Fund III LP

Transaction:

United Bankers’ UB Timberland Fund (AIF) agreed to acquire Taaleri Forest Fund III LP. The forests managed by Taaleri Forest Fund III comprise 19 forest properties covering in total a surface area of approximately 7,650 hectares of which more than 6,400 hectares is productive forest land.

Deal value: 

Value not public

Role:

Counsel to United Bankers’ UB Timberland Fund (AIF)

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

Parties

Alfaroc Logistics, Superion, Logicenters

Transaction

Counsel to Alfaroc Logistics and Superion in the divestment of a logistics property development comprising a 38,000 sqm logistics warehouse in the Helsinki Capital Region in Tuusula.

Deal value

Value not public

Role

Counsel to Alfaroc Logistics and Superion

Parties 

LähiTapiola Yhteiskuntakiinteistöt Suomi Ky (buyer), the Kirkkonummi Health and Social Services Centre (target), the Municipality of Kirkkonummi (seller)

Transaction 

Counsel to LähiTapiola Yhteiskuntakiinteistöt Suomi Ky in the acquisition and financing of the Kirkkonummi Health and Social Services Centre from the Municipality of Kirkkonummi.

Deal value 

EUR 63.5 million

Role 

Counsel to LähiTapiola Yhteiskuntakiinteistöt Suomi Ky

Parties 

eQ Community Properties Fund (seller), Kinland AS (buyer)

Transaction 

Counsel to eQ Community Properties Fund in the disposal of 28 properties to Kinland AS.

Deal value 

EUR 76 million

Role 

Counsel to eQ Community Properties Fund

Parties

CapMan Real Estate

Transaction

counsel to CapMan Real Estate in the development of two residential buildings to be constructed by the Finnish construction company Hartela. 

Deal value 

Value not public

Role 

Counsel to CapMan

Parties:

OP-Public Services Real Estate Fund (buyer), a public services property (target)

Transaction:

Counsel to OP-Public Services Real Estate Fund in the acquisition of a public services property located in Järvenpää

Deal Value:

Value not public

Role:

Counsel to OP-Public Services Real Estate Fund

Parties:

CapMan Nordic Real Estate III fund (Buyer), AVIA Real Estate Oy (Seller), Airside logistics property in Turku (Target)

Transaction:

CapMan acquired an airside logistics property located in Turku from AVIA Real Estate Oy

Deal Value:

Value not public

Role:

Counsel to CapMan Nordic Real Estate III fund

Parties

LähiTapiola Yhteiskuntakiinteistöt (Buyer), Lahti Health and Social Services Centre (Target)

Transaction

LähiTapiola Yhteiskuntakiinteistöt acquired the Lahti Health and Social Services Centre

Deal Value

Approx. EUR 100 million

Role

Counsel to LähiTapiola Yhteiskuntakiinteistöt

Parties:

CapMan Real Estate (buyer), Goldman Sachs Asset Management and Cromwell Property Group (sellers)

Transaction:

The acquisition and financing of an office property portfolio from Goldman Sachs Asset Management and Cromwell Property Group.

Deal Value:

Value not public

Role:

Counsel to CapMan Real Estate.

Parties 

NREP (Buyer), a fund managed by Genesta (Seller)

Transaction 

Hannes Snellman acted as counsel to NREP in the acquisition of the historic office property Bulevardi 21, located in Central Helsinki, from a fund managed by Genesta.

Deal Value 

Value not public

Role

Counsel to NREP

Parties 

KanAm Grund Kapitalverwaltungsgesellschaft mbH, LEADING CITIES INVEST, Genesta

Transaction 

KanAm Grund Kapitalverwaltungsgesellschaft mbH acting on behalf and on the account of the LEADING CITIES INVEST in the acquisition of an office property located centrally in Helsinki at Fabianinkatu 9.

Deal Value 

Value not public

Role

Counsel to KanAm Grund Kapitalverwaltungsgesellschaft mbH

Parties

eQ Commercial Properties Fund (AIF)

Transaction

eQ Commercial Properties Fund's (AIF) acquisition of an office asset in Pasila, Helsinki from several non-profit organisations

Deal Value

Value not public

Role

Counsel to eQ

Hannes Snellman acts as counsel to Microsoft in Finland.

Parties

LähiTapiola Yhteiskuntakiinteistöt Suomi Ky, Espoo Hospital 

Transaction

Counsel to LähiTapiola Yhteiskuntakiinteistöt Suomi Ky in the acquisition of Espoo Hospital.

Deal Value

EUR 300 million

Role

Counsel to LähiTapiola Yhteiskuntakiinteistöt Suomi Ky

Parties 

Aktiivitilat (Buyer), OP-Henkivakuutus Oy (Seller), Two industrial properties (Targets)

Transaction 

OP-Henkivakuutus Oy's sale of two industrial properties located in Kerava and Tampere to Aktiivitilat

Deal Value 

Role

Counsel to OP-Henkivakuutus Oy

Parties 

Elo Mutual Pension Insurance Company (Buyer), Tampereen Asunnot Ky (Seller), Residential portfolio (Target)

Transaction 

Tampereen Asunnot Ky's sale of a residential portfolio located in Tampere to Elo Mutual Pension Insurance Company

Deal Value 

Role

Counsel to Tampereen Asunnot Ky

Parties 

Interior Invest Ab

Transaction 

Counsel to Oy Interior Invest Ab in the sale of a modern logistics centre in Tuusula in the Helsinki region

Deal Value 

Role

Counsel to Oy Interior Invest Ab

Parties 

Erikoissijoitusrahasto LähiTapiola Sijoituskiinteistöt (Buyer), OP-Henkivakuutus Oy (Seller)

Transaction 

OP-Henkivakuutus Oy's sale of an industrial property in Tampere to Erikoissijoitusrahasto LähiTapiola Sijoituskiinteistöt.

Deal Value 

Role

Counsel to OP-Henkivakuutus Oy

Parties 

Nyfosa Finland AB

Transaction 

Nyfosa Finland AB acquired properties in the Finnish regional cities of Jyväskylä, Lappeenranta and Kuopio.

Deal Value 

Role

Counsel to Nyfosa Finland AB

Parties 

LähiTapiola Kiinteistövarainhoito Oy, Tapiola Yhteismetsä

Transaction 

LähiTapiola Kiinteistövarainhoito Oy's establishment of the jointly owned forest Tapiola Yhteismetsä and the related service concept, which provides forest owners an opportunity to attach forest areas to the jointly owned forest, thereby receiving the benefits of professional, sustainable, and long-term forestry services as stakeholders of Tapiola Yhteismetsä.

Deal Value 

Role

Counsel to LähiTapiola Kiinteistövarainhoito Oy

Parties 

eQ Commercial Properties Fund (AIF), Lehto Group, Kivistö local center

Transaction 

eQ Commercial Properties Fund's (AIF) acquisition of the Kivistö local center to be constructed by Lehto Group in the Vantaa Kivistö area

Deal Value 

Value not public

Role

Counsel to eQ Commercial Properties Fund (AIF)

Parties 

LähiTapiola Yhteiskuntakiinteistöt Suomi Ky

Transaction 

The acquisition of two properties providing community services in Oulu, Finland. 

Deal Value 

Value not public

Role

Counsel to LähiTapiola

Parties 

NREP Income+ Fund

Transaction 

Counsel to NREP in its acquisition of Leipätehdas office property

Deal Value 

Value not public

Role

Counsel to NREP

Parties 

Nyfosa Finland AB

Transaction 

Counsel to Nyfosa in acquisition of six properties in the Finnish cities of Hyvinkää, Oulu and Tampere. 

Deal Value 

Value not public

Role

Counsel to Nyfosa Finland AB

Parties 

SRV, DWS

Transaction 

Counsel to SRV on the sale and construction of three residential assets to one of DWS’s institutional real estate funds.

Deal Value 

EUR 82 million

Role

Counsel to SRV