Panu Vikberg
Panu Vikberg
Panu advises clients in the fields of real estate transactions and development projects. In addition, Panu provides advice in relation to financing arrangements with a particular focus on bank lending and real estate financing and on general corporate, commercial, and contract law.
Panu is currently on a parental leave.
References
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
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 (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:
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:
Niam
Transaction:
Niam's acquisition of 26-storey office skyscraper, the fifth tower to be constructed by SRV in Kalasatama district in Helsinki on top of the shopping centre REDI.
Deal Value:
Value not public
Role:
Counsel to Niam
Parties
Stora Enso Oyj, UPM-Kymmene Group, Metsä Group, Sonoco-Alcore, other sellers (Sellers), Stena Recycling Oy (Buyer), Encore Ympäristöpalvelut Oy (Target)
Transaction
Sale of Encore Ympäristöpalvelut Oy to Stena Recycling Oy
Deal Value
Value not public
Role
Counsel to Stora Enso Oyj, UPM-Kymmene Group, Metsä Group, Sonoco-Alcore, and other sellers
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 financing and refinancing of 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
Areim, Valio Pension Fund
Transaction
Acquisition of an office property, located in Helsinki at Kaikukatu 3 A, from Valio Pension Fund
Deal Value
Value not public
Role
Counsel to Areim
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
Value not public
Role
Counsel to Tampereen Asunnot Ky
Parties
PATRIZIA AG
Transaction
Counsel to PATRIZIA AG in the acquisition of 24-storey T7 residential tower, the fourth tower to be constructed by SRV in the Kalasatama district of Helsinki on top of the REDI Shopping Centre.
Deal Value
EUR 101 million
Role
Counsel to PATRIZIA AG
Parties
Areim (Buyer), Assai Commercial Oy (Seller), Office and retail property (Target)
Transaction
Areim's acquisition of an office and retail property, located in Helsinki at Hämeentie 31
Deal Value
Value not public
Role
Counsel to Areim
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
Taaleri Private Equity Funds Ltd, Taaleri Asuntorahasto VI Ky, PATRIZIA AG
Transaction
Counsel to Taaleri Private Equity Funds Ltd in an approximately EUR 145 million disposal of the housing fund Taaleri Asuntorahasto VI Ky, which is a residential portfolio comprising 461 apartments in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area, to a fund managed by PATRIZIA AG.
Deal Value
EUR 145 million
Role
Counsel to Taaleri Private Equity Funds Ltd
Parties
Telia Company (Seller), Polhem Infra (Buyer), Telia Carrier (Target)
Transaction
Telia Company’s divestment of Telia Carrier to Polhem Infra
Deal Value
SEK 9,450 million
Role
Finnish counsel to Telia Company
Parties
Castellum (Buyer), Lindström Invest (Target)
Transaction
Castellum's acquisition of real estate group Lindström Invest
Deal Value
EUR 150 million
Role
Counsel to Castellum AB (publ)
Counsel to Areim in the disposal of an office property (Martintalo). The office property, which was built in 1992, is located in Vantaa in the Greater Helsinki area, and it comprises 14,000 square meters of office space.
Parties
A fund managed by Quadoro Investment GmbH
Transaction
Acquisition of Hermia 5 and Hermia 6 office properties located in the Hermia Science Park in Tampere with a lettable area of approximately 30,000 square metres
Deal value
Value not public
Hannes role
Counsel to a fund managed by Quadoro Investment GmbH
Hannes team
Tapio Teräkivi, Heikki Vesikansa, Markus Bremer, Marjaana Martikainen, Jenni Parviainen, Piia Ahonen, Meeri Karlsson, Ella Rinne, Panu Vikberg, Linda Launonen, and Viivi Rousku.
Parties
DWS (buyer), Regenero (Seller)
Transaction
DWS's acquisition of the Accountor Tower, a 24,000 sq. m. office development in Keilaniemi, Espoo, from YIT and HGR Property Partners’ joint venture Regenero
Deal Value
Value not public
Role
Counsel to DWS
Parties
DWS (Buyer), Lehto Group plc. (Seller)
Transaction
Acquisition of a residential portfolio comprising 542 apartments from Lehto Group plc.
Deal Value
Value not public
Role
Counsel to DWS
Parties
Areim Fund III (Buyer), Avant Capital Partners, Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Company, EPISO 4 fund (Sellers)
Transaction
Areim Fund's acquisition of a portfolio of eight office properties from Avant Capital Partners, Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Company and EPISO 4 fund advised by Tristan Capital Partners
Deal Value
Value not public
Role
Counsel to Areim Fund III
Parties
IVG Polar Oy (Seller), Goldman Sachs and Cromwell Property Group (Buyers)
Transaction
IVG Polar Oy's divestment of an office portfolio with a lettable space of 132,000m² to Goldman Sachs and Cromwell Property Group
Deal Value
EUR 108.5 million
Role
Counsel to IVG Polar Oy
Parties
TRIUVA Kapitalverwaltungsgesellschaft (Buyer), a group of private Finnish investors (Seller)
Transaction
TRIUVA Kapitalverwaltungsgesellschaft, acting on behalf of an institutional investor, acquired a core mixed use building on Kanavaranta 3-7
Deal Value
Value not public
Role
Counsel to TRIUVA
Parties
Schroder
Transaction
Schroder's (acting on behalf of Schroder Nordic Real Estate Fund) acquisition of a portfolio of nine office properties located in the Greater Helsinki area with a total lettable area of approx. 53,000 sqm
Deal Value
Value not public
Role
Counsel to Schroder
Memberships and Positions of Trust
- Member of the Finnish Bar Association
Education and Professional Background
- Senior Associate, Hannes Snellman, 2023
- Associate, Hannes Snellman, 2019
- Master of Laws, University of Turku, 2019
- Thesis Trainee, Hannes Snellman, 2018–2019
- Associate Trainee, Hannes Snellman, 2017 & 2018
- Exchange studies, University of Groningen, 2017