Practices

Finance

Languages

Finnish, English

Oona Aalto

Associate Finance

Practices

Finance

Languages

Finnish, English

Oona advises clients on all types of financial arrangements, with a particular focus on bank lending as well as acquisition and real estate financing.

She also provides advice on questions related to general corporate, contract, and commercial law.

Selected References

The Rajamäenkylä wind farm in Karijoki and Isojoki will be completed in 2028 and comprise 54 Nordex N175/6.8 wind turbines with a total capacity of 367 MW. The Honkakangas wind farm in Halsua will be completed in 2027 and comprise 16 Nordex N175/6.525 wind turbines with a total capacity of around 105 MW. The projects have a long-term PPA with a multinational corporate offtaker, and OX2 has also secured a long-term debt financing agreement with Santander Corporate & Investment Banking. The investment amounts to more than EUR 700 million, and the wind farms will remain under OX2’s ownership once constructed.

Hannes Snellman advised OX2 in respect of the construction contracts for full grid and balance of plant, turbine procurement, PPA, development, as well as Finnish law aspects of the project financing.

Our core team comprised Maria Landtman, Klaus Metsä-Simola, Marjaana Martikainen, Katja Perätalo, Minna Juhola, Elisa Panula, Emmi Malm, Julia Ranta, Linda Härkönen, Rauli Elenius, Alisa Ainonen, Elina Uitto, and Jenny Karlsson, (Real Assets), Josefina Aalto, Anna Huttunen, and Oona Aalto (Finance), Piia Ahonen and Harri Vehviläinen (Tax), Olli Mäkelä (Dispute Resolution), and Legal Assistants Victoria Reiter, Salla Mäki, Zoe Röpelinen, Melisa Göllü, and Laura Pöyhönen.

Contacts

Parties

Locus Energy Ab, SUSI Renewable Energy Fund II

Transaction

Hannes Snellman acted as counsel to Locus Energy Ab, a long-term active owner and developer of local infrastructure for sustainable energy production in the Nordic region, in its acquisition of portfolio of three operating Finnish wind farms from SUSI Renewable Energy Fund II. The wind farms Pirttiselkä, Leppävirta and Muntila consists of 13 wind turbine generators and contribute approximately 125 GWh in annual production.

Deal Value

Not public

Role

Counsel to Locus Energy Ab, a long-term active owner and developer of local infrastructure for sustainable energy production in the Nordic region, in its acquisition of portfolio of three operating Finnish wind farms from SUSI Renewable Energy Fund II

Contacts

Parties

Keliber Oy

Transaction

Counsel to Sibanye-Stillwater’s subsidiary Keliber Oy in respect of matters of Finnish law in the EUR 500 million green loan financing for the Keliber lithium project in Finland through its subsidiary Keliber Technology Oy. The green loan secures the final capital expenditure funding required for the construction and development of the Keliber lithium project’s mining, processing and refining facilities in Kaustinen, Kronoby and Kokkola, Finland.

Deal Value

EUR 500 million

Role

Counsel to Keliber Oy

Contacts

Parties

Haveli Investments, M-Files Corporation

Transaction

Haveli Investments' majority recapitalisation of M-Files Corporation, a leading platform for knowledge work automation.

Deal Value

Value not public

Role

Counsel to Haveli Investments

Contacts

Parties

Special Mutual Fund Titanium Care Real Estate (AIF) (Borrower), Danske Bank A/S and OP Corporate Bank plc (Lenders)

Transaction

Counsel to Special Mutual Fund Titanium Care Real Estate (AIF) in its EUR 203,000,000 facility agreement

Deal Value

EUR 203,000,000

Role

Counsel to Special Mutual Fund Titanium Care Real Estate (AIF)

Contacts

  • Antti Nyberg

    Partner +358 40 838 9375 antti.nyberg@hannessnellman.com

  • Pauliina Sutinen

    Senior Associate +358 50 346 5280 pauliina.sutinen@hannessnellman.com

  • Anna Huttunen

    Associate +358 40 566 7210 anna.huttunen@hannessnellman.com

  • Oona Aalto

    Associate +358 44 023 2073 oona.aalto@hannessnellman.com